Chinese 美孚 Hanyu Pinyin Jyutping mei5 fu1 | Literal meaning Gracious Confidence Yale Romanization mei5 fu1 Address Lai Chi Kok, Hong Kong | |
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Location TWL: Mount Sterling, Mei Foo Sun Chuen, Lai Chi Kok
WRL: Lai Chi Kok Park, Lai Chi Kok
Sham Shui Po District, Hong Kong Owners MTR Corporation (Tsuen Wan Line), Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation (West Rail Line) Similar Lai King Station, Lai Chi Kok Station, Prince Edward Station, Kwai Fong Station, Lok Fu Station | ||
Mei Foo (Chinese: 美孚) is a Hong Kong MTR station located in Mei Foo Sun Chuen, Lai Chi Kok, New Kowloon. It is an interchange station between the Tsuen Wan Line and the West Rail Line, situated between Lai Chi Kok and Lai King stations on the Tsuen Wan Line and Nam Cheong Station and Tsuen Wan West stations on the West Rail Line. Mei Foo Station's livery is blue.
Contents
- Mtr emu sp1900 west rail line arriving mei foo station
- History
- Station layout
- Entrancesexits
- Bus routes
- Minibus routes
- References
The Tsuen Wan Line part of the station is a simple through station with a central island platform, located under Mount Sterling Mall, a pedestrian-only street between the rows of residential buildings in the Mei Foo Sun Chuen housing estate. The station is designed to facilitate transport needs of the residents of Mei Foo Sun Chuen housing estate, which has nearly 100 buildings and several schools, and the point of transfer between the Kowloon urban area and the new town of Tsuen Wan. If there is heavy traffic on the main road into urban Kowloon, the Kwai Chung Road, many commuters get off their buses and use this station as their link to Kowloon and Central on Hong Kong Island.
Mtr emu sp1900 west rail line arriving mei foo station
History
The station's original name was Lai Chi Kok during the planning stage, but upon its opening in 1982 the station was called "Lai Wan" (荔灣, meaning Lai Chi Kok Bay), and was renamed to its current name in 1985.
The West Rail Line (then known as KCR West Rail) part of the station was opened on 20 December 2003 along with the rail line. The station is located in the middle of Lai Chi Kok Park, slightly to the west of the Tsuen Wan Line's part of the station. The scenery of the park was greatly destroyed during the construction of the station, but the park was subsequently rebuilt over the station complex. The Tsuen Wan Line and West Rail Line stations merged into one station on 2 December 2007 in the MTR-KCR merger. Architecture firm Aedas designed Mei Foo Station.
Station layout
Both Tsuen Wan Line platforms share the same island platform. Unlike at Nam Cheong Station (where there is one cross-platform interchange between the Tung Chung Line and the West Rail Line), the Tsuen Wan Line and West Rail Line platforms are considerably far apart. The concourses for these platforms are a five- to ten-minute walk along a connecting passageway.
Although the West Rail Line platform is constructed at ground level, the track immediately north and south of the station is underground, which is why the station is covered and sealed off from the outside.
Entrances/exits
Bus routes
Mei Foo is a transportation hub due to its geographic location in the north-western end of Kowloon. All bus routes travelling between the suburbs of Tuen Mun, Tsuen Wan, Kwai Chung, Tsing Yi and Yuen Long in northwestern Hong Kong and the urban area of Kowloon and Hong Kong Island have to pass through Mei Foo. Major routes with stop at the "Mei Foo Railway Station" bus stop (Exit B for Kowloon bound buses and Exit A for New Territories bound buses) include: 30, 30X, 33A, 36A, 37, 40, 41, 42, 42A, 43C, 44, 45, 46, 52X, 58X, 59X, 60X, 63X, 66X, 67X, 68X, 69X, 234X, 238X, 265B, E21, E21A, N21, N21A, N241 etc.
Additionally, the following bus routes terminate at Mei Foo bus terminus (Exit A) or the nearby Lai Chi Kok (formerly Lai Yuen) bus terminus: To Lok Wah Estate, Kwun Tong:
To Star Ferry, Tsim Sha Tsui:
To Kowloon City Ferry Pier:
To Riviera Gardens, Tsuen Wan:
To Hin Keng Estate, Tai Wai:
To Wong Nai Tau, Shatin:
To Hang Hau (North):
To Shau Kei Wan:
To South Horizons:
To Kennedy Town:
To Wan Chai Ferry Pier:
To Kwai Shing:
To Tuen Mun Ferry Pier:
To Tin Tsz: