Tsim Sha Tsui (MTR)
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Tsim Sha Tsui is an 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...

 station on the Tsuen Wan Line. The station, originally opened in 1979 on the Kwun Tong Line, serves the area of Tsim Sha Tsui
Tsim Sha Tsui
Tsim Sha Tsui , often abbreviated as TST, is an urbanized area in southern Kowloon, Hong Kong. The area is administratively part of the Yau Tsim Mong District. Tsim Sha Tsui East is a piece of land reclaimed from the Hung Hom Bay now east of Tsim Sha Tsui...

. About 500,000 passengers (including those who use single journey tickets and Octopus card
Octopus card
The Octopus card is a rechargeable contactless stored value smart card used to transfer electronic payments in online or offline systems in Hong Kong...

s) 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
Brigitte Lin
Brigitte Lin or Brigitte Lin Ching Hsia is a Taiwanese actress. She was a popular actress, regarded as an icon of Chinese cinema, who acted in both Taiwanese and Hong Kong movies...

 in Wong Kar-wai
Wong Kar-wai
Wong Kar-wai BBS is a Hong Kong Second Wave filmmaker, internationally renowned as an auteur for his visually unique, highly stylized, emotionally resonant work, including Days of Being Wild , Ashes of Time , Chungking Express , Fallen Angels , Happy Together and 2046...

's 1994 film, Chungking Express
Chungking Express
Chungking Express is a 1994 Hong Kong film written and directed by Wong Kar-wai. The film consists of two stories told in sequence, each about a lovesick Hong Kong policeman mulling over his relationship with a woman...

.

Tsim Sha Tsui Station was also featured in Clifton Ko
Clifton Ko
-Filmography as director:-External links:* *...

's 1987 film, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World.

Station layout

Ground - Exits
L1
Concourse
Concourse Customer Service, MTRShops
Hang Seng Bank
Hang Seng Bank
Hang Seng Bank Limited is the second largest bank in Hong Kong. It is a listed company but it is majority owned by the HSBC Group via The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. Hang Seng is also one of the constituent shares of the Hang Seng Index...

, vending machine
ATMs
Octopus promotion machine
Subway Subway to East Tsim Sha Tsui Station/
L2
Platforms
Platform 1 towards Tsuen Wan
Island platform, doors will open on the right
Platform 2 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 to the must purchase a second ticket at East Tsim Sha Tsui Station. Octopus card
Octopus card
The Octopus card is a rechargeable contactless stored value smart card used to transfer electronic payments in online or offline systems in Hong Kong...

 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

  • A1: Kowloon Park
    Kowloon Park
    Kowloon Park is a large public park in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon Peninsula, Hong Kong. It is managed by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department.-History:...

     
  • A2: Humphrey's Avenue
  • B1: Nathan Road/Cameron Road Junction
  • B2: Cameron Road
    Cameron Road
    Cameron Road is a road in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong. The west end of Cameron Road is Nathan Road while the east end is Chatham Road South, and it is almost parallel to Granville Road and Mody Road. It is named after Major General William Gordon Cameron, the Administrator of Hong Kong from...

  • C1: Hyatt Regency Hong Kong
    Hyatt Regency Hong Kong
    Hyatt Regency Hong Kong, Tsim Sha Tsui is a hotel in The Masterpiece, a 64-floor 261 metre tall skyscraper completed in 2007 located in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong, China, which also includes the 6-storey K11 shopping centre, and residential flats...

     (South Exit)
  • C2: Hyatt Regency Hong Kong (North Exit)
  • D1: Nathan Road
  • D2: Bristol Avenue
  • E: Kowloon Hotel
  • F: East Tsim Sha Tsui Station (Middle Road)
  • G: East Tsim Sha Tsui Station (Mody Road)
  • H: iSQUARE
    ISQUARE
    iSQUARE is a 31-story high shopping mall located at 63 Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong, on the former site of the Hyatt Regency Hotel. It was developed by Associated International Hotels Ltd.-Introduction:...

