Style: | MTR | ||||||||||
Mong Kok East | |||||||||||
Native Name: | 旺角東 | ||||||||||
Native Name Lang: | zh-Hant | ||||||||||
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Address: | Luen Wan Street / Argyle Street, Mong Kok | ||||||||||
Borough: | Yau Tsim Mong District, Hong Kong | ||||||||||
Coordinates: | 22.3222°N 114.1728°W | ||||||||||
Connections: | |||||||||||
Structure: | on embankment | ||||||||||
Platform: | 3 (1 island platform and 1 side platform) | ||||||||||
Levels: | 1 | ||||||||||
Tracks: | 3 | ||||||||||
Years1: | 1910 | ||||||||||
Events1: | Station opens as Yaumati | ||||||||||
Years2: | 1969 | ||||||||||
Events2: | Renamed to Mong Kok | ||||||||||
Years3: | 1982 | ||||||||||
Events3: | Station is rebuilt | ||||||||||
Years4: | 2007 | ||||||||||
Events4: | Renamed to Mong Kok East on the day of the MTR-KCR merger | ||||||||||
Code: | MKK | ||||||||||
Owned: | Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation | ||||||||||
Operator: | MTR Corporation | ||||||||||
Former: | Yaumati, Mong Kok | ||||||||||
Other Services Header: | Former services | ||||||||||
Map Type: | Hong Kong MTR#Hong Kong urban core | ||||||||||
Map Alt: | Hong Kong MTR system map |
Mong Kok East station – formerly Mong Kok railway station and Yaumati railway station (during KCR period) – is a station on Hong Kong's . Only out-of-system interchange is available with and at Mong Kok station via a footbridge. The station is connected to Grand Century Place, a large shopping mall.
The station is within walking distance of Mong Kok station, but there are no direct paths linking the stations; passengers wishing to transfer between the stations must use above-ground roads or transfer at .
The station, initially named Yaumati, was constructed on 1 October 1910 to cope with the opening of the British Section of Kowloon–Canton Railway. Yaumati was the old name of Yau Ma Tei, which is rarely used today. [1] The station was renamed Mong Kok on 31 December 1968 on the grounds that it was actually in Mong Kok District.[2] [3]
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. Before the MTR–KCR merger, this station shared a name with the separate Mong Kok station on the Tsuen Wan and Kwun Tong lines.
Platform 1 is the terminus platform for some southbound trains during peak hours and the train will return northbound towards Lo Wu or Lok Ma Chau. The platforms are curved and the platform gap is relatively large compared to other MTR stations.
style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;border-top:solid 1px gray;vertical-align:top;" | - | overlaying properties | Grand Century Place |
M | mezzanine | staff only area, restaurant (MX Fastfood) | |
C | Concourse | exits, a transport interchange, customer service centre, toilets, shops, vending machines, automated teller machines | |
P | Platform 1 | towards or → ← East Rail line terminating trains, alighting only (some rush-hour trips) | |
island platform | |||
Platform 2 | East Rail line towards Lo Wu or Lok Ma Chau (Kowloon Tong) → | ||
Platform 3 | ← East Rail line towards | ||
Side platform |