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Nam Cheong station

MTR station interchange in Kowloon, Hong Kong

Nam Cheong station

MTR station interchange in Kowloon, Hong Kong

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native_name南昌
native_name_langzh-Hant
styleMTR
style2Tung Chung, Tuen Ma
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symbolMTR
typeMTR rapid transit station
imageNam Cheong Station Tung Chung Line platforms 2021 06 part4.jpg
image_captionPlatform 4 of Nam Cheong station in June 2021
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addressWest Kowloon Highway near Fu Cheong Estate, Sham Shui Po
boroughSham Shui Po District, Hong Kong
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architectAedas (then known as Liang Peddle Thorp Architects & Planners) and Hong Kong Government city planners
accessible
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Nam Cheong is a MTR interchange station located at ground level beneath West Kowloon Highway, in Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong opposite the Fu Cheong Estate. It is served by the Tung Chung and Tuen Ma lines and provides cross-platform interchange between platform 1 (Tuen Ma line towards Tuen Mun) and platform 4 (Tung Chung line towards Hong Kong). The livery of Nam Cheong station is pale yellow green. Platform screen doors are fitted in this station.

Nam Cheong station was originally the western terminus of the West Rail line before the opening of Kowloon Southern Link on 16 August 2009. The passes between the tracks of the Tung Chung line without stopping at this station. A public transport interchange, located to the east of the station, allows for transfers to other modes of public transport. Architecture firm Aedas designed Nam Cheong station.

History

Nam Cheong station was called Yen Chow Street station (after Yen Chow Street, a major thoroughfare in the area) in its planning stage. The station was subsequently renamed "Nam Cheong" after Nam Cheong Estate, a nearby public housing estate, which in turn is named after Nam Cheong Street (another thoroughfare).

Works for Nam Cheong station started on 5 October 2000; the station was built by a joint venture between Balfour Beatty and Zen Pacific. The station was opened for public use on 16 December 2003, coinciding with the pre-opening charity trial run day of the KCR West Rail (later West Rail line), and the part of the station started operation. On 20 December, the KCR West Rail officially commenced operation, and Nam Cheong became the southern terminus of the rail line.

Upon its completion, the station was a shared-use integrated station between MTR and KCR, and the first integrated one between the two systems. The station concourse was divided into two parts (managed by the two rail operators respectively). Special transfer turnstiles were located between the two parts, enabling passengers paying with Octopus card to interchange between the two systems by tapping their card just once.

The operations of MTR and KCR merged on 2 December 2007, and the management of the station unified under MTRCL. Following the network-wide fare zone merger of the former MTR and KCR networks on 28 September 2008, the transfer turnstiles along with the barriers separating the two fare zones were removed, and cross-platform interchange is now provided between platform 1 (Tuen Ma line towards ) and platform 4 (Tung Chung line towards ) and platform 2 (Tuen Ma line towards Wu Kai Sha and platform 3 (Tung Chung line towards ); several passageways were opened between the two platforms. One of the wider passages is aligned with the fifth and sixth carriages of the Hong Kong-bound trains on the Tung Chung line platform.

The Kowloon Southern Link extension of West Rail line opened on 16 August 2009, and the once called West Rail line was extended to on that day. Nam Cheong lost its status as the western terminus of West Rail line, and became an intermediate station for both Tung Chung and West Rail lines.

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

Station layout

Station concourse in August 2009
Platform 1 (Tuen Ma line) in February 2013
Platform 1 (Tuen Ma line) in May 2015
Platform 3 in May 2015
Platform 1 (Tuen Ma line) in July 2017
Platform 4 in July 2017
Platform 1 (Tuen Ma Line) in August 2020
Platform 2 (Tuen Ma Line) in August 2020
Platform 3 in August 2020
Platform 4 in August 2020
Platform 1 Tuen Ma Line in June 2021
Platform 2 Tuen Ma Line in June 2021
Exit C, adjacent to a subway in September 2009
Exit C, adjacent to a subway in August 2020
Exit C, adjacent to a subway in November 2023

All four platforms are located at ground level. The platforms are curved because they were built around the existing tracks. However, the gaps are not very large.

Before the merging of fare systems on 28 September 2008, Octopus card users transferring between the West Rail line and Tung Chung line had to use the transfer gates separating fare areas the MTR and KCR systems. Once the card was placed on a reader, the first section of journey fare would be deducted and passengers could walk over to the other fare area. Passengers who accidentally walked to the wrong area by mistake had to exit the station through the exit gates (not the transfer gates) within 15 minutes, or an extra fare was charged.

vending machines, ATMs

Entrances and exits

  • A1: V Walk, Fu Cheong Estate
  • A2: V Walk
  • B: Cheung Sha Wan Wholesale Food Market
  • C: Lin Cheung Road
  • D1: Sham Mong Road
  • D2: V Walk

Other transport connections

All data has been collected from their respective websites.

Operated by Kowloon Motor Bus:

  • 12: Hoi Lai Estate to Tsim Sha Tsui East (Mody Road)
  • 12A: Cheung Sha Wan (Hoi Tat Estate) to Whampoa Garden
  • 18: Cheung Sha Wan (Hoi Tat Estate) to Oi Man (Circular Route)
  • 118: Siu Sai Wan to Cheung Sha Wan (Sham Mong Road) (Northbound Only)
  • 118P: Siu Sai Wan to Cheung Sha Wan (Sham Mong Road) (Northbound Only)
  • 230R: Kowloon station to Ma Wan (Pak Yan Road)
  • N118: Cheung Sha Wan (Sham Mong Road) to Siu Sai Wan

Operated by Citybus:

  • 20: Cheung Sha Wan (Hoi Tat Estate) to Kai Tak (Muk On Street)
  • 36A: Cheung Sha Wan (Hoi Tat Estate) to Lei Muk Shue (Circular Route)
  • 79P: Hong Kong West Kowloon station to Queen's Hill Estate
  • 79X: Cheung Sha Wan (Kom Tsun Street) to Queen's Hill Estate
  • 701: Hoi Lai Estate to Bute Street (Circular Route)
  • 701S: Hoi Lai Estate to Bute Street (Circular Route)
  • 702: Hoi Lai Estate to Festival Walk
  • 702A: Hoi Ying Estate to Pak Tin Estate
  • 702B: Hoi Lai Estate to Pak Tin Estate (Circular Route)
  • 914: Hoi Lai Estate to Tin Hau station
  • 971: Hoi Lai Estate to Aberdeen (Shek Pai Wan)
  • A21: Hung Hom station to Hong Kong International Airport

References

References

  1. "Designers transfer Hong Kong know-how to Dubai's new metro". scmp.com.
  2. [http://www.epd.gov.hk/eia/operation/english/appendix03_5.html Government of Hong Kong Environmental Protection Department]
  3. {{MTRsource. layout. nac. Nam Cheong. 28 March 2015
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