Yau Ma Tei Station

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Yau Ma Tei 油麻地

Line Tsuen Wan Kwun Tong Code YMT Service hours 0601/0050 Connections Bus, Minibus

District Yau Tsim Mong Area Yau Ma Tei

Map MTR Website

Opened December 31, 1979 Type of station Underground Type of platforms Island No. of platforms 4 No. of exits 6 No. of shops 13

Yau Ma Tei Station
Chinese:	油麻地
Transliterations Mandarin - Hanyu Pinyin: Yóumádì Yue (Cantonese) - Jyutping: jau4 maa4 dei2 - Yale Romanization: yau4 ma4 dei2

Yau Ma Tei, formerly named Waterloo after Waterloo Road, is an MTR station located in Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon. It is the western terminus of the Kwun Tong Line, and is also located on the Tsuen Wan Line.

Yau Ma Tei is an interchange station, yet it is used less frequently for this purpose than nearby Mong Kok station since the platforms are not designed for cross-platform interchange. The Kwun Tong Line platforms are thus beneficial mostly to local travellers. 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 grey, with red, white, and blue stripes representing the colors on French national flag. The stripes, however, are being removed as part of current renovation works as of October 2005. Helvetica, the original typeface used in station name signs, is also being replaced by Myriad under the scheme.

[edit] Station layout

Ground	-	Exits
L1 Concourse	Concourse	Customer Service, MTRShops
		Vending machines, Automatic teller machines
L2 Platforms	Platform 1	Tsuen Wan Line towards Tsuen Wan
	Island platform, doors will open on the right
	Platform 2	Tsuen Wan Line towards Central
L2 Platforms	Platform 3	Kwun Tong Line towards Tiu Keng Leng
	Island platform, doors will open on the left/right
	Platform 4	Kwun Tong Line towards Tiu Keng Leng

It is more convenient for passengers on the Tsuen Wan Line to change to the Kwun Tong Line in Mong Kok. So when Tsuen Wan Line trains approach Yau Ma Tei, the public address system will not mention Yau Ma Tei as an interchange station to the Kwun Tong Line. Passengers who board the Kwun Tong Line trains in Yau Ma Tei are usually people who entered this station from the street in the first place. As part of the Shatin-Central Link, it is planned that the Kwun Tong Line will be extended towards the Whampoa Gardens via Ho Man Tin.

[edit] Entrances/exits

• A1/A2: Pitt Street
• B1: Nathan Road
• B2: Portland Street
• C: Man Ming Lane (for Temple Street)
• D: Waterloo Road

[edit] Neighbouring stations

Preceding station		MTR		Following station
Jordan towards Central		Tsuen Wan Line		Mong Kok towards Tsuen Wan
Terminus		Kwun Tong Line		Mong Kok towards Tiu Keng Leng

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Coordinates: 22°18′46.8″N, 114°10′13.8″E