Mei Foo station


Mei Foo is a Hong Kong MTR station located in Mei Foo Sun Chuen, Lai Chi Kok, New Kowloon. It is an interchange station between the Tsuen Wan Line and the West Rail Line, situated between Lai Chi Kok and Lai King stations on the Tsuen Wan Line and Nam Cheong Station and Tsuen Wan West stations on the West Rail Line. Mei Foo Station's colour is blue.
The Tsuen Wan Line part of the station is a simple through station with a central island platform, located under Mount Sterling Mall, a pedestrian-only street between the rows of residential buildings in the Mei Foo Sun Chuen housing estate. The station is designed to facilitate transport needs of the residents of Mei Foo Sun Chuen housing estate, there are 132 buildings and several schools, and the point of transfer between the Kowloon urban area and the new town of Tsuen Wan. If there is heavy traffic on the main road into urban Kowloon, the Kwai Chung Road, many commuters get off their buses and use this station as their link to Kowloon and Central on Hong Kong Island.

History

The station's original name was Lai Chi Kok during the planning stage, but upon its opening on 17 May 1982 the station was called "Lai Wan", and was renamed to its current name in 1985 when Island Line opened.
The West Rail Line part of the station was opened on 20 December 2003 along with the rail line. The station is located in the middle of Lai Chi Kok Park, slightly to the west of the Tsuen Wan Line's part of the station. The scenery of the park was greatly destroyed during the construction of the station, but the park was subsequently rebuilt over the station complex. The Tsuen Wan Line and West Rail Line stations merged into one station on 2 December 2007 in the MTR-KCR merger.

Station layout

Both Tsuen Wan Line platforms share the same island platform. Unlike at Nam Cheong Station, the Tsuen Wan Line and West Rail Line platforms are considerably far apart. The concourses for these platforms are a five- to ten-minute walk along a connecting passageway.
Although the West Rail Line platform is constructed at ground level, like Nam Cheong station, the station and surrounding track is sealed to avoid disturbance to the colocated park.

Entrances/exits

Bus routes

Mei Foo is a transportation hub due to its geographic location in the north-western end of Kowloon. All bus routes travelling between the suburbs of Tuen Mun, Tsuen Wan, Kwai Chung, Tsing Yi and Yuen Long in northwestern Hong Kong and the urban area of Kowloon and Hong Kong Island have to pass through Mei Foo. Major routes with stop at the "Mei Foo Railway Station" bus stop include: 30, 30X, 33A, 36A, 37, 40, 41, 42, 42A, 43C, 44, 45, 46, 52X, 58X, 59X, 60X, 63X, 66X, 67X, 68X, 69X, 234X, 238X, 265B, E21, E21A, N21, N21A, N241 etc.
Additionally, the following bus routes terminate at Mei Foo bus terminus or the nearby Lai Chi Kok bus terminus:
RouteDestination
2ALok Wah Estate, Kwun Tong
6Star Ferry, Tsim Sha Tsui
6CKowloon City Ferry Pier
38ARiviera Gardens, Tsuen Wan
46XHin Keng Estate, Tai Wai
86Wong Nai Tau, Shatin
98C & 98SHang Hau
& Shau Kei Wan
South Horizons
Kennedy Town
Wan Chai Ferry Pier
Kwai Shing
Tuen Mun Ferry Pier
Tin Tsz

Minibus routes

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