  • R: iSQUARE
    ISQUARE
    iSQUARE is a 31-story high shopping mall located at 63 Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong, on the former site of the Hyatt Regency Hotel. It was developed by Associated International Hotels Ltd.-Introduction:...


In East Tsim Sha Tsui Station

  • F: Tsim Sha Tsui Station/ Tsuen Wan Line
  • G: Tsim Sha Tsui Station/ Tsuen Wan Line
  • J: New World Centre
    New World Centre
    The New World Centre is a shopping centre, apartment complex and office building on Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It is located near the Sogo Department Store and the Hong Kong Space Museum, opposite the MTR East Tsim Sha Tsui Station. It was closed on March 31, 2010 for...

     
  • K: Middle Road
    Middle Road, Hong Kong
    Middle Road is a street in the southern part of Tsim Sha Tsui of Kowloon in Hong Kong, across Nathan Road and parallel to Salisbury Road.-History:...

     
  • L1: Hermes House
  • L3: Peninsula Hotel 
  • L4: Kowloon Hotel
  • L5: Peking Road
    Peking Road
    Peking Road is a road between Nathan Road and Canton Road in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong. The road is mainly hotels and shopping area on the street level.-Name:...

     
  • L6: Salisbury Road
    Salisbury Road, Hong Kong
    Salisbury Road is a major road in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It runs parallel to Victoria Harbour, starting from its western end at the Star Ferry Pier, passing by Blackhead Point, to Tsim Sha Tsui East...

     
  • N1: Hanoi Road
  • N2: Hanoi Road
  • N3: K11 Art Mall
    K11 (skyscraper)
    K11 is a shopping mall in Hong Kong located in The Masterpiece, developed by New World Development and completed in December 2009. The building features a 340,000-square-foot, 6-storey shopping centre beneath the Hyatt Regency Hong Kong, Tsim Sha Tsui...

  • N4: K11 Art Mall
    K11 (skyscraper)
    K11 is a shopping mall in Hong Kong located in The Masterpiece, developed by New World Development and completed in December 2009. The building features a 340,000-square-foot, 6-storey shopping centre beneath the Hyatt Regency Hong Kong, Tsim Sha Tsui...

  • N5: Nathan Road
  • P1: Wing On Plaza
  • P2: Mirror Tower
  • P3: Chatham Road South 

Transport Connections

Bus
Buses in Hong Kong
Bus services in Hong Kong have a long history. As of 2005, five companies operate franchised public bus services. There are also a variety of non-franchised public buses services, including feeder bus services to railway stations operated by MTR, and residents' services for residential estates...

Many routes via roads surrounding the Station such as Salisbury Road, Chatham Road South, and Nathan Road, operated by the KMB
Kowloon Motor Bus
The Kowloon Motor Bus Company Limited , a company of the Transport International Holdings Limited, is the largest franchised bus operators in Hong Kong, and one of the largest privately owned public bus operators in the world...

, NWFB, and Citybus


KMB
  • 1- Chuk Yuen Estate
    Chuk Yuen Estate
    Chuk Yuen Estate is a public housing estate in Kowloon, Hong Kong, located north of Wong Tai Sin and underneath Lion Rock. Its site was formerly the Chuk Yuen Resettlement Area....

     ↔ Star Ferry
    Star Ferry
    The Star Ferry, or The "Star" Ferry Company, is a passenger ferry service operator in Hong Kong. Its principal routes carry passengers across Victoria Harbour, between Hong Kong Island and Kowloon...

  • 1A- Sau Mau Ping
    Sau Mau Ping
    Sau Mau Ping is an area in eastern New Kowloon, Hong Kong.Its Chinese name was formerly So Mau Ping , but this was often mis-rendered So Mo Ping , meaning a place to 'visit one's ancestors'. In fact, during World War II, much of the area was used as a cemetery...

