Traditional Chinese 大窩口 Cantonese Yale Daaihwōháu Literal meaning Big den (and) mouth Address Kwai Chung, Hong Kong Level 1 | Simplified Chinese [[wikt:|]] Hanyu Pinyin Hanyu Pinyin Opened 10 May 1982 Platforms in use 2 (island platform) | |
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Similar Kwai Hing Station, Kwai Fong Station, Lai King Station, Mei Foo Station, Tsuen Wan West Station | ||
Mtr tai wo hau station
Tai Wo Hau (Chinese: 大窩口; Cantonese Yale: Daaih wō háu) is an MTR station between Tsuen Wan and Kwai Hing stations on the Tsuen Wan Line. It serves the areas of Kwai Yin Court and Tai Wo Hau Estate in the Kwai Tsing District, and some resited villages (such as Kwan Mun Hau Tsuen) in the Tsuen Wan District of Hong Kong. These villages were originally in Tsuen Wan town centre, being moved for new town development.
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Tai Wo Hau Station was one of the first railway stations in the New Territories; and the first underground one. All other New Territories stations on the Tsuen Wan Line are either at surface level or on viaducts. Lai King Station cuts through a hillside slope, and all other New Territories underground stations were opened some years later.
The station is relatively less busy in the system because of its distance to nearby bus stops and settlements.
History
The station was built on the site of a park. The 280 metre long, 22 metre wide, 15 metre deep station box was built bottom-up within a sheetpile cofferdam. The tunnel between Tai Wo Hau and Kwai Hing Stations was completed in July 1980 using the drill-and-blast method. In 1984, the New Territories Development Department awarded a contract for the construction of a park above the station to replace the one which originally existed there. This park is now called Kwok Shui Road Park.
Station layout
Platforms 1 and 2 share the same island platform.