Tsim Sha Tsui Station

Tsim Sha Tsui 尖沙咀

Platform 2 of the Tsim Sha Tsui station (Tsuen Wan Line towards Central)

Line Tsuen Wan Code TST Service hours 0605/0054 Connections Bus, Minibus, East Rail Line, Ferry

District Yau Tsim Mong Area Tsim Sha Tsui Map MTR Website Coordinates 22°17′50″N 114°10′20″E / 22.297327°N 114.172242°E / 22.297327; 114.172242Coordinates: 22°17′50″N 114°10′20″E / 22.297327°N 114.172242°E / 22.297327; 114.172242

Opened December 16, 1979 Type of station Underground Type of platforms Island No. of platforms 2 No. of exits 11 No. of lifts 1 No. of shops 11

Station location

Concourse of Tsim Sha Tsui station

Tsim Sha Tsui is an MTR station on the Tsuen Wan Line. The station, originally opened in 1979 on the Kwun Tong Line, serves the area of Tsim Sha Tsui. About 500,000 passengers (including those who use single journey tickets and Octopus cards) use this station daily.

East Tsim Sha Tsui Station on the West Rail Line, opened on 24 October 2004, is connected to this MTR station. The station now serves as the interchange station between the Tsuen Wan and West Rail Lines.

Tsim Sha Tsui MTR station was featured in a brief chase sequence featuring Brigitte Lin in Wong Kar Wai's 1994 film, Chungking Express.

Tsim Sha Tsui Station was also featured in Clifton Ko's 1987 film, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World.

Station layout

Platforms 1 and 2 share the same island platform. An out of system access to the West Rail Line is provided at the concourse through exits F or G and a walk along the Middle Road or Mody Road subway system respectively to reach East Tsim Sha Tsui station.

Although the stations are connected by subway, the fare gates for Tsim Sha Tsui and East Tsim Sha Tsui stations are separate. Single journey holders transferring from the Tsuen Wan Line to the West Rail Line must purchase a second ticket at East Tsim Sha Tsui Station. Octopus card users who transfer between Tsim Sha Tsui and East Tsim Sha Tsui Stations within thirty minutes without making any other transport related purchases or more than nine non-transport related purchases in between stations are considered to have taken a single journey and are charged accordingly.

Entrances/exits

Tsim Sha Tsui Station is linked with East Tsim Sha Tsui Station through the Mody Road and Middle Road Subways.

In Tsim Sha Tsui Station

• A1: Nathan Road (by Kowloon Mosque)
• A2: Humphrey's Avenue
• B1: Nathan Road/Cameron Road Junction
• B2: Cameron Road
• C1: Hyatt Regency Hong Kong (South Exit)
• C2: Hyatt Regency Hong Kong (North Exit)
• D1: Nathan Road (by Number 58)
• D2: Bristol Avenue
• E: Kowloon Hotel
• F: Middle Road Subway (Connected to Exit L2)
• G: Mody Road Subway (Connected to Exit M3)

In East Tsim Sha Tsui Station

• J: New World Centre
• K: Middle Road
• L1: Hermes House
• L2: (Connected to Exit F)
• L3: Peninsula Hotel
• L4: Kowloon Hotel
• M2: Holiday Inn Golden Mile
• M3: (Connected to Exit G)
• N1/N2: Hanoi Road
• P1: Wing On Plaza
• P2: Mirror Tower
• P3: Chatham Road South

Transport Connections

Bus

Many routes via roads surrounding the Station such as Salisbury Road, Chatham Road South, and Nathan Road, operated by the KMB, NWFB, and Citybus

Ferries

Star Ferry, to Central and Wanchai

Trains

Underground pedestrian link to West Rail Line trains to Hung Hom and Tuen Mun.

Neighbouring stations

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