Tsim Sha Tsui Station

Tsim Sha Tsui
尖沙咀

Platform 2 of the Tsim Sha Tsui station (Tsuen Wan Line towards Central)

Line      Tsuen Wan Line
Code TST
Service hours 0605-0054
Connections MTR East Tsim Sha Tsui Station/ West Rail Line, Bus, Minibus, Ferry
District Yau Tsim Mong
Area Tsim Sha Tsui
Map MTR Website
Coordinates
Opened December 16, 1979
Type of station Underground
Type of platforms Island
No. of platforms 2
No. of exits 11
No. of lifts 1
No. of shops 11

Station location

Tsim Sha Tsui Station
Chinese 尖沙咀

Tsim Sha Tsui is an MTR station on the Tsuen Wan Line. The station, originally opened in 1979 on the Kwun Tong Line, serves the area of Tsim Sha Tsui. About 500,000 passengers (including those who use single journey tickets and Octopus cards) use this station daily.

East Tsim Sha Tsui Station on the West Rail Line, opened on 24 October 2004, is connected to this station. The station now serves as the interchange station between the Tsuen Wan and West Rail Lines.

Tsim Sha Tsui Station was featured in a brief chase sequence featuring Brigitte Lin in Wong Kar-wai's 1994 film, Chungking Express.

Tsim Sha Tsui Station was also featured in Clifton Ko's 1987 film, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World.

Contents

Station layout

Ground - Exits
L1
Concourse
Concourse Customer Service, MTRShops
Hang Seng Bank, vending machine
ATMs
Octopus promotion machine
Subway Subway to East Tsim Sha Tsui Station/      West Rail Line
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

Platforms 1 and 2 share the same island platform. An out of system access to the West Rail Line is provided at the concourse through exits F or G and a walk along the Middle Road or Mody Road subway system respectively to reach East Tsim Sha Tsui Station.

Although the stations are connected by subway, the fare gates for Tsim Sha Tsui and East Tsim Sha Tsui stations are separate. Single journey holders transferring from the      Tsuen Wan Line to the      West Rail Line must purchase a second ticket at East Tsim Sha Tsui Station. Octopus card users who transfer between Tsim Sha Tsui and East Tsim Sha Tsui Stations within thirty minutes without making any other transport related purchases or more than eight non-transport related purchases in between stations are considered to have taken a single journey and are charged accordingly.

Entrances/exits

Tsim Sha Tsui Station is linked with East Tsim Sha Tsui Station through the Mody Road and Middle Road Subways.

In Tsim Sha Tsui Station

In East Tsim Sha Tsui Station

Transport Connections

Bus

Many routes via roads surrounding the Station such as Salisbury Road, Chatham Road South, and Nathan Road, operated by the KMB, NWFB, and Citybus
KMB
Citybus
Cross Harbour Tunnel Bus

Ferries

Star Ferry, to Central and Wanchai

Trains

Underground pedestrian link to West Rail Line trains to Hung Hom and Tuen Mun.

Neighbouring stations

Preceding station   MTR   Following station
towards Central
Tsuen Wan Line
towards Tsuen Wan
Terminus
West Rail Line
Transfer at: East Tsim Sha Tsui
towards Tuen Mun