Mei Foo Station

Mei Foo
美孚
MTR rapid transit station

Station exterior (West Rail Line building near exit G)
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
Coordinates 22°20′17″N 114°08′15″E / 22.3381°N 114.1376°E / 22.3381; 114.1376Coordinates: 22°20′17″N 114°08′15″E / 22.3381°N 114.1376°E / 22.3381; 114.1376
Owned by MTR Corporation (Tsuen Wan Line), Kowloon–Canton Railway Corporation (West Rail)
Operated by MTR Corporation
Line(s)
Platforms 4 (island platform (Tsuen Wan Line), side platforms (West Rail))
Connections Bus, public light bus
Construction
Structure type Underground
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Station code MEF
History
Opened
  • 17 May 1982 (1982-05-17) (Tsuen Wan Line)
  • 20 December 2003 (2003-12-20) (West Rail Line)
Previous names Lai Wan
Services
Preceding station   MTR   Following station
towards Central
Tsuen Wan Line
towards Tsuen Wan
towards Hung Hom
West Rail Line
towards Tuen Mun
Location
Hong Kong MTR system map
Mei Foo
Location within the MTR system
Mei Foo Station
Chinese 美孚
Literal meaning Gracious Confidence
Tsuen Wan Line platform
West Rail Line platform

Mei Foo 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.

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.

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"[1] (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.[2]

Faregates between West Rail Line and Tsuen Wan Line out-of-use after merger

Timetable

Line Destination First train Last train
Tsuen Wan LineTsuen Wan06:2501:13
Central06:1000:40
West Rail LineTuen Mun06:0300:15
Hung Hom06:1000:40
Source: MTR[3]

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.

R
Roof		 Roof garden Exit G, Lai Chi Kok Park, footbridge to Ching Lai Court, Lai King Hill Road
C
Concourse		 West Rail Line
concourse		 Exit F, customer services, washrooms

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.

 MTRShops, vending machines, ATMs
P
Platforms
Side platform, doors will open on the left
Platform 1 →      West Rail Line towards Tuen Mun (Tsuen Wan West) →
Platform 2 ←      West Rail Line towards Hung Hom (Nam Cheong)
Side platform, doors will open on the left
G
Ground		 Interchange passageway Exit D, Lai Chi Kok Park, Lai Wan Road
Tsuen Wan Line Concourse Exit A, B, C, E, Lai Wan Road, Mei Foo Sun Chuen
L1
Subway		 Subway Interchange passageway connecting West Rail Line
and Tsuen Wan Line Concourses
L2
Concourse		 Tsuen Wan Line
concourse		 Customer Service, MTRShops
Hang Seng Bank, vending machine, ATMs
Octopus promotion machine
L3
Platforms		 Platform 1 →      Tsuen Wan Line towards Tsuen Wan (Lai King) →
Island platform, doors will open on the right
Platform 2 ←      Tsuen Wan Line towards Central (Lai Chi Kok)

[4]

Entrances/exits

Transport connections

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.[6]

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:

Minibus routes

Gallery

Tsuen Wan Line concourse 
West Rail Line concourse 
Interchange passageway 
Train to Central, platform 2 
Exit A 
Exit D 

References

  1. ↑ Yu, Pui-kwan, Robin, "A study on quasi-public space in large scale private residential development, case in Hong Kong", p. 28, University of Hong Kong, 2007
  2. ↑ "Designers transfer Hong Kong know-how to Dubai's new metro". scmp.com.
  3. ↑ "Mei Foo Station timetable" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
  4. ↑ "Mei Foo Station layout" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
  5. ↑ "Mei Foo Station street map" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
  6. ↑ "Bus stop". KMB.
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