Tai Shui Hang station explained

Tai Shui Hang
Style:MTR
Native Name:大水坑
Native Name Lang:zh-Hant
Symbol Location:hk
Mlanguage:
C:大水坑
L:Big Water Pit
P:Dàshuǐkēng
J:Daai6seoi2haang1
Y:Daaihséuihāang
Showflag:y
Address:Near Kam Tai Court, Ma On Shan Road, Tai Shui Hang
Borough:Sha Tin District, Hong Kong
Coordinates:22.4088°N 114.223°W
Structure:Elevated
Platform:2 (1 island platform)
Tracks:2
Accessible:yes
Code:TSH
Owned:KCR Corporation
Operator:MTR Corporation
Former:Fu On
Map Type:Hong Kong MTR
Map Alt:Hong Kong MTR system map
Map State:expanded

Tai Shui Hang is an MTR station on the in Hong Kong. It serves residential estates including Kam Tai Court, Mountain Shore, Chevalier Garden and Sausalito, Tai Shui Hang Village and Sha Tin Fishermen's New Village. It also serves five kindergartens, primary and secondary schools. The pattern featured on the platform pillar and glass barrier is a shot of nature representing the Ma On Shan Country Park. For a period before the line opened, the station was known as "Fu On", since it is located opposite Chevalier Garden (transliterated from Chinese "Fu On Garden").

History

On 21 December 2004, Tai Shui Hang station opened to the public with the other KCR Ma On Shan Rail stations.

On 14 February 2020, the was extended south to a new terminus in Kai Tak, as part of the first phase of the Shatin to Central Link Project. The Ma On Shan Line was renamed Tuen Ma Line Phase 1 at the time. Tai Shui Hang station became an intermediate station on this temporary new line.

On 27 June 2021, the Tuen Ma line Phase 1 officially merged with the in East Kowloon to form the new, as part of the Shatin to Central link project. Hence, Tai Shui Hang was included in the project and is now an intermediate station on the Tuen Ma line, Hong Kong's longest railway line.

Station layout

PPlatform 1← towards Tuen Mun (Shek Mun)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Platform 2 Tuen Ma line towards Wu Kai Sha (Heng On)
CConcourseCustomer services, toilets
MTRShops, vending machines
SSubwayKam Tai Court and Chevalier Garden exits

Platforms 1 and 2 share the same island platform.

Entrances/exits