Prince Edward is a station of the MTR

MTR

Mass Transit Railway is the rapid transit railway system in Hong Kong. Originally opened in 1979, the system now includes 211.6 km of rail with 155 stations, including 86 railway stations and 69 light rail stops...

 rapid transit system

Rapid transit

A rapid transit, underground, subway, elevated railway, metro or metropolitan railway system is an electric passenger railway in an urban area with a high capacity and frequency, and grade separation from other traffic. Rapid transit systems are typically located either in underground tunnels or on...

 in Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...

. It is located in Northern Mong Kok

Mong Kok

Mong Kok , less often known as Argyle , is an area in the Yau Tsim Mong District on Kowloon Peninsula, Hong Kong...

, Kowloon

Kowloon

Kowloon is an urban area in Hong Kong comprising the Kowloon Peninsula and New Kowloon. It is bordered by the Lei Yue Mun strait in the east, Mei Foo Sun Chuen and Stonecutter's Island in the west, Tate's Cairn and Lion Rock in the north, and Victoria Harbour in the south. It had a population of...

, under the intersection of Nathan Road and Prince Edward Road West. The station is named after this road. The station's livery

Livery

A livery is a uniform, insignia or symbol adorning, in a non-military context, a person, an object or a vehicle that denotes a relationship between the wearer of the livery and an individual or corporate body. Often, elements of the heraldry relating to the individual or corporate body feature in...

 is Pale Purple.

History

Although the Kwun Tong Line tracks had already been laid for the station in 1979, Prince Edward was not opened until the Tsuen Wan Line opened on 10 May 1982, since the station was designed principally for the purpose of interchanging to ease the expected overcrowded interchange at Mong Kok Station

Mong Kok (MTR)

Mong Kok is a rapid transit station on the Kwun Tong and Tsuen Wan Lines of the MTR system in Hong Kong. One of the first stations of the network to open, it is now used by more than 200,000 passengers daily...

. While the latter was designed to aid in transferring passengers to the Tsuen Wan Line for cross-harbour transport, Prince Edward acts as a faster interchange for passengers wishing to go north on the Tsuen Wan Line rather than head towards Hong Kong Island

Hong Kong Island

Hong Kong Island is an island in the southern part of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. It has a population of 1,289,500 and its population density is 16,390/km², as of 2008...

. Only a week after the station opened was the concourse finished, thereby giving access to the station from street level.

Location

Prince Edward Station and Mong Kok Station are the two closest stations in Hong Kong. They are only about 400 metres apart and the train takes less than one minute to travel from one station to the other.

Station layout

Prince Edward is an anti-directional cross-platform interchange

Cross-platform interchange

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 station between the Tsuen Wan Line and the Kwun Tong Line. The stations to the north are Sham Shui Po

Sham Shui Po (MTR)

Sham Shui Po is an MTR station located in Sham Shui Po, New Kowloon, Hong Kong. The station is located under Cheung Sha Wan Road between Cheung Sha Wan and Prince Edward stations on the Tsuen Wan Line. Sham Shui Po's livery is Dim Teal...

 and Shek Kip Mei

Shek Kip Mei (MTR)

Shek Kip Mei is a station on the Hong Kong MTR Kwun Tong Line.Shek Kip Mei Station served as terminus in the very early phase of the Kwun Tong Line ....

 on the Tsuen Wan Line and Kwun Tong Line respectively. Both lines stop at Mong Kok

Mong Kok (MTR)

Mong Kok is a rapid transit station on the Kwun Tong and Tsuen Wan Lines of the MTR system in Hong Kong. One of the first stations of the network to open, it is now used by more than 200,000 passengers daily...

 station to the south. With this, passengers on the Tsuen Wan line may use this station to cross the platform to the Kwun Tong Line going back to Yau Ma Tei although this isn't mentioned on the public address system as the Tsuen Wan Line already passed Yau Ma Tei and is only two stations away from Prince Edward.

G Ground	-	Exits
C Concourse	Concourse	Customer Service, MTRshops
		Vending machines, Automatic teller machines
		Octopus Promotion Machine
P1 Platform	Platform 1	towards Tsuen Wan Tsuen Wan (MTR) Tsuen Wan is the northern terminus of the MTR Tsuen Wan Line in Hong Kong. It is the only station on the line that is at ground level. It is located at the northern central part of Tsuen Wan New Town, and its next station is Tai Wo Hau....
	Island platform Island platform An island platform is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange... , doors will open on the right
	Platform 2	towards Yau Ma Tei Yau Ma Tei (MTR) 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....
P2 Platform	Platform 4	towards Central Central (MTR) Central station is an MTR station located in the Central area of Hong Kong Island. The station's livery is firebrick red, except for the station's Tsuen Wan Line platform where its livery is dark brown...
	Island platform Island platform An island platform is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange... , doors will open on the left
	Platform 3	towards Tiu Keng Leng Tiu Keng Leng (MTR) Tiu Keng Leng Station is an MTR station located in Tiu Keng Leng. The station features cross-platform interchange between the Tseung Kwan O Line and the Kwun Tong Line, where it serves as an eastern terminal station for the Kwun Tong Line. It is between Tseung Kwan O and Yau Tong stations...

Passengers travelling from East Kowloon can walk across to platform 1 to board the Tsuen Wan line EMUs bound for West Kowloon, Kwai Chung and Tsuen Wan.

Passengers travelling from West Kowloon, Kwai Chung and Tsuen Wan can walk across to platform 3 to board the Kwun Tong line EMUs bound for Tiu Keng Leng.

Entrances and exits

Despite Prince Edward's location, all exits are within one block of Nathan Road, stretching from Prince Edward Road in the south, to Playing Field Road in the north. This demonstrates MTR's view of Prince Edward as an interchange rather than a destination since there are only seven exits; neighbouring Mong Kok has fourteen.

Cross-border bus services

Many cross border buses terminate near Prince Edward MTR Station. Travellers to Shenzhen, Dongguan or Guangzhou can exit the station through Exits A, C2 and D for the stops at Playing Field Road or Portland Street.

Neighbouring stations

See also

• Prince Edward, Hong Kong
  Prince Edward, Hong Kong
  Prince Edward is an area in northern Kowloon, Hong Kong. It is adjacent to the Prince Edward Station of the MTR rapid transit system in Mong Kok. It is administratively under the Yau Tsim Mong District. It was named after the namesake road. It contains the northern end of Nathan Road. Strictly...