Tai Po Market station
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Tai Po Market (Template:Zh; Template:Small: Template:IPAc-yue) is an MTR station on the Template:Lnl in the New Territories, Hong Kong. Located between Flagstaff Hill and Wan Tau Tong Estate in Tai Po, and adjacent to the eponymous market town, the station has three tracks and four platforms. Platform 1 is for northbound trains to border crossing stations at Lo Wu and Lok Ma Chau and platform 4 is for southbound trains to Admiralty, Kowloon while platforms 2 and 3 use the same track and is reserved for peak hour traffic.
HistoryEdit
Template:Expand section Between 1913 and 1982, the old Tai Po Market station located within the Tai Po Market proper served the passengers of Tai Po. The old station is a 10-minute walk from the current one.<ref name=muse>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> During the electrification of the Kowloon–Canton Railway (British Section) (now known as the East Rail line), the station was relocated to the current location on 7 April 1983, while the old station building became a part of the Hong Kong Railway Museum. On 2 May the same year, the KCR was electrified to Tai Po Market; full line was electrified on 15 July 1983.
The station went under a major renovation which was completed in 2008.<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> During the renovation, it remained open though most of the retail outlets were closed.
Station layoutEdit
| P Platforms |
Platform Template:MTR platform | Template:0 Template:Rcb towards Template:STN or Template:STN (Template:STN) → |
| Island platform, doors will open on the left, right | ||
| Platform Template:Break Template:MTR platform ↑Template:\Template:MTR platform ↓ | Template:0 Template:Rcb East Rail line towards Lo Wu or Lok Ma Chau (Tai Wo) → Template:0 Template:Rcb East Rail line termination platform → ← Template:Rcb East Rail line towards Template:STN (Template:STN) | |
| Island platform, doors will open on the left, right | ||
| Platform Template:MTR platform | ← Template:Rcb East Rail line towards Admiralty (University) | |
| C Concourse (Ground) |
Concourse | Tickets/fare adjustment, shops, toilets, vending machines, ATMs |
| Subway | Subway to Uptown Plaza, Nga Wan Road, Wan Tau Kok Playground | |
Template:Notelist The station consists of two island platforms, with platforms 2 and 3 sharing the same centre track. This centre track serves as the terminus of some trains during the day, and the departure of some extra trains southbound during morning peak hours. Northbound trains that arrive here after 11 p.m. use the centre track instead, as Platform 1 is reserved for late night trains that terminate at Tai Po Market instead of continuing towards Lo Wu or Lok Ma Chau.<ref>Template:MTRsource</ref>
ExitsEdit
- A: Uptown Plaza<ref name=map/>
- A1: Uptown Plaza<ref name=map/>
- A2: Tat Wan Road, Wan Tau Kok, American School Hong Kong<ref name=map/>
- A3: Public transport interchange (Nga Wan Road)<ref name=map/>
- B: Kwong Fuk Estate<ref name=map>Template:MTRsource</ref>
Transport interchangeEdit
Bus and public light bus services are available for the few housing estates of Tai Po; bus services include MTR Bus (formerly KCR Feeder Bus) and Kowloon Motor Bus (KMB) services. Several routes of MTR Bus, such as route K14, which connects private housing estate Template:Ill, and the station, were introduced in 1980s.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The bus terminus of the station also had routes that connected to other new towns of Hong Kong, such as KMB's route 64K that connects Tai Po and Yuen Long.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
GalleryEdit
- Tai Po Market Station platforms 2024 04 part5.jpg
Platforms 1 and 2 (April 2024)
- Tai Po Market Station platforms 2024 04 part3.jpg
Platforms 3 and 4 (April 2024)
- Tai Po Market Station platforms of first class 2024 09 part1.jpg
First Class Platform (September 2024)
- Tai Po Market Station platforms 2024 05 part1.jpg
Glass barriers blocking off section of platform no longer in use
- Tai Po Market Station Platform 2009.jpg
Platforms (2009)
- Concourse of Tai Po Market Station in October 2014.JPG
Concourse
- Tai Po Market Station Outside Plaza 201601.jpg
Open space outside station