Tai Koo (MTR)

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Tai Koo
太古

Plaque commemoratng the MTR Island Line opening ceremony held at Tai Koo Station on May 31, 1985 by Sir Edward Youde, then governor of Hong Kong

Line	Island
Code	TAK
Service hours	0602 / 0112
Connections	minibus, bus

District	Eastern
Area	Quarry Bay

Maps	MTR Website Centamap
Coordinates	22.284589° N 114.216120° E

Opened	May 31, 1985
Type of station	underground
Type of platforms	island
No. of platforms	2
No. of entrances/exits	9
No. of escalators	28
No. of lifts	3
No. of shops	13

Tai Koo (Chinese: 太古; Cantonese IPA: [tʰɑɪ₃₃ ku₃₅], Yale: taai gú, Jyutping: taai3 gu2; Mandarin Pinyin: Tàigǔ) is an underground station on the MTR Island Line on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. The livery is crimson.

It serves the vicinity of Kornhill, Kornhill Gardens, Taikoo Shing, Nam Fung Sun Chuen, etc. in Quarry Bay. The station is one of the busiest stations in the system.

1 Platforms
2 Shops
3 Entrances/exits
4 Transport connections
- 4.1 Minibus
- 4.2 Bus
5 Neighbouring stations

[edit] Platforms

Platform 1: Island Line towards Chai Wan
Platform 2: Island Line towards Sheung Wan

Platforms 1 and 2 share the same island platform.

[edit] Shops

7-Eleven
Bank of China (Hong Kong) ATMs
Circle K Mini-store
Hang Seng Bank (with ATMs)
Hang Seng Bank ATMs
Maxim's Cakes
Mrs. Fields Cookies
Okashi Land
Saint Honore Cake Shop
Starbucks Coffee

An automatic photo machine (Max Sight Photo-Me)
2 vending machines (Swire Coca-Cola)

[edit] Entrances/exits

Platform of Tai Koo Station

A1: Kornhill Gardens (Blocks 1 to 4)
A2: Kornhill Plaza (North)
B: Kornhill (Blocks N to R), Nam Fung Sun Chuen
C: Kornhill (Blocks A to M), Jusco, Kornhill Plaza South
D1: Cityplaza (G/F)
D2: Taikoo Shing Road
E1: Cityplaza (2/F)
E2: Kornhill Gardens (Blocks 5 and 6)
E3: Kornhill Gardens (Blocks 7 to 10)

[edit] Transport connections

[edit] Minibus

To Kornhill

33M (at exit C)

To Mount Parker Lodge

32A (at exit B, E2 or E3)

[edit] Bus

To Tsz Wan Shan (Central)

116 (at exit B)

[edit] Neighbouring stations

Previous station		MTR		Next station
Quarry Bay		Island Line		Sai Wan Ho

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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.