Mei Foo station

Mei Foo station
Former name (1982-1985)
Traditional Chinese	荔灣
Simplified Chinese	荔湾
Literal meaning	Lychee bay
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Lìwān
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	Laih wāan
Jyutping	Lai6 waan1

Mei Foo
Mei Foo; 美孚
	MTR rapid transit station
	Station exterior (West Rail Line building near exit G)
Chinese name
Chinese	美孚
Cantonese Yale	Méih fū
Literal meaning	Gracious Confidence
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Měifú
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	Méih fū
Jyutping	Mei5 fu1
General information
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
Owned by	MTR Corporation (Tsuen Wan Line), Kowloon–Canton Railway Corporation (West Rail Line)
Operated by	MTR Corporation
Line(s)	Tsuen Wan line; West Rail line;
Platforms	4 (1 island platform (Tsuen Wan Line), 2 side platforms (West Rail Line))
Tracks	2
Connections	Bus, public light bus
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	MEF
History
Opened	17 May 1982 (Tsuen Wan Line); 20 December 2003 (West Rail Line);
Previous names	Lai Wan
Services
Track layout
Location
	Mei Foo Location within the MTR system

Mei Foo (Chinese: 美孚) 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 colour is blue.

Tsuen Wan Line platform

West Rail Line platform

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, there are 132 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 on 17 May 1982 the station was called "Lai Wan"[1] (荔灣, short for Lai Chi Kok Bay), and was renamed to its current name in 1985 when Island Line opened.

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.

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

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.

Although the West Rail Line platform is constructed at ground level, like Nam Cheong station, the station and surrounding track is sealed to avoid disturbance to the colocated park.

R	Roof garden	Exit G, Lai Chi Kok Park, footbridge to Ching Lai Court, Lai King Hill Road
C	West Rail Line concourse	Exit F, customer services, washrooms
		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	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	Interchange passageway connecting West Rail Line and Tsuen Wan Line concourses
L2	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)

[2]

Entrances/exits

A: Broadway
B: Mount Sterling Mall
C1: Lai Wan Road
C2: Humbert Street
D: Lai Chi Kok Park (Lai Wan Road)
E: Lai Wan Road
F: Lai Chi Kok Park
G: Lai King Hill Road[3]

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.[4]

Additionally, the following bus routes terminate at Mei Foo bus terminus (Exit A) or the nearby Lai Chi Kok (formerly Lai Yuen) bus terminus:

Route	Destination
2A	Lok Wah Estate, Kwun Tong
6	Star Ferry, Tsim Sha Tsui
6C	Kowloon City Ferry Pier
38A	Riviera Gardens, Tsuen Wan
46X	Hin Keng Estate, Tai Wai
86	Wong Nai Tau, Shatin
98C & 98S	Hang Hau (North)
102 & N122	Shau Kei Wan
171	South Horizons
904	Kennedy Town
905	Wan Chai Ferry Pier
N237	Kwai Shing
N260	Tuen Mun Ferry Pier
N269	Tin Tsz

Minibus routes

Route	Destination	Exit
81K	Hoi Lai Estate via Banyan Garden	D
90A	Kwai Chung Hospital via Ching Lai Court	A
90M	Highland Park via Ching Lai Court, Princess Margaret Hospital, Lai King Estate and Lai Yiu Estate	A
90P	Princess Margaret Hospital via Ching Lai Court	A
92M	Wah Yuen Chuen via Ching Lai Court, Princess Margaret Hospital and Cho Yiu Chuen	A

Gallery

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

References

Yu, Pui-kwan, Robin, "A study on quasi-public space in large scale private residential development, case in Hong Kong" Archived 22 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine, p. 28, University of Hong Kong, 2007
"Mei Foo Station layout" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
"Mei Foo Station street map" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
"Bus stop". Kowloon Motor Bus.

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[1] Yu, Pui-kwan, Robin, "A study on quasi-public space in large scale private residential development, case in Hong Kong" Archived 22 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine, p. 28, University of Hong Kong, 2007

[2] "Mei Foo Station layout" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 30 July 2014.

[3] "Mei Foo Station street map" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 30 July 2014.

[4] "Bus stop". Kowloon Motor Bus.