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Tsim Sha Tsui is an MTR
MTR

MTR, or Mass Transit Railway, is the rapid transit railway system in Hong Kong. The MTR first began service in 1979 and officially merged with the Kowloon Canton Railway on 2 December 2007, still bearing the same name in English....
 station
List of Hong Kong MTR stations

This is a list of the metro station of the MTR, the rapid transit in Hong Kong, sorted according to their service lines. Since the MTR service first opened in 1979, the network has expanded to encompass ten lines and 82 stations, and a light rail network....
 on the . The station, originally opened in 1979 on the , serves the area of Tsim Sha Tsui
Tsim Sha Tsui

Tsim Sha Tsui , often abbreviated as TST, also known as Tsim Tsui by local people, is an urbanisation list of areas of Hong Kong in the Yau Tsim Mong District in southern Kowloon, Hong Kong....
. About 500,000 passengers (including those who use single-journey tickets and Octopus card
Octopus card

The Octopus card is a rechargeable Contactless payment stored value smart card used to transfer electronic moneys in online or offline systems in Hong Kong....
s) use this station daily.

East Tsim Sha Tsui Station
East Tsim Sha Tsui (KCR)

East Tsim Sha Tsui Station is an MTR station which serves as the southern terminus of the . It is the fourth newest station on the MTR system....
 on the , opened on 24 October 2004, is connected to this MTR station. The station now serves as the interchange station between the East Rail Line, and was once planned to be the future interchange to the once-proposed Canton Road Station of the Kowloon Southern Link
Kowloon-Canton Railway

The Kowloon-Canton Railway refers to a railroad in Hong Kong which is now combined with the MTR railway system, comprising rapid transit services, a light rail system and feeder bus routes within Hong Kong, and Inter-city rail passenger and freight train services to the rest of China....
 - an extension of the .

Tsim Sha Tsui MTR station is featured in a brief chase sequence featuring Brigitte Lin
Brigitte Lin

Brigitte Lin or Brigitte Lin Ching Hsia is a Taiwanese actress. She retired in 1994, though had a minor role in the 1998 film Bishonen ....
 in Wong Kar Wai's 1994 film, Chungking Express
Chungking Express

Chungking Express is a 1994 in film Hong Kong film written and directed by Wong Kar-wai. The film consists of two stories told in sequence, each about a Hong Kong cop and his relationship with a woman....
.

Station layout


Platforms 1 and 2 share the same island platform.






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Tsim Sha Tsui is an MTR
MTR

MTR, or Mass Transit Railway, is the rapid transit railway system in Hong Kong. The MTR first began service in 1979 and officially merged with the Kowloon Canton Railway on 2 December 2007, still bearing the same name in English....
 station
List of Hong Kong MTR stations

This is a list of the metro station of the MTR, the rapid transit in Hong Kong, sorted according to their service lines. Since the MTR service first opened in 1979, the network has expanded to encompass ten lines and 82 stations, and a light rail network....
 on the . The station, originally opened in 1979 on the , serves the area of Tsim Sha Tsui
Tsim Sha Tsui

Tsim Sha Tsui , often abbreviated as TST, also known as Tsim Tsui by local people, is an urbanisation list of areas of Hong Kong in the Yau Tsim Mong District in southern Kowloon, Hong Kong....
. About 500,000 passengers (including those who use single-journey tickets and Octopus card
Octopus card

The Octopus card is a rechargeable Contactless payment stored value smart card used to transfer electronic moneys in online or offline systems in Hong Kong....
s) use this station daily.

East Tsim Sha Tsui Station
East Tsim Sha Tsui (KCR)

East Tsim Sha Tsui Station is an MTR station which serves as the southern terminus of the . It is the fourth newest station on the MTR system....
 on the , opened on 24 October 2004, is connected to this MTR station. The station now serves as the interchange station between the East Rail Line, and was once planned to be the future interchange to the once-proposed Canton Road Station of the Kowloon Southern Link
Kowloon-Canton Railway

The Kowloon-Canton Railway refers to a railroad in Hong Kong which is now combined with the MTR railway system, comprising rapid transit services, a light rail system and feeder bus routes within Hong Kong, and Inter-city rail passenger and freight train services to the rest of China....
 - an extension of the .

Tsim Sha Tsui MTR station is featured in a brief chase sequence featuring Brigitte Lin
Brigitte Lin

Brigitte Lin or Brigitte Lin Ching Hsia is a Taiwanese actress. She retired in 1994, though had a minor role in the 1998 film Bishonen ....
 in Wong Kar Wai's 1994 film, Chungking Express
Chungking Express

Chungking Express is a 1994 in film Hong Kong film written and directed by Wong Kar-wai. The film consists of two stories told in sequence, each about a Hong Kong cop and his relationship with a woman....
.

