Mong Kok East Station is a station on Hong Kong

Hong Kong

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's East Rail Line. Only out-of-system interchange is available with Kwun Tong Line and Tsuen Wan Line at Mong Kok Station via a footbridge

Footbridge

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. The station opened in 1910 as Yaumati Station

Yaumati Station

Yaumati Station was a station of the Kowloon-Canton Railway in Hong Kong, located at Luen Wan Street, Mong Kok, Kowloon. It was constructed in 1 October 1910 to cope with the opening of the British Section of Kowloon-Canton Railway. In 1968, the station was rebuilt and renamed as Mong Kok Station...

(different from MTR Yau Ma Tei Station), and a new building was built in 1968 to replace the 1910 building. The location of the station was exactly the same as today's Mong Kok East Station.

The station was named Mong Kok Station (same name with the current MTR Mong Kok Station) before the takeover of KCR

Kowloon-Canton Railway

The Kowloon–Canton Railway refers to a railway network in Hong Kong which is now combined with the MTR railway system, comprising rapid transit services, a light rail system and feeder bus routes within Hong Kong, and intercity passenger and freight train services to the rest of China...

 operations by the MTR Corporation

MTR Corporation

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 on 2 December 2007.

Although the station is in the same region and quite close to Mong Kok Station, the fare are quite different each other. An extra fare of $0.8 minimum is charged on passengers using Mong Kok Station instead, from stations of East Rail Line north of Kowloon Tong, and for the reverse direction, about $3 will be charged for passengers coming from Tung Chung or Disneyland Resort.

Station layout

-	Overlaying properties	Grand Century Place
M Mezzanine	Mezzanine	Staff only area, MTRShop (MX Fastfood)
C Concourse	Concourse	Exits, a transport interchange
		Customer Service Centres, toilets
		shops, vending machines, ATMs Automated teller machine An automated teller machine or automatic teller machine, also known as a Cashpoint , cash machine or sometimes a hole in the wall in British English, is a computerised telecommunications device that provides the clients of a financial institution with access to financial transactions in a public...
P Platforms	Platform 1	towards Lo Wu/Lok Ma Chau
	Island platform, doors will open on the left/right
	Platform 2	towards Lo Wu/Lok Ma Chau
	Platform 3	towards Hung Hom
	Side platform, doors will open on the left

Platform 1 is very narrow and it is the terminus platform for some southbound trains during peak hours. The platforms are curved and the platform gap is relatively large compared to other MTR stations.

Entrances/exits

• B: Mongkok Government Offices
• C: Sai Yee Street
• D: Grand Century Place

KMB

• 44 - Mong Kok East Railway Station ↔ Tsing Yi Estate
• 44P - Mong Kok East Railway Station ↔ Tsing Yi Ferry - peak hours only
• 44S - Cheung Ching → Mong Kok East Railway Station - early morning special service
• 58X - Mong Kok East Railway Station ↔ Leung King Estate
• 59X - Mong Kok East Railway Station ↔ Tuen Mun Pier Head
  Tuen Mun Ferry Pier
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• 67X - Mong Kok East Railway Station ↔ Siu Hong Court
• 93K - Mong Kok East Railway Station ↔ Po Lam
  Po Lam
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• N293 - Mong Kok East Railway Station ↔ Sheung Tak

Neighbouring stations