East Tsim Sha Tsui station

East Tsim Sha Tsui (Chinese: 尖東; Cantonese Yale: Jīmdūng) is a station of the Mass Transit Railway (MTR) system of Hong Kong. It is currently an intermediate station on the West Rail line.

Not to be confused with Tsim Sha Tsui station.

East Tsim Sha Tsui

尖東
MTR rapid transit station
Platform centre
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese尖東
Simplified Chinese尖东
Cantonese YaleJīmdūng
Literal meaningSharp east
General information
LocationSalisbury Road, Chatham Road South × Middle Road, Tsim Sha Tsui
Yau Tsim Mong District, Hong Kong
Coordinates22°17′44″N 114°10′31″E
Owned byKCR Corporation
Operated byMTR Corporation
Line(s)
Platforms2 (1 island platform)
Tracks2
Connections
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Station codeETS
History
Opened24 October 2004 (2004-10-24)
Services
Preceding station MTR Following station
Hung Hom
Terminus
 West Rail line Austin
towards Tuen Mun
Admiralty
towards Central
 Tsuen Wan line
transfer at Tsim Sha Tsui
 Jordan
towards Tsuen Wan
Track layout
to Austin
Tsuen Wan Line
Tsim Sha Tsui
Tsuen Wan Line
Admiralty
1
2
to Hung Hom
Location
East Tsim Sha Tsui
Location within the MTR system

The station was built to alleviate surface traffic jams and passenger congestion at Kowloon Tong station. The distance from Hung Hom to the station is about one kilometre with the journey time of around two minutes.

This station is linked with Tsim Sha Tsui station of the Tsuen Wan line by subways (underground pedestrian tunnels).

History

The predecessor of the East Rail Line was the Kowloon–Canton Railway (British Section), which was opened in 1910. At the time of opening, its southern terminus was the old Kowloon Station located in Tsim Sha Tsui, where the Clock Tower stands today. However, the old Kowloon Station was closed in 1975, and the southern terminus of the railway was relocated to the newly built Hung Hom Station.

An early predecessor to the present East Tsim Sha Tsui station, named Mariner in the East Kowloon line 1970 scheme, was intended to provide interchange to Tsim Sha Tsui of the Kong Kow Line (now part of Tsuen Wan Line).

Plans for East Tsim Sha Tsui were subsequently revived in 1993 when the plans for East Kowloon line were modified to become a medium-capacity system as part of an Eastern Corridor with transfer to the Lantau Airport Railway (now Airport Express and Tung Chung Line). The contract to construct East Tsim Sha Tsui was subsequently awarded to a consortium consisting of Hong Kong-based Gammon Construction and Japan-based Nishimatsu.[1]

East Tsim Sha Tsui was opened on 24 October 2004 as a southward extension of the KCR East Rail from Hung Hom, symbolising the return of the railway to the Tsim Sha Tsui area after 30 years. It served as the southern terminus of the East Rail Line until 16 August 2009. As a result of its underground location, the station was equipped with full-height platform screen doors, of the same type used on the KCR West Rail, which opened the year prior. The station was the only one on the East Rail Line with these doors for five years, and as a result, the 12-car-long set of screen doors were the longest in the world.

The status of the East Tsim Sha Tsui station as the southern terminus of the East Rail Line was intended to be a temporary arrangement only. Upon the opening of the MTR Kowloon Southern Link on 16 August 2009, the East Rail Line's southern terminus became Hung Hom again (albeit only temporary until the expected opening of Sha Tin to Central Link in 2021), and the tracks between Hung Hom and East Tsim Sha Tsui became part of the West Rail Line. As a result, Hung Hom is now the common southern terminus of (and provides cross-platform interchange between) the East Rail Line and the West Rail Line, whilst East Tsim Sha Tsui is now an intermediate station on the West Rail Line (which will be merged into the Tuen Ma Line in 2021).

Due to the shorter length of the West Rail Line and Tuen Ma Line trains (8 cars), the ends of the platforms were taken out of use and closed off.