Station layout


Ground-Exits
L1
Concourse		ConcourseCustomer Service, MTRShops
Hang Seng Bank
Hang Seng Bank

Hang Seng Bank Limited is the second largest bank in Hong Kong. It is a listed company but it is majority owned by the HSBC Group via The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation....
, vending machine
ATMs
Octopus promotion machine
SubwaySubway to East Tsim Sha Tsui Station
L2
Platforms		Platform 1
Island platform, doors will open on the right
Platform 2 towards Central
Central (MTR)

Central station is an MTR List of Hong Kong MTR stations located in the Central, Hong Kong area of Hong Kong Island. The station's livery is firebrick red, except for the station's platform where its livery is dark brown....


Platforms 1 and 2 share the same island platform. Passengers wishing to change to the East Rail Line take the escalator up to the concourse, and leave the MTR system. Then they have to exit through Exit F or G, and walk along the Middle Road or Mody Road subway system respectively to reach the East Tsim Sha Tsui station.

Although the stations are connected by subway, the fare gates for Tsim Sha Tsui and East Tsim Sha Tsui Stations are separate. Therefore, single-journey ticket passengers transferring from the to the must purchase a second ticket at East Tsim Sha Tsui Station. Passengers can avoid this need and save money by transferring from the to the at Mong Kok Station and then to the at Kowloon Tong Station. Octopus card
Octopus card

The Octopus card is a rechargeable Contactless payment stored value smart card used to transfer electronic moneys in online or offline systems in Hong Kong....
 users who transfer between Tsim Sha Tsui and East Tsim Sha Tsui Stations within thirty minutes without making any other transport-related purchases or more than nine non-transport-related purchases in between stations are considered to have taken a single journey and are charged accordingly.

Entrances/exits

Tsim Sha Tsui Station is linked with East Tsim Sha Tsui Station through the Mody Road and Middle Road Subways.

In Tsim Sha Tsui Station

  • A1: Nathan Road (by Kowloon Mosque)
  • A2: Humphrey's Avenue
  • B1: Nathan Road/Cameron Road Junction
  • B2: Cameron Road
  • C1: Hyatt Regency Hong Kong (South Exit)
  • C2: Hyatt Regency Hong Kong (North Exit)
  • D1: Nathan Road (by Number 58)
  • D2: Bristol Avenue
  • E: Kowloon Hotel
  • F: Middle Road Subway (Connected to Exit L2)
  • G: Mody Road Subway (Connected to Exit M3)

In East Tsim Sha Tsui Station

  • J: New World Centre
  • K: Middle Road
  • L1: Hermes House
  • L2: (Connected to Exit F)
  • L3: Peninsula Hotel
  • L4: Kowloon Hotel
  • M2: Holiday Inn Golden Mile
  • M3: (Connected to Exit G)
  • N1/N2: Hanoi Road
  • P1: Wing On Plaza
  • P2: Mirror Tower
  • P3: Chatham Road South


Transport Connections

Bus
Buses in Hong Kong

Bus services have History of Bus transport in Hong Kong in Hong Kong. In 2005, five companies operate franchised public bus services. There are also a variety of non-franchised public buses services, including feeder bus services to railway stations operated by the railway companies, and residents' services for residential estates ....
Many routes via roads surrounding the Station such as Salisbury Road, Chatham Road South, and Nathan Road, operated by the KMB
Kowloon Motor Bus

The Kowloon Motor Bus Company Limited , a company of the Transport International Holdings Limited, is the largest franchised bus operators in Hong Kong, and one of the largest privately owned public bus operators in the world....
, NWFB, and Citybus


Ferries
Star Ferry
Star Ferry

The "Star" Ferry Company Ltd. is a passenger ferry service operator in Hong Kong. Its principal routes carry passengers across the Victoria Harbour, between Hong Kong Island and Kowloon....
, to Central
Central, Hong Kong

Central , the central business district of Hong Kong, was commonly known as part of Victoria City. It is an area on the north shore of Hong Kong Island....
 and Wanchai


Trains
Rail transport in Hong Kong

Hong Kong's Rail transport network comprises public transport trains operated by the MTR Corporation Limited . The MTRC operates the rapid transit network of Hong Kong and connects the northeastern and northwestern New Territories with the rest of Hong Kong....
Underground pedestrian link to East Rail Line trains to Lo Wu
Lo Wu

Lo Wu or Lowu is an area located in North District, Hong Kong, New Territories in the Hong Kong. It lies on the borders of the Luohu within Hong Kong and the city of Shenzhen in Guangdong....
/Lok Ma Chau
Lok Ma Chau

Lok Ma Chau or Lokmachau is a village in Hong Kong's New Territories and also a major pedestrian and road border crossing point between Hong Kong and mainland China....
.


Neighbouring stations