Mong Kok (MTR)

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Mong Kok 旺角

Line Tsuen Wan Kwun Tong Code MOK Service hours 0609/0048 Connections Bus, Minibus

District Yau Tsim Mong Area Mong Kok

Map MTR Website Coordinates to be added

Opened December 1979 Type of station Underground Type of platforms Island No. of platforms 4 No. of entrances/exits 11 No. of escalators to be added No. of lifts to be added No. of shops to be added

Mong Kok (Chinese: 旺角, Jyutping: wong6 gok3, pinyin: Wàngjiǎo) is an MTR station located in the central area of Mong Kok, Kowloon. It is between Prince Edward and Yau Ma Tei stations on the Tsuen Wan Line and Kwun Tong Line. Mong Kok's livery is Dim Red. The initial English name for the station was Argyle, after nearby Argyle Street. However the station was renamed upon the Island Line's opening.

Mong Kok opened on 31 December 1979, originally serving as part of the Kwun Tong Line towards Tsim Sha Tsui and Central. When the Tsuen Wan Line opened in 1982, it took over the original line south of Yau Ma Tei station.

Mong Kok Station serves as a cross-platform interchange between two MTR lines, allowing passengers to change trains either from the Kwun Tong Line trains to southbound Tsuen Wan Line trains towards Central, or vice versa. Mong Kok station should not be confused with the KCR East Rail station bearing the same name. The KCR station is nearly 500 metres to the northeast of the MTR station. More than 200,000 passengers use this station daily.

Contents 1 Platforms 2 Entrances/exits 3 Transport Connections 3.1 Minibus Routes 3.2 Bus Routes 3.3 KCR East Rail (Exit B3 or D2) 4 Neighbouring stations 5 External links

[edit] Platforms

• Platform 1: Tsuen Wan Line to Tsuen Wan
• Platform 3: Kwun Tong Line to Tiu Keng Leng

Passengers from the south of Mong Kok who wish to travel towards East Kowloon (or Tseung Kwan O) can walk across to platform 3 to catch the eastbound Kwun Tong Line train. Passengers from Central or Admiralty are better off if they change to the Tseung Kwan O line at North Point, and change to the Kwun Tong line if necessary if they wish to travel towards any MTR station east of Kowloon Bay.

• Platform 2: Tsuen Wan Line to Central
• Platform 4: Kwun Tong Line to Yau Ma Tei

On the other hand, passengers from East Kowloon who want to travel towards Hong Kong Island can walk across to platform 2 to catch the southbound Tsuen Wan Line train.

[edit] Entrances/exits

Mongkok MTR Station has 11 exits, the majority of which are set up in road intersections. Langham Place, a major shopping mall is accessed through a short underground passage at Exit C3.

• A1: Nathan Road
• A2: Portland Street
• B1: Fife Street (Intersecting with Nathan Road)
• B2: Fife Street (Intersecting with Sai Yeung Choi Street South)
• B3: Sai Yeung Choi Street South (Intersecting with Mong Kok Road)
• C1: Argyle Street (Intersecting with Nathan Road, south side)
• C2: Argyle Street (Intersecting with Portland Street)
• C3: Langham Place
• C4: Portland Street (Opposite Langham Place)
• D1: Argyle Street (Intersecting with Nathan Road, north side)
• D2: Argyle Street (Intersecting with Sai Yeung Choi Street South)
• E1: Bank Centre (Intersecting with Portland Street)
• E2: Nelson Street (Intersecting with Nelson Street)

[edit] Transport Connections

[edit] Minibus Routes

To Lok Mun Sun Chuen:

• 27M (Exit B2)

To Open University of Hong Kong:

• 27M, 28M (Exit B2)

To Waterloo Hill:

• 5M (Exit D3)

To Wai Hang Cheong Sun Chuen:

• 28M (Exit B2)

[edit] Bus Routes

To Chun Seen Mei Chuen:

• 9 (Exit D2)

To Kowloon Hospital:

• 13D (Exit D2)

To Ho Man Tin Estate:

• 18, 41, 45 (Exit B2)

[edit] KCR East Rail (Exit B3 or D2)

Mong Kok KCR Station and Mong Kok MTR Station are considerably far apart. To reach the KCR Station, commuters could get out through Exit D2, walk along Argyle Street until they reach the KCR viaduct, and then walk up to Grand Century Plaza where they may enter the KCR Station.

Passengers could also use Exit B3, and walk along the footbridge above Mong Kok Road and Sai Yee Street to Grand Century Plaza. The entrance for KCR station is located in the shopping mall. This route is well-covered and away the crowded Argyle Street, which is always congested with vehicles and people around.

[edit] Neighbouring stations

Previous station		MTR		Next station
Yau Ma Tei toward Central		Tsuen Wan Line		Prince Edward toward Tsuen Wan
Yau Ma Tei Terminus		Kwun Tong Line		Prince Edward toward Tiu Keng Leng

[edit] External links

• Mong Kok Station New Integrated Entrance C3

[edit] Hong Kong MTR stations

Kwun Tong Line Whampoa Garden | Ho Man Tin | Yau Ma Tei ■ | Mong Kok ■ | Prince Edward ■ | Shek Kip Mei | Kowloon Tong 1 | Lok Fu | Wong Tai Sin | Diamond Hill | Choi Hung | Kowloon Bay | Ngau Tau Kok | Kwun Tong | Lam Tin | Yau Tong ■ | Tiu Keng Leng ■ Tsuen Wan Line Central ■■■ | Admiralty ■ | Tsim Sha Tsui 1 | Jordan | Yau Ma Tei ■ | Mong Kok ■ | Prince Edward ■ | Sham Shui Po | Cheung Sha Wan | Lai Chi Kok | Mei Foo 2 | Lai King ■ | Kwai Fong | Kwai Hing | Tai Wo Hau | Tsuen Wan Island Line Kennedy Town | University | Sai Ying Pun | Sheung Wan | Central ■■■ | Admiralty ■ | Wan Chai | Causeway Bay | Tin Hau | Fortress Hill | North Point ■ | Quarry Bay ■ | Tai Koo | Sai Wan Ho | Shau Kei Wan | Heng Fa Chuen | Chai Wan Tung Chung Line 3Fortress Hill | Exhibition | Tamar | Hong Kong ■■■ | Kowloon ■ | Olympic | Nam Cheong 2 | Lai King ■ | Tsing Yi ■ | Sunny Bay ■ | Tung Chung Airport Express Hong Kong ■■■ | Kowloon ■ | Tsing Yi ■ | Airport | AsiaWorld-Expo Tseung Kwan O Line 4Tin Hau | North Point ■ | Quarry Bay ■ | Yau Tong ■ | Tiu Keng Leng ■ | Tseung Kwan O | Hang Hau | Po Lam | Tseung Kwan O South Disneyland Resort Line Sunny Bay ■ | Disneyland Resort 1) Interchange with KCR East Rail   2) Interchange with KCR West Rail   3) Taking up Island Line stations east of Fortress Hill   4) Taking up Island Line stations west of Tin Hau Lines and stations that are proposed, under planning or under construction are shown in italics.