Station layout
Pk/PD Park/
Podium Deck		 Middle Road Children's Playground,
Tsim Sha Tsui East Waterfront Podium Garden
G Ground Exits/Entrances, East Tsim Sha Tsui Station Transport interchange,
Tsim Sha Tsui East (Mody Road) Transport interchange
C/S Concourse Customer service centres, washrooms
shops, vending machines, ATMs
Subway Subway to Tsim Sha Tsui Station (Tsuen Wan Line), Middle Road,
Peking Road, Kowloon Park Drive, Canton Road
Salisbury Road, Hanoi Road, K11 Art Mall,
Nathan Road, Mody Road, Tsim Sha Tsui East
P Platform 1 →      West Rail line towards Tuen Mun (Austin) →
Island platform, doors will open on the right
Platform 2 ←      West Rail line towards Hung Hom (Terminus)
Concourse

Passengers heading towards the Tsuen Wan Line ride the escalator up to the concourse and leave the West Rail Line system. Then they walk along the Middle Road or Mody Road subway system respectively to reach Tsim Sha Tsui station at exits L2 and M3, respectively.[2]

Although the stations are connected by subway, the fare gates for East Tsim Sha Tsui and Tsim Sha Tsui Stations are separated. Single journey ticket passengers transferring from the West Rail Line to the Tsuen Wan Line must purchase a second ticket at Tsim Sha Tsui Station as the ticket is withdrawn once the passengers exit through the turnstiles at East Tsim Sha Tsui station. In contrast, Octopus card users who transfer between East Tsim Sha Tsui and 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. Also, MTR City Saver users who transfer between East Tsim Sha Tsui and Tsim Sha Tsui stations within thirty minutes are considered to have taken a single journey and are charged accordingly.[2]

Entrances/exits

East Tsim Sha Tsui Station is linked with Tsim Sha Tsui Station through the Mody Road and Middle Road Subways. When both stations' exits are combined, the total number of exits outnumber even that of Central. Tsim Sha Tsui Station has the exit with the highest letter of all rail stations in Hong Kong.[3]

In Tsim Sha Tsui Station

In East Tsim Sha Tsui Station
  • Exit J in 2010
  • Exit L3 in 2009
  • Exit L5 in 2010
  • Exit P1 in 2006 (before the MTR–KCR merger)

Transport interchange

Source:[3]

NumberTerminiNotes
Kowloon Motor Bus
5Fu Shan ↔ Star Ferry
5AKai Tak (Kai Ching Estate) ↔ Star Ferry
5CTsz Wan Shan (Central) ↔ Star Ferry
5XTsz Wan Shan (Central) ↔ Star FerryMorning and Evening peak only
8Kowloon station ↔ Star Ferry
8AWhampoa Garden ↔ Star Ferry
8PLaguna Verde ↺ Star Ferry
12Hoi Lai Estate ↔ Tsim Sha Tsui East (Mody Road)
13XPo Tat ↔ Tsim Sha Tsui East
26Shun Tin ↔ Tsim Sha Tsui East
28Lok Wah ↔ Star Ferry
35AOn Yam ↔ Tsim Sha Tsui East
41ACheung On ↔ Tsim Sha Tsui East
81CYiu On ↔ Tsim Sha Tsui East (Mody Road)
81SMei Tin → Prince Edward Station, Nathan RoadMorning peak hours only
87DKam Ying Court ↔ Hung Hom Station
98DHang Hau (North) ↔ Tsim Sha Tsui East
203CTai Hang Tung ↔ Tsim Sha Tsui East (Mody Road)
208Broadcast Drive ↔ Tsim Sha Tsui East
213XOn Tai (South) ↺ Tsim Sha Tsui
215XLam Tin (Kwong Tin Estate) ↔ Kowloon Station
219XLaguna City ↺ Tsim Sha Tsui
224XKai Yip ↺ Tsim Sha Tsui EastPeak hours only
234XBayview Garden ↔ Tsim Sha Tsui East (Mody Road)
260XPo Tin ↔ Hung Hom Station
268BLong Ping Station ↔ Hung Hom FerryPeak hours only
269BTin Shui Wai Town Centre ↔ Hung Hom Ferry
270ASheung Shui ↔ Tsim Sha Tsui East (Mody Road)
Citybus
A21Airport (Ground Transportation Centre) ↔ Hung Hom Station
Cross-harbour
110Tsim Sha Tsui East (Mody Road) ↺ Shau Kei WanOperated by New World First Bus and Kowloon Motor Bus
973Tsim Sha Tsui (Mody Road) ↔ Stanley MarketOperated by Citybus
NumberTerminiNotes

References
  1. "MTR Tsim Sha Tsui Station & Subways, Hong Kong". Gammon Construction. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  2. "East Tsim Sha Tsui Station layout" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
  3. "East Tsim Sha Tsui Station street map" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
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