Yau Ma Tei station

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Yau Ma Tei

油麻地
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Platform 1 of Yau Ma Tei station
Chinese name
Chinese
Jyutping Jau4maa4dei2
Hanyu Pinyin Yóumádì
Literal meaningOil Jute Land
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin Yóumádì
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization Yàumàdéi
IPA [jɐw˩ma˩tej˧˥]
Jyutping Jau4maa4dei2
General information
Location Nathan Road × Waterloo Road, Yau Ma Tei
Yau Tsim Mong District, Hong Kong
Coordinates 22°18′46″N114°10′15″E / 22.3129°N 114.1707°E / 22.3129; 114.1707
Owned by MTR Corporation
Operated byMTR Corporation
Line(s)
Platforms4 (2 island platforms)
Tracks4
Connections
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Platform levels2
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station codeYMT
History
Opened
Previous namesWaterloo
Services
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Jordan
towards Central
Tsuen Wan line Mong Kok
towards Tsuen Wan
Ho Man Tin
towards Whampoa
Kwun Tong line Mong Kok
towards Tiu Keng Leng
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Yau Ma Tei
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to Jordan
Location
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Yau Ma Tei
Location within the MTR system
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Yau Ma Tei
Yau Ma Tei (Hong Kong urban core)

Yau Ma Tei, formerly named Waterloo after Waterloo Road, is an MTR station located in Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon. It lays straightly like a long box under thoroughfare Nathan Road, ending north under Pitt Street and south near Man Ming Lane. It is served by the Kwun Tong line and the Tsuen Wan line. The station opened on 22 December 1979 and was renamed as Yau Ma Tei on 31 May 1985 along with Argyle (Mong Kok) and Chater (Central).

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Yau Ma Tei is an interchange station, even though the platforms are not designed for cross-platform interchange. After the Kwun Tong line has been extended to Whampoa, it is used by northbound passengers on one line to change to southbound trains on the other line. This station is used by many students during commuting hours, since it is in the vicinity of many large schools.

The station's livery colour is a light grey. Red, white, and blue stripes, which prominently adorned the station walls until they were removed as part of renovation works in 2005 which also saw the original Helvetica typeface, used in station name signs, replaced by Myriad.

History

In 1967, the station was proposed as Waterloo, a double station with Tsuen Wan Line on the east side of Nathan Road, and Kwun Tong Line the west, linking with pedestrian tunnels, in Hong Kong Mass Transport Study. [1] The design was later scaled down when the projected population was recalculated based on new census data. [2]

Contract 101 includes the construction of this station, along with Argyle (now Mong Kok) and Prince Edward stations. It was awarded to a joint venture between Gammon, Kier International, and Lilley Construction. The station, along with other sections under Nathan Road, was built with cut-and-cover. This inevitably brought much trouble on Nathan Road, the thoroughfare in Kowloon Peninsular. The construction induced serious traffic congestion in Kowloon, produced quite amount of dust to the environment, and affected the business on both side of the road.

On 16 December 1979, The Kwun Tong line was extended from Shek Kip Mei to Tsim Sha Tsui station. However, Yau Ma Tei station was opened on 22nd of that month as an infill station. [3] When the station was first opened, only upper level platform was in use. Three weeks before Tsuen Wan line opened, on 26 April 1982, MTR Corporation split the Modified Initial System into Kwun Tong line and Tsuen Wan line, in order to let passengers to get used to transfer at Mong Kok station. On the same day, the lower level platform was put into use.

The Kwun Tong line was extended to Whampoa station on 23 October 2016.

Station layout

From the scissor crossing after Whampoa terminus to north of Yau Ma Tei, the Kwun Tong line drives on the right side of the tunnel, as opposed to almost everywhere else in the MTR, where the driving direction is usually on the left (except for the Tuen Ma line). The difference in driving directionality is due to the track layout between Yau Ma Tei and Mong Kok stations.

The Kwun Tong line extension towards Whampoa station via Ho Man Tin opened on 23 October 2016. In preparation, the numbers of the Kwun Tong line platforms were swapped starting on 11 June 2016, and platform 4 became alighting-only (and platform 3 boarding-only) from 21 August 2016. [4] After the opening of the Kwun Tong line extension, Yau Ma Tei became an interchange station between the Kwun Tong line and the Tsuen Wan line, with each line using platforms on a different level.

GGround levelExits
L1ConcourseCustomer Service, MTRShops, Hang Seng Bank, vending machine, ATMs
Octopus promotion machine
L2
Platforms
Platform 1      Tsuen Wan line towards Tsuen Wan (Mong Kok )
Island platform, doors will open on the right
Platform 2     Tsuen Wan line towards Central (Jordan )
L3
Platforms
Platform 4      Kwun Tong line towards Whampoa (Ho Man Tin )
Island platform, doors will open on the right
Platform 3     Kwun Tong line towards Tiu Keng Leng (Mong Kok )

Livery

The station's livery is light grey and red in concourse and exits


GStreet levelExits
L1ConcourseCustomer service, MTRShops
Vending machines, Automatic teller machines
L2
Platforms
Platform 1      Tsuen Wan line towards Tsuen Wan (Mong Kok)
Island platform, doors will open on the right
Platform 2     Tsuen Wan line towards Central (Jordan)
L3
Platforms
Platform 4      Kwun Tong line towards Whampoa (Ho Man Tin)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Platform 3     Kwun Tong line towards Tiu Keng Leng (Mong Kok)

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Entrances/exits

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References

  1. Freeman, Fox, Wilbur Smith & Associates (1967). Hong Kong Mass Transport Study (Report).{{cite report}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. Freeman, Fox, Wilbur Smith & Associates (1970). Hong Kong Mass Transport Further Study (Report).{{cite report}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. Mass Transit Railway Modern Tramway & Light Rail Transit April 1980 page 134
  4. "Yau Ma Tei Station layout" (PDF). MTR Corporation . Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  5. "Yau Ma Tei Station layout" (PDF). MTR Corporation . Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  6. "Yau Ma Tei Station street map" (PDF). MTR Corporation . Retrieved 30 July 2014.