     (Central) ↔ Star Ferry
  • 2- So Uk ↔ Star Ferry
  • 6- Mei Foo ↔ Star Ferry
  • 6A- Lai Chi Kok
    Lai Chi Kok
    Lai Chi Kok is a neighborhood in New Kowloon, Hong Kong, east of Kwai Chung and west of Cheung Sha Wan. Mei Foo Sun Chuen is the largest housing estate in the area. Administratively, it belongs to the Sham Shui Po District.-History:...

     ↔ Star Ferry
  • 7- Lok Fu
    Lok Fu
    Lok Fu is a place in Wong Tai Sin District, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It is located at the east of Kowloon Tong, the west of Wong Tai Sin and the north of Kowloon City. It geographically includes nearby Wang Tau Hom.It was named as Lo Fu Ngam...

     ↔ Star Ferry
  • 9- Ping Shek ↔ Star Ferry
  • 13X- Po Tat ↔ Tsim Sha Tsui East
  • 26- Shun Tin ↔ Tsim Sha Tsui East
  • 35A- On Yam ↔ Tsim Sha Tsui East
  • 41A- Cheung On ↔ Tsim Sha Tsui East
  • 63X- Hung Shui Kiu (Tin Sam Road) ↔ Jordan (To Wah Road)
  • 81C- Yiu On ↔ Hung Hom Station
  • 87D- Kam Ying Court ↔ Hung Hom Station
  • 98D- Hang Hau (North) ↔ Tsim Sha Tsui East
  • 203- Yau Yat Tsuen ↺ Tsim Sha Tsui East
  • 208- Broadcast Drive ↔ Tsim Sha Tsui East
  • 215X- Lam Tin (Kwong Tin Estate) ↔ Kowloon Station
  • 219X- Laguna City ↺ Tsim Sha Tsui
  • 234X- Bayview Garden ↔ Tsim Sha Tsui East (Mody Road)
  • 260X- Po Tin ↔ Hung Hom Station
  • 271- Fu Heng ↔ Tsim Sha Tsui (Canton Road)
  • 281A- Kwong Yuen ↔ Kowloon Station
  • 296D- Sheung Tak ↔ Kowloon Station


Citybus
Citybus (Hong Kong)
Citybus Limited is one of the three major bus operators in Hong Kong. It provides both franchised and non-franchised bus service. The franchised route network serves mainly Hong Kong Island, cross-harbour routes , Ocean Park, North Lantau and Hong Kong International Airport...

  • 973- Tsim Sha Tsui East ↔ Stanley Market
  • A21- Airport (Ground Transportation Centre) ↔ Hung Hom Station


Cross Harbour Tunnel Bus
  • 110- Kowloon Station ↔ Shau Kei Wan


Ferries
Star Ferry
Star Ferry
The Star Ferry, or The "Star" Ferry Company, is a passenger ferry service operator in Hong Kong. Its principal routes carry passengers across Victoria Harbour, between Hong Kong Island and Kowloon...

, to Central
Central, Hong Kong
Central is the central business district of Hong Kong. It is located in Central and Western District, on the north shore of Hong Kong Island, across Victoria Harbour from Tsim Sha Tsui, the southernmost point of Kowloon Peninsula...

 and Wanchai


Trains
Rail transport in Hong Kong
Hong Kong's rail network comprises public transport trains operated by MTR Corporation Limited . The MTRC operates the metro network of Hong Kong and the commuter rail network connecting the northeastern and northwestern New Territories with the rest of Hong Kong...

Underground pedestrian link to West Rail Line trains to Hung Hom
Hung Hom
Hung Hom is an area of Kowloon, in Hong Kong, administratively part of the Kowloon City District, with a portion west of the railway in the Yau Tsim Mong District. Hung Hom serves mainly residential purposes though is mixed with some industrial buildings in the north.-Geography:Hung Hom is located...

 and Tuen Mun
Tuen Mun
Tuen Mun is a town near the mouth of Tuen Mun River and Castle Peak Bay in the New Territories, Hong Kong. It was one of the earliest settlements in Hong Kong which can be dated back to the Neolithic period. In the more recent past, it was home to many Tanka fishermen who gathered at the Castle...

.

Neighbouring stations

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