Tai Po Market Station

MTR_infobox
livery=#9370db
namecolour=white
engname=Tai Po Market
chiname=大埔墟


caption=
line=East Rail
code=TAP
hours=0547/0051
open=1910 (relocated on April 7, 1983)
type=Elevated
platformtype=Island
district=Tai Po
area=Tai Po
KCR

platformno=4
exitno=3

Tai Po Market Station (Chinese: 大埔墟站), located in Tai Po near Uptown Plaza, is a station on the HK-MTR lines|East Rail Line in the New Territories, Hong Kong. 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 Kowloon while platforms 2 and 3 use the same track and is reserved for peak hour traffic.

The station is currently undergoing major renovation which is scheduled for completion in 2008. It remains open during the reconstruction period, though most of its former retail outlets are closed.

The Hong Kong Railway Museum is located a short distance from the Tai Po Market Station. The old Tai Po Market station building currently forms part of the museum. The museum also contains displays of a steam locomotive and carriages from older trains that were once used by the KCRC.

tation layout

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. may also use this track instead.

huttle bus

*Free shuttle bus service is available to a few housing estates in Tai Po (suspended on public holidays)

Feeder buses

MTR Feeder Bus routes also operate in a bus terminus near the station. They are free if combined with a train trip to/from Tai Po Market Station:

*K12 - To Eightland Garden via Tai Po Tai Wo Road (paid service available on public holidays)
*K14 - From Tai Po Tai Wo Road to Tai Po Market Station (only available during morning peak hours)
*K17 - To Fu Shin Estate via Tai Po Centre
*K18 - To Kwong Fuk Estate

Neighbouring stations