Yau Ma Tei Station

For the other MTR Station in Mong Kok previously named "Yaumati", see Mong Kok East Station.
Yau Ma Tei
油麻地
MTR rapid transit station

Platform 1
Location Nathan Road/Waterloo Road, Yau Ma Tei
Yau Tsim Mong District, Hong Kong
Coordinates 22°18′46″N 114°10′15″E / 22.3129°N 114.1707°ECoordinates: 22°18′46″N 114°10′15″E / 22.3129°N 114.1707°E
Operated by MTR Corporation
Line(s)
Platforms 4 (island platforms)
Tracks 4
Connections Bus, public light bus
Construction
Structure type Underground
Platform levels 2
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Station code YMT
History
Opened
  • 31 December 1979 (Kwun Tong Line)
  • 10 May 1982 (Tsuen Wan Line)
Previous names Waterloo
Services
Preceding station   MTR   Following station
TerminusKwun Tong Line
towards Tiu Keng Leng
towards Central
Tsuen Wan Line
towards Tsuen Wan
  Future  
towards Whampoa
Kwun Tong Line
towards Tiu Keng Leng
Location
Hong Kong MTR system map
Yau Ma Tei
Location within the MTR system
Yau Ma Tei Station
Chinese 油麻地
Literal meaning Oil Sesame Ground
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Yau Ma Tei, formerly called 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 served by the Tsuen Wan Line.

The station opened in 1979 and renamed as Yau Ma Tei on 31 May 1985 along with Argyle (Mong Kok) and Chater (Central).

Yau Ma Tei is an interchange station, yet it is used less frequently for this purpose than the nearby Mong Kok station since the platforms are not designed for cross-platform interchange. The lower platforms are therefore used mainly by Kwun Tong Line passengers whose MTR journeys begin or end at Yau Ma Tei. 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, representing the colours of the French national flag, is located 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.

Timetable

Line Destination First train Last train
Kwun Tong LineTiu Keng Leng06:1400:44
Kwun Tong01:04
Tsuen Wan LineTsuen Wan06:1401:03
Central06:0100:50
Source: MTR[1]

Station layout

As part of the Sha Tin to Central Link, it is planned that the Kwun Tong Line will be extended towards Whampoa via Ho Man Tin. As such, the layout of the station may be changed to allow opposite-directional cross-platform interchange.

G Street level Exits
C
Concourse		 Concourse Customer Service, MTRShops
Vending machines, Automatic teller machines
P1
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)
P2
Platforms		 Platform 3 →      Kwun Tong Line towards Tiu Keng Leng (Mong Kok) →
Island platform, doors will open on the left for platform 3 and right for platform 4
Platform 4 →      Kwun Tong Line towards Tiu Keng Leng (Mong Kok) →
←      Kwun Tong Line (planned) towards Whampoa (Ho Man Tin)

[2]

Entrances/exits

Transport interchange

KMB
Citybus
Cross Harbour Tunnel Bus
Minibus

References

  1. ↑ "Yau Ma Tei Station timetable" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
  2. ↑ "Yau Ma Tei Station layout" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
  3. ↑ "Yau Ma Tei Station street map" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 30 July 2014.