- Mong Kok Station
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For the other MTR station in Mong Kok, see Mong Kok East Station.
Mong Kok
旺角Line Tsuen Wan Line
Kwun Tong LineCode MOK Service hours 0609/0048 Connections Bus, Minibus District Yau Tsim Mong Area Mong Kok Map MTR Website Coordinates 22°19′09″N 114°10′10″E / 22.319229°N 114.169397°ECoordinates: 22°19′09″N 114°10′10″E / 22.319229°N 114.169397°E Opened December 31, 1979 Type of station Underground Type of platforms Island No. of platforms 4 No. of exits 14 No. of lifts 2 No. of shops 16 Station location
Mong Kok Station Chinese 旺角 Literal meaning Flourishing Corner Transcriptions Mandarin - Hanyu Pinyin Wàngjiǎo Cantonese (Yue) - Jyutping wong6 gok3 - Yale Romanization wong6 gok3 Mong Kok (旺角, formerly name Argyle Station after Argyle Road) 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. Mong Kok, like other MTR stations, has a unique livery, in this case dim red.
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Location
Mong Kok station is located in the neighborhood of the same name in Kowloon. More specifically, it lies underneath Nathan Road at its intersection with Argyle Street. Important places nearby include the Grand Century Place, Langham Place, and the Pioneer Centre.[1] The Mong Kok East Station is nearly 500 metres to the northeast of the MTR station.
History
Mong Kok opened on 31 December 1979, originally serving as part of the Kwun Tong Line towards Tsim Sha Tsui and Central. When the Tsuen Wan Line opened in 1982, it took over the original line south of Yau Ma Tei station.
Station layout
Mong Kok Station serves as a cross-platform interchange between two MTR lines, allowing passengers to change trains either from the Kwun Tong Line trains to southbound Tsuen Wan Line trains towards Central, or vice versa.
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Ground- Exits C
ConcourseConcourse Customer Service, MTRshops Vending machines, Automatic teller machines Octopus Promotion Machine P1
PlatformPlatform 1 Tsuen Wan Line towards Tsuen Wan Island platform, Tsuen Wan Line train doors will open on the right
Kwun Tong Line train doors will open on the leftPlatform 3 Kwun Tong Line towards Tiu Keng Leng P2
PlatformPlatform 2 Tsuen Wan Line towards Central Island platform, Tsuen Wan Line train doors will open on the left
Kwun Tong Line train doors will open on the rightPlatform 4 Kwun Tong Line towards Yau Ma Tei Entrances and exits
Mongkok MTR Station has four exits, the majority of which are set up in road intersections all clustered within one block of the intersection of Argyle Road and Nathan Road. Langham Place, a major shopping mall is accessed through a short underground passage at Exit C3.
Transport Connections
Minibus Routes
To Lok Mun Sun Chuen:
- 27M (Exit B2)
To Open University of Hong Kong:
- 27M, 28M (Exit B2)
To Waterloo Hill:
- 5M (Exit D3)
To Wai Hang Cheong Sun Chuen:
- 28M (Exit B2)
Bus Routes
To Chun Seen Mei Chuen:
- 9 (Exit D2)
To Kowloon Hospital:
- 13D (Exit D2)
To Ho Man Tin Estate:
- 18, 41, 45 (Exit B2)
MTR East Rail Line
Mong Kok East Station and Mong Kok Station are considerably far apart. To reach the Mong Kok East Station, commuters would need to get out through Exit D2, walk along Argyle Street until they reach the viaduct, and then walk up to Grand Century Plaza where they may enter the Station.
Gallery
Neighbouring stations
Preceding station MTR Following station towards CentralTsuen Wan Line towards Tsuen WanTerminusKwun Tong Line towards Tiu Keng LengReferences
- ^ Mong Kok location map MTR Retrieved 2011-03-02
External links
Categories:- Mong Kok
- MTR stations
- Railway stations opened in 1979
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