Tsing Yi station

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Hong Kong English Template:More citations needed Template:Infobox station Tsing Yi is an interchange station of the MTR between the Tung Chung line and Airport Express on Tsing Yi Island in Hong Kong. The station is located between Sunny Bay station and Lai King station on the Tung Chung Line, and between Airport station and Kowloon station on the Airport Express. The livery of the station is dull teal. Tsing Yi station is connected to a major interchange for buses and maxicabs, situated adjacent to the station, which serves as a public transport hub for the New Territories. It is embedded into the Maritime Square shopping centre.

History

The station, built as part of the Lantau Airport Railway project, was constructed between December 1994 and March 1998 by Japanese contractor Maeda Corporation.<ref name="maeda">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Tsing Yi station opened together with the Tung Chung Line on 22 June 1998. The Airport Express services commenced at the station two weeks later on 6 July.

Location

Tsing Yi station is located in the northeastern quarter of the island of the same name, slightly to the west of Kowloon and mainland Hong Kong. To the west is Tsing Yi Town Park, while the Tsing Yi Sports Ground lies to the south. Otherwise, much of the area is residential with a number of educational establishments nearby.<ref name="map">Template:MTRsource</ref>

Transit-oriented development

As with other MTR stations, Tsing Yi is a prime site for transit-oriented development by the MTR Corporation, whose properties division develops land above and in the vicinity of its stations. Owing to its ideal location between Kowloon and Lantau Island, MTR Properties has heavily invested in commercial and residential development around Tsing Yi, the most prominent of this investment being Maritime Square, a large shopping centre extending from the station, and the residential estate Tierra Verde, which lies on top of the station. Maritime Square contains Template:Cvt of retail space, while the Tierra Verde complex comprises twelve residential towers and a total of 3,500 flats.<ref name="tod">Tsing Yi station development MTR Properties Retrieved 2011-03-01</ref>

Morning Express service

The MTR offers Morning Express services to allow passengers to take the Airport Express from Tsing Yi to Kowloon or Hong Kong station. Commuters wishing to get to work faster can use their Octopus card at dedicated gates for HK$25. This offer is available every day except Sundays and public holidays from 7 am to 10 am.

Station layout

The station has four stories above ground level. The ground floor has a taxi stand outside and has access to the concourse on the first floor. The concourse is integrated with the Maritime Square shopping centre. The second floor houses the Tung Chung line platform for trains heading for Hong Kong station, and the third floor houses the Tung Chung line platform for services towards Tung Chung station. At the Airport Express departure and arrival platforms, there is a free WiFi hotspot available. Unlike at Kowloon and Hong Kong stations, in-town check-in facilities and free Airport Express shuttle buses are not available at this station.

As with other Airport Express stations, the Airport Express and Tung Chung line are separated with a different paid area for the Airport Express, thus passengers changing between two lines must go downstairs and past through floor U1, and then go upstairs again. In Tsing Yi station, the 4 platforms are constructed in a stacked arrangement, with platforms 1 and 3 above platforms 2 and 4. Platform 2 is only used to allow passengers coming from Hong Kong International Airport or Template:STN to disembark, except between 7 am and 10 am on Mondays to Saturdays, when Morning Express services are available. Platform 2 has a different font (Bahnschrift) for the livery.

U6 Car park	Car park	Tsing Yi station car park
U4 Upper Platforms	Upper exits	Exit F, Maritime Square, customer service
		Automatic teller machines
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Platform 3	← Template:Rcb towards Template:STN (Template:STN)
	Platform 1	← Template:Rcb towards Template:STN (Airport)
	Side platform, doors will open on the left
	Airport Express concourse	Customer service, toilets
		Drop-off area, MTR shops, automatic teller machines
U3 Mezzanine floor		Mezzanine floor
U2 Lower Platforms	Lower exits	Exit G, Maritime Square, self-service point, MTR shops
	Side platform, doors will open on the left
	Platform 4	Template:0 Template:Nowrap Template:STN Template:Nowrap
	Platform 2	Template:0 Template:Rcb Airport Express from Airport and AsiaWorld–Expo (Template:STN) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Airport Express concourse	Customer service, toilets
		Taxi stand, MTR shops, automatic teller machines
U1	Tung Chung line concourse	Exits, transport interchange, customer service
		Maritime Square, MTR shops, Hang Seng Bank
G	Ground Exit	Exit C, drop-off area, MTR shops

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Entrances and exits

• A1: Maritime Square 2 Wheelchair user access
• A2: Tierra Verde/Maritime Square (Level 1) Wheelchair user access
• B: Tsing Yi Swimming Pool Wheelchair user access
• C: Public Transport Interchange/Tsing King Road Wheelchair user access
• F: Maritime Square (Level 3)Wheelchair user access
• G: Maritime Square (Level 2) Wheelchair user access<ref name=map />

Gallery

• HK MTR Tsing Yi Station Concourse.jpg

  Tsing Yi station concourse

• Tsing Yi Station 2013 08 part1.JPG

  Tsing Yi station Airport Express platform

• Tsing Yi Station Airport Express Line Concourse.jpg

  Tsing Yi station Airport Express concourse U4

• Tsing Yi Station Enterance 201307.jpg

  Tsing Yi station Exit A1

External links

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