Editing Cross-platform interchange (section)

====Hong Kong====
{{Tiu Keng Leng and Yau Tong stations|title=Cross-platform transfer<br/>system at [[Tiu Keng Leng station|<span style=color:white>Tiu Keng<br/>Leng</span>]] and [[Yau Tong station|<span style=color:white>Yau Tong</span>]]}}

[[File:MTR Tsuen Wan Line Cross-platform Interchanges.svg|thumb|left|A diagram showing the directions and cross-platform interchange stations between the [[Tsuen Wan line]] and the [[Kwun Tong line]]]]

In the [[MTR|Mass Transit Railway]] (MTR) system, cross-platform interchange stations first appeared at [[Mong Kok station|Mong Kok]] and [[Prince Edward station|Prince Edward]] stations in [[Kowloon]] when [[Tsuen Wan line]] was opened and took over the southern half of the [[Modified Initial System]]. The interchange is two platforms in sequence, with an opposite-direction cross-platform interchange assigned to Prince Edward and a same-direction interchange to Mong Kok, as large volumes of traffic had been anticipated in both modes.

Popular with passengers, this design was repeated on [[Admiralty station (MTR)|Admiralty station]] when the [[Island line (MTR)|Island line]] in [[Victoria, Hong Kong|Victoria]] was opened to deal with anticipated heavy opposite-direction interchange ridership. Years later, another interchange spanning [[Tiu Keng Leng station]] (same direction) in the [[New Territories]] and [[Yau Tong station]] (opposite direction) in [[New Kowloon]] was built to the same configuration as the earlier Mong Kok and Prince Edward interchanges.

[[File:Yau Tong Station.jpg|thumb|left|[[Yau Tong station]] cross-platform interchange]]

The [[Ma On Shan line]] is specifically designed to follow [[Right- and left-hand traffic|right-hand traffic]] rules (unlike other railway lines in Hong Kong), to enable a same-direction cross-platform interchange at [[Tai Wai station]] to the [[East Rail line]] while keeping the two southbound platforms connected via ramps.

Another configuration found in [[Lai King station]] makes commuting in both directions more convenient by aligning both tracks leading towards the city next to each other on one level, and both tracks leading away from city next to each other on another level. The configuration for [[North Point station]] is similar, to provide convenience for passengers traveling inbound, although the distance between the two platforms is longer compared to other stations.

Before the [[MTR–KCR merger]] in 2007, [[Nam Cheong station]] was served by [[MTR]]'s [[Tung Chung line]] and [[Kowloon–Canton Railway|KCR]]'s [[West Rail line|West Rail]] line. Due to the different fare systems, platforms of southbound Tung Chung Line and northbound West Rail were separated by barriers despite being at the same elevation, and interconnecting passageways were regulated with one instead of two sets of ticketing barriers. After the merger, some sections of the barrier were demolished in order to provide free cross-platform interchange between southbound Tung Chung Line and northbound [[West Rail line]] trains. However, this arrangement does not serve the dominant rush hour passenger flows, which are between New Territories and [[Hong Kong Island]], as well as between [[Lantau Island]] and [[Tsim Sha Tsui]].

To connect East Rail and West Rail lines at [[Hung Hom station|Hung Hom]] without through-running, both lines were in the past terminated in the south there, alternating on both East/West Rail platforms to offer cross-platform interchanges.

At [[Sunny Bay station|Sunny Bay]], passengers on the Tung Chung line from the city can make a cross-platform interchange to a {{lnl|MTR|drl}} train. However, the inverse is not the case, so passengers returning to the city from [[Hong Kong Disneyland]] need to use an overpass to catch a [[Hong Kong station|Hong Kong]]-bound train.