Mong Kok East Station

Mong Kok East 旺角東
MTR rapid transit station
Station exterior (from Yim Po Fong Street)
Location	Luen Wan Street/Argyle Street, Mong Kok Yau Tsim Mong District, Hong Kong
Coordinates	22°19′20″N 114°10′22″E / 22.3222°N 114.1728°ECoordinates: 22°19′20″N 114°10′22″E / 22.3222°N 114.1728°E
Owned by	Kowloon–Canton Railway Corporation
Operated by	MTR Corporation
Line(s)	East Rail Line
Platforms	3 (1 side platform and 1 island platform)
Connections	Bus, public light bus
Construction
Structure type	On embankment
Platform levels	1
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	MKK
History
Opened	1 October 1910
Rebuilt	4 May 1982
Electrified	1983
Previous names	Mong Kok, Yaumati
Services
Preceding station   MTR   Following station Hung Hom Terminus East Rail Line Kowloon Tong towards Lo Wu or Lok Ma Chau
Location
Mong Kok East Location within the MTR system

Mong Kok East Station
Traditional Chinese	旺角東
Simplified Chinese	旺角东
Literal meaning	Flourishing Corner East
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Wàngjiǎodōng Yue: Cantonese Jyutping wong6 gok3 dung1 Yale Romanization wong6 gok3 dung1

Platforms

Mong Kok East Station (Chinese: 旺角東站), formerly Yaumati Station (Chinese: 油蔴地車站) and Mong Kok Station (Chinese: 旺角車站), is a station on Hong Kong's East Rail Line. Only out-of-system interchange is available with Kwun Tong Line and Tsuen Wan Line at Mong Kok Station via a footbridge.

The station, initially named Yaumati Station, was constructed on 1 October 1910 to cope with the opening of the British Section of Kowloon-Canton Railway.^[1] The station was later renamed as Mong Kok Station. In 1983, the station was rebuilt. A temporary station was in use just to the south (towards Hung Hom) during reconstruction. After the takeover of KCR operations by the MTR Corporation on 2 December 2007, the station was renamed to Mong Kok East Station because the MTR-KCR merger caused a name conflict with Mong Kok Station on the Tsuen Wan and Kwun Tong lines.

Although the station is in the same region and quite close to Mong Kok Station, the fares are quite different from each other.

It is connected to Grand Century Place, a large shopping mall.

Timetable

Line		Destination	First train	Last train
	East Rail Line	Lo Wu	05:33	23:10
		Lok Ma Chau	05:28	21:28
		Sheung Shui		00:28
		Hung Hom	05:47	01:07
Source: MTR[2]

Station layout

Platform 1 is very narrow and it is the terminus platform for some southbound trains during peak hours. The platforms are curved and the platform gap is relatively large compared to other MTR stations.

-	Overlaying properties	Grand Century Place
M Mezzanine	Mezzanine	Staff only area, MTRShop (MX Fastfood)
C Concourse	Concourse	Exits, a transport interchange Customer Service Centres, toilets shops, vending machines, ATMs
P Platforms	Platform 1	→      East Rail Line towards Lo Wu or Lok Ma Chau (Kowloon Tong) → →      East Rail Line termination platform (some rush-hour trips) →
	Island platform, doors will open on the left or right
	Platform 2	→      East Rail Line towards Lo Wu or Lok Ma Chau (Kowloon Tong) →
	Platform 3	←      East Rail Line towards Hung Hom (Terminus)
	Side platform, doors will open on the left

^[3]

Entrances/exits

Mong Kok East Station, Exit D

• A: Government Offices Carpark
• B: Mongkok Government Offices
• C: Sai Yee Street
• D: Grand Century Place^[4]

Nearby landmarks

• Grand Century Place
• Yuen Po Street Bird Market

References

1. Hong Kong transport timeline
2. "Mong Kok East Station timetable" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
3. "Mong Kok East Station layout" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
4. "Mong Kok East Station street map" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 15 February 2015.