Mei Foo station

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Mei Foo 美孚
MTR rapid transit station
Station exterior (West Rail line building near exit G)
Chinese name
Chinese	美孚
Cantonese Yale	Méih fū
Literal meaning	Gracious Confidence
showTranscriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Měifú Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Méih fū Jyutping Mei5 fu1
General information
Location	TWL: Mount Sterling, Mei Foo Sun Chuen, Lai Chi Kok TML: Lai Chi Kok Park, Lai Chi Kok Sham Shui Po District Hong Kong
Coordinates	22°20′17″N 114°08′15″E / 22.3381°N 114.1376°E / 22.3381; 114.1376Coordinates: 22°20′17″N 114°08′15″E / 22.3381°N 114.1376°E / 22.3381; 114.1376
Owned by	MTR Corporation (Tsuen Wan line), Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation (Tuen Ma line)
Operated by	MTR Corporation
Line(s)	Tsuen Wan line      Tuen Ma line
Platforms	4 (1 island platform on Tsuen Wan line and 2 side platforms on Tuen Ma line)
Tracks	4
Connections	Bus, public light bus
Construction
Structure type	Underground (Tsuen Wan Line); Ground, covered and sealed (Tuen Ma Line)
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	MEF
History
Opened	17 May 1982; 39 years ago (1982-05-17) (Tsuen Wan line) 20 December 2003; 17 years ago (2003-12-20) (Tuen Ma line)
Previous names	Lai Wan
Services
Preceding station MTR Following station Lai Chi Kok towards Central Tsuen Wan line Lai King towards Tsuen Wan Nam Cheong towards Wu Kai Sha Tuen Ma line Tsuen Wan West towards Tuen Mun
hide Track layout Legend to Tsuen Wan West to Lai Chi Kok 2 1 to Lai King 1 2 to Nam Cheong
Location
Mei Foo Location within the MTR system

Tsuen Wan line platform

West Rail line platform

Mei Foo (Chinese: 美孚) is a Hong Kong MTR station located in Mei Foo Sun Chuen, Lai Chi Kok, New Kowloon. It is the only interchange station between the Tsuen Wan line and the Tuen Ma line, situated between Lai Chi Kok and Lai King stations on the Tsuen Wan line and Nam Cheong and Tsuen Wan West stations on the Tuen Ma 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"^[1] (荔灣, short for Lai Chi Kok Bay), and was renamed to its current name on 31 May 1985 when Island line opened.

The West Rail line (then known as KCR West Rail) 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.

On 27 June 2021, the West Rail line officially merged with the Ma On Shan line (which was already extended into the Tuen Ma line Phase 1 at the time) in East Kowloon to form the new Tuen Ma line, as part of the Shatin to Central link project. Hence, Mei Foo was included in the project and is now an intermediate station on the Tuen Ma line.

Faregates between West Rail line and Tsuen Wan line out-of-use after merger

Station layout[]

Both Tsuen Wan line platforms share the same island platform. Unlike at Nam Cheong station (where there is one cross-platform interchange between the Tung Chung line and the Tuen Ma line), the Tsuen Wan line and Tuen Ma line platforms are considerably far apart. The concourses for these platforms are a five- to ten-minute walk along a connecting passageway.

Although the Tuen Ma 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.

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Entrances/exits[]

• A: Broadway
• B: Mount Sterling Mall
• C1: Lai Wan Road
• C2: Humbert Street
• D: Lai Chi Kok Park (Lai Wan Road)
• E: Lai Wan Road
• F: Lai Chi Kok Park
• G: Lai King Hill Road^[3]

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References[]

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