Mei Foo Station

Mei Foo 美孚
MTR rapid transit station
Station exterior (West Rail Line building near exit G)
Chinese name
Chinese	美孚
Cantonese Yale	Méih fū
Literal meaning	Gracious Confidence
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Měifú Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Méih fū Jyutping Mei5 fu1
General information
Location	TWL: Mount Sterling, Mei Foo Sun Chuen, Lai Chi Kok WRL: Lai Chi Kok Park, Lai Chi Kok Sham Shui Po District, Hong Kong
Coordinates	22°20′17″N 114°08′15″E / 22.3381°N 114.1376°E / 22.3381; 114.1376Coordinates: 22°20′17″N 114°08′15″E / 22.3381°N 114.1376°E / 22.3381; 114.1376
Owned by	MTR Corporation (Tsuen Wan Line), Kowloon–Canton Railway Corporation (West Rail Line)
Operated by	MTR Corporation
Line(s)	Tsuen Wan Line      West Rail Line
Platforms	4 (1 island platform (Tsuen Wan Line), 2 side platforms (West Rail Line))
Connections	Bus, public light bus
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	MEF
History
Opened	17 May 1982 (1982-05-17) (Tsuen Wan Line) 20 December 2003 (2003-12-20) (West Rail Line)
Previous names	Lai Wan
Services
Preceding station   MTR   Following station Lai Chi Kok towards Central Tsuen Wan Line Lai King towards Tsuen Wan Nam Cheong towards Hung Hom West Rail Line Tsuen Wan West towards Tuen Mun
Route map to Tsuen Wan West 2 to Lai Chi Kok to Lai King 1 1 2 to Nam Cheong
Location
Mei Foo Location within the MTR system

Tsuen Wan Line platform

West Rail Line platform

Mei Foo (Chinese: 美孚) is a Hong Kong MTR station located in Mei Foo Sun Chuen, Lai Chi Kok, New Kowloon. It is an interchange station between the Tsuen Wan Line and the West Rail Line, situated between Lai Chi Kok and Lai King stations on the Tsuen Wan Line and Nam Cheong Station and Tsuen Wan West stations on the West Rail Line. Mei Foo Station's livery is blue.

The Tsuen Wan Line part of the station is a simple through station with a central island platform, located under Mount Sterling Mall, a pedestrian-only street between the rows of residential buildings in the Mei Foo Sun Chuen housing estate. The station is designed to facilitate transport needs of the residents of Mei Foo Sun Chuen housing estate, which has nearly 100 buildings and several schools, and the point of transfer between the Kowloon urban area and the new town of Tsuen Wan. If there is heavy traffic on the main road into urban Kowloon, the Kwai Chung Road, many commuters get off their buses and use this station as their link to Kowloon and Central on Hong Kong Island.

History

The station's original name was Lai Chi Kok during the planning stage, but upon its opening in 1982 the station was called "Lai Wan"^[1] (荔灣, meaning Lai Chi Kok Bay), and was renamed to its current name in 1985.

The West Rail Line (then known as KCR West Rail) part of the station was opened on 20 December 2003 along with the rail line. The station is located in the middle of Lai Chi Kok Park, slightly to the west of the Tsuen Wan Line's part of the station. The scenery of the park was greatly destroyed during the construction of the station, but the park was subsequently rebuilt over the station complex. The Tsuen Wan Line and West Rail Line stations merged into one station on 2 December 2007 in the MTR-KCR merger. Architecture firm Aedas designed Mei Foo Station.^[2]

Faregates between West Rail Line and Tsuen Wan Line out-of-use after merger

Station layout

Both Tsuen Wan Line platforms share the same island platform. Unlike at Nam Cheong Station (where there is one cross-platform interchange between the Tung Chung Line and the West Rail Line), the Tsuen Wan Line and West Rail Line platforms are considerably far apart. The concourses for these platforms are a five- to ten-minute walk along a connecting passageway.

Although the West Rail Line platform is constructed at ground level, the track immediately north and south of the station is underground, which is why the station is covered and sealed off from the outside.

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Entrances/exits

• A Broadway
• B: Mount Sterling Mall
• C1: Lai Wan Road
• C2: Humbert Street
• D: Lai Chi Kok Park (Lai Wan Road)
• E: Lai Wan Road
• F: Lai Chi Kok Park
• G: Lai King Hill Road^[4]

Transport connections

Bus routes

Mei Foo is a transportation hub due to its geographic location in the north-western end of Kowloon. All bus routes travelling between the suburbs of Tuen Mun, Tsuen Wan, Kwai Chung, Tsing Yi and Yuen Long in northwestern Hong Kong and the urban area of Kowloon and Hong Kong Island have to pass through Mei Foo. Major routes with stop at the "Mei Foo Railway Station" bus stop (Exit B for Kowloon bound buses and Exit A for New Territories bound buses) include: 30, 30X, 33A, 36A, 37, 40, 41, 42, 42A, 43C, 44, 45, 46, 52X, 58X, 59X, 60X, 63X, 66X, 67X, 68X, 69X, 234X, 238X, 265B, E21, E21A, N21, N21A, N241 etc.^[5]

Additionally, the following bus routes terminate at Mei Foo bus terminus (Exit A) or the nearby Lai Chi Kok (formerly Lai Yuen) bus terminus: To Lok Wah Estate, Kwun Tong:

• 2A

To Star Ferry, Tsim Sha Tsui:

• 6

To Kowloon City Ferry Pier:

• 6C

To Riviera Gardens, Tsuen Wan:

• 38A

To Hin Keng Estate, Tai Wai:

• 46X

To Wong Nai Tau, Shatin:

• 86

To Hang Hau (North):

• 98C, 98S

To Shau Kei Wan:

• 102, N122

To South Horizons:

• 171

To Kennedy Town:

• 904

To Wan Chai Ferry Pier:

• 905

To Kwai Shing:

• N237

To Tuen Mun Ferry Pier:

• N260

To Tin Tsz:

• N269

Minibus routes

• 81K (Exit D) - To Hoi Lai Estate via Banyan Garden
• 90A (Exit A) - To Kwai Chung Hospital via Ching Lai Court
• 90M (Exit A) - To Highland Park via Ching Lai Court, Princess Margaret Hospital, Lai King Estate and Lai Yiu Estate
• 90P (Exit A) - To Princess Margaret Hospital via Ching Lai Court
• 92M (Exit A) - To Wah Yuen Chuen via Ching Lai Court, Princess Margaret Hospital and Cho Yiu Chuen

Gallery

Tsuen Wan Line concourse  West Rail Line concourse  Interchange passageway  Train to Central, platform 2  Exit A  Exit D

References

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