Tin Shui Wai Station

This article is about the heavy rail station. For the light rail stop, see Tin Shui Wai Stop. For the light rail stop formerly named Tin Shui Wai Terminus, see Tin Wing Stop.
Tin Shui Wai
天水圍
Hong Kong MTR rapid transit station

Appearance of Tin Shui Wai Station
Hong Kong MTR system map
Location of Tin Shui Wai Station in Hong Kong
Station location and services
Line      West Rail Line
Code TIS
District Yuen Long
Area Intersection between Ping Ha Road and Kiu Cheong Road, Ping Shan
Coordinates 22°26′53″N 114°00′17″E / 22.4481°N 114.0046°E / 22.4481; 114.0046Coordinates: 22°26′53″N 114°00′17″E / 22.4481°N 114.0046°E / 22.4481; 114.0046
Map
Service hours 0541-0104
Station design
Livery █ FFCF2A
Structure Elevated
Platforms 2
Type of platforms Island
Exits 7
Events
Opened 20 December 2003
Rail services
Preceding station   MTR   Following station
towards Hung Hom
West Rail Line
towards Tuen Mun
Tin Shui Wai Station
Traditional Chinese 天水圍
Simplified Chinese 天水围
Tin Shui Wai Station concourse
Tin Shui Wai Station platform
concourse end leading down to Tin Shui Wai Stop

Tin Shui Wai Station (Chinese: 天水圍站) is a MTR station located in Ping Shan near Tin Shui Wai new town, Yuen Long District. It is the only heavy rail station serving the Tin Shui Wai New Town with a population of around 300,000.

Location

It is in the north of Ping Shan and adjacent to Tin Yiu Estate, Tin Shing Court and Tin Yau Court. The station is elevated over the junction of Ping Ha Road and Tin Fuk Road. A public transport interchange is located to the southwest of the station. Three footbridges are constructed along Tin Fuk Road and Ping Ha Road to connect the station to the highly populated urban area that the station is built in.

Station layout

P
Platforms		 Platform 2 →      West Rail Line towards Hung Hom (Long Ping) →
Island platform, doors will open on the right
Platform 1 ←      West Rail Line towards Tuen Mun (Siu Hong)
C
Concourse		 Concourse Exits, footbridge
Customer services, toilets
MTRShops, ATMs, Octopus promotion machine
G
Ground		 Light Rail Stop      Light Rail Tin Shui Wai Stop, Tsui Sing Lau Pagoda
Ping Shan Heritage Trail, Cycle park, footbridge
Public transport
interchange		 Public transport interchange
Cycle park, footbridge

Platforms 1 and 2 share the same island platform.

The first train to Tuen Mun departs at 6:21 a.m., while the last train departs at 12:36 a.m. the day after. The first train to Hung Hom departs at 5:51 a.m., and the last train departs at 12:21 a.m. the day after.

Entrances/exits

Feeder Service

MTR Bus
KMB
New Lantao Bus
Citybus
Long Win Bus

There is also private feeder bus service running between the station and Kingswood Villas, a large group of private housing estates in Tin Shui Wai, and some other private domestic premises.

Other facilities

References

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