Sham Shui Po station

Sham Shui Po 深水埗
MTR rapid transit station
Platform 1
Chinese name
Chinese	深 水 埗
Cantonese Yale	Sāmséuibóu
Literal meaning	Deep Water Pier
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Shēnshuǐbù Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Sāmséuibóu Jyutping Sam1seoi2bou2
General information
Location	Intersections of Cheung Sha Wan Road × Pei Ho Street/Kweilin Street, Sham Shui Po Sham Shui Po District Hong Kong
Coordinates	22°19′51″N114°09′44″E / 22.3307°N 114.1623°E / 22.3307; 114.1623
Owned by	MTR Corporation
Operated by	MTR Corporation
Line(s)	Tsuen Wan line
Platforms	2 (1 island platform)
Tracks	2
Connections	Bus, minibus
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Platform levels	1
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	SSP
History
Opened	17 May 1982;43 years ago (1982-05-17)
Services
Preceding station MTR Following station Prince Edward towards Central Tsuen Wan line Cheung Sha Wan towards Tsuen Wan Transfer at Shek Kip Mei Prince Edward towards Whampoa Kwun Tong line transfer at Shek Kip Mei Kowloon Tong towards Tiu Keng Leng
Track layout Legend to Cheung Sha Wan 1 2 to Prince Edward
Location Sham Shui Po Location within the MTR system

Sham Shui Po (Chinese :深水埗; Cantonese Yale :Sāmséuibóu) is an MTR station located in Sham Shui Po, New Kowloon, Hong Kong. The station is located under Cheung Sha Wan Road between Cheung Sha Wan and Prince Edward stations on the Tsuen Wan line. Sham Shui Po's colour is dark green. The station has an island platform arrangement which serves two tracks.

History

On 10 May 1982, Tsuen Wan line opened to the public, but Sham Shui Po station did not open until 17 May, a week later. Nishimastu Construction was the contractor for the station.^{[ citation needed ]}

Station layout

G	Ground level	Exits
L1	Concourse	Customer Service, MTRShops
		Vending machine, ATMs
		Octopus promotion machine
L2 Platforms	Platform 2	→      Tsuen Wan line towards Central (Prince Edward) →
	Island platform, doors will open on the right
	Platform 1	←      Tsuen Wan line towards Tsuen Wan (Cheung Sha Wan)

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Entrances and exits

These are located within the quadrant bounded by Kweilin Street (NW), Pei Ho Street (SE), Fuk Wa Street (NE) and Apliu Street (SW). ^[2]

References

1. "Sham Shui Po Station layout" (PDF). MTR Corporation . Retrieved 30 July 2014.
2. "Sham Shui Po Station street map" (PDF). MTR Corporation . Retrieved 30 July 2014.