Yau_Ma_Tei_station

Yau Ma Tei station

Yau Ma Tei station

MTR interchange station in Kowloon, Hong Kong

For the other MTR station in Mong Kok previously named "Yaumati", see Mong Kok East station.

Yau Ma Tei, formerly named Waterloo after Waterloo Road, is an MTR station located in Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon. It is served by the Kwun Tong line and the Tsuen Wan line. The station opened on 22 December 1979 and was renamed as Yau Ma Tei on 31 May 1985 along with Argyle (Mong Kok) and Chater (Central).

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Yau Ma Tei is an interchange station, even though the platforms are not designed for cross-platform interchange. After the Kwun Tong line has been extended to Whampoa, it is used by northbound passengers on one line to change to southbound trains on the other line. This station is used by many students during commuting hours, since it is in the vicinity of many large schools.

The station's livery colour is a light grey. Red, white, and blue stripes, which prominently adorned the station walls until they were removed as part of renovation works in 2005 which also saw the original Helvetica typeface, used in station name signs, replaced by Myriad.

History

On 16 December 1979, The Kwun Tong line was extended from Shek Kip Mei to Tsim Sha Tsui station. However, Yau Ma Tei station was opened on 22nd of that month as an infill station.[1] When the station was first opened, only upper level platform was in use. Three weeks before Tsuen Wan line opened, on 26 April 1982, MTR Corporation split the Modified Initial System into Kwun Tong line and Tsuen Wan line, in order to let passengers to get used to transfer at Mong Kok station. On the same day, the lower level platform was put into use.

Kwun Tong line was extended to Whampoa station on 23 October 2016.

Station layout

From the scissor crossing after Whampoa terminus to north of Yau Ma Tei, the Kwun Tong line drives on the right side of the tunnel, as opposed to almost everywhere else in the MTR, where the driving direction is usually on the left (except for the Tuen Ma line). The difference in driving directionality is due to the track layout between Yau Ma Tei and Mong Kok stations.

The Kwun Tong line extension towards Whampoa station via Ho Man Tin opened on 23 October 2016. In preparation, the numbers of the Kwun Tong line platforms were swapped starting on 11 June 2016, and platform 4 became alighting-only (and platform 3 boarding-only) from 21 August 2016.[2] After the opening of the Kwun Tong line extension, Yau Ma Tei became an interchange station between the Kwun Tong line and the Tsuen Wan line, with each line using platforms on a different level.

G Ground level Exits
L1 Concourse Customer Service, MTRShops, Hang Seng Bank, vending machine, ATMs
Octopus promotion machine
L2
Platforms		 Platform 1 →      Tsuen Wan line towards Tsuen Wan (Mong Kok) →
Island platform, doors will open on the right
Platform 2 ←      Tsuen Wan line towards Central (Jordan)
L3
Platforms		 Platform 4 ←      Kwun Tong line towards Whampoa (Ho Man Tin)
Island platform, doors will open on the right
Platform 3      Kwun Tong line towards Tiu Keng Leng (Mong Kok) →

Livery

The station's livery is light grey and red in concourse and exits


G Street level Exits
L1 Concourse Customer service, MTRShops
Vending machines, Automatic teller machines
L2
Platforms		 Platform 1 →      Tsuen Wan line towards Tsuen Wan (Mong Kok) →
Island platform, doors will open on the right
Platform 2 ←      Tsuen Wan line towards Central (Jordan)
L3
Platforms		 Platform 4 ←      Kwun Tong line towards Whampoa (Ho Man Tin)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Platform 3 →      Kwun Tong line towards Tiu Keng Leng (Mong Kok) →

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Entrances/exits

  • Tsuen Wan line platforms (May 2022)
  • Station concourse with the customer service centre booth sitting between the paid and unpaid areas (July 2020)

References

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  1. [1]
    Mass Transit Railway Modern Tramway & Light Rail Transit April 1980 page 134
  2. [2]
    "Yau Ma Tei Station layout" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  3. [3]
    "Yau Ma Tei Station layout" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  4. [4]
    "Yau Ma Tei Station street map" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
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