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.

Tai Wo Hau

大窩口
MTR rapid transit station
Platform level
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese大窩口
Simplified Chinese大窝口
Hanyu PinyinDàwōkǒu
Cantonese YaleDaaihwōháu
Literal meaningBig den (and) mouth
General information
LocationKwok Shui Road Park, Castle Peak Road — Kwai Chung, Tai Wo Hau
Tsuen Wan District, Hong Kong
Coordinates22°22′15″N 114°07′30″E
Operated byMTR Corporation
Line(s)
Platforms2 (island platform)
ConnectionsBus, public light bus
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Platform levels1
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Station codeTWH
History
Opened
  • 10 May 1982 (1982-05-10)
Services
Preceding station MTR Following station
Kwai Hing
towards Central
 Tsuen Wan line Tsuen Wan
Terminus
Track layout
to Tsuen Wan
1
2
to Kwai Hing
Location
Tai Wo Hau
Location within the MTR system

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.[1] The 280-metre-long, 22-metre-wide, 15-metre-deep station box was built bottom-up within a sheetpile cofferdam.[2] The tunnel between Tai Wo Hau and Kwai Hing Stations was completed in July 1980 using the drill-and-blast method.[3] Tai Wo Hau station opened on 10 May 1982, in sync with Tsuen Wan Line. 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.[4] This park is now called Kwok Shui Road Park.

Station layout

Platforms 1 and 2 share the same island platform.

G Ground level Exits
L1 Concourse Customer Service, MTRShops
Vending machine, ATMs
L2
Platforms		 Platform 2 →      Tsuen Wan line towards Central (Kwai Hing) →
Island platform, doors will open on the right
Platform 1 ←      Tsuen Wan line towards Tsuen Wan (Terminus)

[5]

Entrances/exits
  • A: Hoi Pa New Village, Ham Tin Village, Ho Pui Village, Kwok Shui Road, Primrose Hill
  • B: Castle Peak Road, Kwai Yin Court, Kwai Chung Estate, Tai Wo Hau Estate [6]

Transport connections
Castle Peak Road – Exit B
CompanyRouteTerminiDirection
Kowloon Motor Bus30Allway GardensCheung Sha WanBoth directions
Kowloon Motor Bus31Tsuen Wan West Station↺ Shek LeiBoth directions
Kowloon Motor Bus32M↺ Cheung ShanKwai Fong StationBoth directions
Kowloon Motor Bus38ARiveria GardensMei FooBoth directions
Kowloon Motor Bus40Tsuen Wan (Belvedere Garden)Laguna CityBoth directions
Kowloon Motor Bus41RHong Kong Coliseum→ Cheung ChingWestbound only
Kowloon Motor Bus42CCheung HangLam Tin StationBoth directions
Kowloon Motor Bus48XBayview GardenWo CheBoth directions
Kowloon Motor Bus57MShan KingLai King (North)Both directions
Kowloon Motor Bus58MLeung King EstateKwai Fong StationBoth directions
Kowloon Motor Bus58PKwai Fong Station→ Tin Yue House, Tin King EstateWestbound only
Kowloon Motor Bus59ATuen Mun Ferry PierKwai Chung (Kwai Fong Estate)Both directions
Kowloon Motor Bus61MYau Oi (South)Lai King (North)Both directions
Kowloon Motor Bus67MSiu Hong CourtKwai Fong StationBoth directions
Kowloon Motor Bus68ALong Ping EstateTsing Yi StationBoth directions
Kowloon Motor Bus69MTin Shui Wai Town CentreKwai Fong StationBoth directions
Kowloon Motor Bus69PTin Yiu→ Kwai Fong StationEastbound only
Kowloon Motor Bus73XNina TowerFu Shin EstateBoth directions
Kowloon Motor Bus235↺ Tsuen WanOn YamBoth directions
Kowloon Motor Bus260CSam ShingKwai Fong StationBoth directions
Kowloon Motor Bus265MTin Heng EstateLai YiuBoth directions
Kowloon Motor Bus269ATin Sau Road→ Kwai Chung (Kwai Fong Estate)Eastbound only
Kowloon Motor Bus269MTin Yan EstateCho YiuBoth directions
Kowloon Motor Bus273CKau Lung Hang→ Tsuen Wan West StationWestbound only
Kowloon Motor Bus273PTai Wo→ Tsuen Wan West StationWestbound only
Kowloon Motor Bus278PLuen Wo Hui→ Nina TowerWestbound only
Kowloon Motor Bus278XNina TowerSheung ShuiBoth directions
Kowloon Motor Bus848Sha Tin Racecourse→ Kwai Fong StationEastbound only
Kowloon Motor BusN260Tuen Mun Ferry PierMei FooBoth directions
Kowloon Motor BusN269Tin TszMei FooBoth directions
Long Win BusE31Discovery ParkYat Tung EstateEastbound only
Long Win BusE32Asia-world ExpoKwai Fong StationBoth directions
Kwok Shui Road – Exit A
CompanyRouteTermini
Kowloon Motor Bus36Lei Muk ShueTsuen Wan West Station
Castle Peak Road – Exit B
Route Termini
83AOn Chit Street, On Yam EstateTsuen Lung Street, Tsuen Wan
86Lei Pui Street, Shek LeiTsuen Wan Transport Complex

References
  1. Ngai, Yau-ki (19 June 1982). "Waiting for word on MTR's new park". South China Morning Post.
  2. "How Tsun Wan Line stations were constructed". South China Morning Post. 10 May 1982.
  3. "A boring achievement". South China Morning Post. 24 July 1980.
  4. "New parks for Tsun Wan". South China Morning Post. 5 July 1984.
  5. "Tai Wo Hau Station layout" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
  6. "Tai Wo Hau Station street map" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
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