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Prince Edward station
MTR interchange station in Kowloon, Hong Kong
MTR interchange station in Kowloon, Hong Kong
| Field | Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| name | Prince Edward | ||
| native_name | 太子 | ||
| native_name_lang | zh-Hant | ||
| style | MTR | ||
| style2 | Kwun Tong, Tsuen Wan | ||
| symbol_location | hk | ||
| symbol | MTR | ||
| type | MTR rapid transit station | ||
| image | Prince Edward Station platforms 2022 05 part4.jpg | ||
| image_caption | Platforms 4 (foreground) and 3 (background) in May 2022 | ||
| address | Nathan Road × Prince Edward Road West, Mong Kok | ||
| borough | Yau Tsim Mong District | ||
| country | Hong Kong | ||
| coordinates | |||
| line | {{plainlist | ||
| connections | {{plainlist | ||
| structure | Underground | ||
| platform | 4 (2 island platforms) | ||
| levels | 2 (excluding concourse) | ||
| tracks | 4 | ||
| opened | |||
| accessible | yes | ||
| code | PRE | ||
| owned | MTR Corporation | ||
| operator | MTR Corporation | ||
| services | {{Adjstn | system=MTR | |
| line1 | Tsuen Wan | left1=Mong Kok | right1=Sham Shui Po |
| line2 | Kwun Tong | left2=Mong Kok | right2=Shek Kip Mei |
| map_type | Hong Kong MTR#Hong Kong urban core | ||
| map_alt | Hong Kong MTR system map | ||
| map_caption | Location within the MTR system | ||
| route_map | |||
| map_state | expanded |
- Bus, minibus
- Coaches to Mainland China
Prince Edward is a MTR station on the Tsuen Wan line. It is located under the intersection of Nathan Road and Prince Edward Road West, after which it is named. The station livery is lilac.
History
Prince Edward was primarily designed as a cross-platform interchange between the Kwun Tong and s. While the Kwun Tong line tracks had already been built in 1979, the station was not used until the opening of the Tsuen Wan line on 10 May 1982. During the first week of operation, the station served only as an interchange with no exits to the concourse or street level. On 17 May 1982, all the station's exits were opened.
Prince Edward station attack
Main article: 2019 Prince Edward station attack
On the evening of 31 August 2019, amid the anti-extradition bill protests, the Hong Kong Police stormed Prince Edward station and were filmed beating passengers and firing pepper spray inside railway carriages. The MTR closed the station during the incident, while the police refused to let medics enter. The station subsequently became a flashpoint for continued discord, with protesters petitioning MTR to release CCTV footage from the evening of 31 August. The incident at Prince Edward, as well as MTR's perceived support of Beijing (by closing stations near protests in the aftermath of criticism by Chinese state media for remaining operational), led to vandalism of other MTR stations. MTR condemned the vandalism and responded that the relevant CCTV footage would be kept for three years.
Location
Prince Edward station and Mong Kok station are the two closest stations in Hong Kong. They are only 400 m apart, trains take less than one minute to travel from one station to the other.
Station layout
| Platform | Kwun Tong line towards () → |
|---|
Prince Edward is an opposite-directional cross-platform interchange station for the southbound Kwun Tong line passengers going towards and the southbound Tsuen Wan line passengers going towards . Mong Kok serves as the cross-platform interchange station for passengers travelling in the same direction.
Livery
The station's colour is light purple because of its association as a regal colour.
Entrances and exits
All exits are within one block of Nathan Road, stretching from Prince Edward Road in the south to Playing Field Road in the north. Prince Edward station is primarily an interchange rather than a destination since there are only seven exits; the neighbouring Mong Kok has fifteen.
- A:Mong Kok Stadium, Playing Field Road, Prince Centre
- [[File:Prince Edward Station 2020 06 part8.jpg|250px|thumb|Old Exit A]]
- [[File:Prince Edward Station Exit A 2023 06 part2.jpg|250px|thumb|Old Exit A]]
- B:Mong Kok Police Station
- B1:Flower Market Road
- [[File:Prince Edward Station 2020 06 part1.jpg|250px|thumb|Old Exit B1]]
- [[File:Prince Edward Station Exit B1 2023 06 part2.jpg|250px|thumb|Old Exit B1]]
- B2:Sai Yeung Choi Street South, Elize PARK
- [[File:Prince Edward Station 2020 06 part2.jpg|250px|thumb|Old Exit B2(June 2020)]]
- [[File:Prince Edward Station Exit B2 2023 06 part1.jpg|250px|thumb|Old Exit B2(June 2023)]]
- C:Metropark Hotel Mongkok
- C1:Nathan Road, Golden Plaza
- [[File:Prince Edward Station 2020 06 part3.jpg|250px|thumb|Old Exit C1]]
- [[File:Prince Edward Station Exit C1 2023 06 part2.jpg|250px|thumb|Old Exit C1]]
- C2:Metropark Hotel Mongkok, Tai Nan Street, Tong Mi Road, Tai Kok Tsui
- [[File:Prince Edward Station 2020 06 part4.jpg|250px|thumb|Old Exit C2]]
- [[File:Prince Edward Station Exit C2 2023 06 part1.jpg|250px|thumb|Old Exit C2]]
- D:Yu Chau Street
- [[File:Prince Edward Station 2020 06 part7.jpg|250px|thumb|Old Exit D]]
- [[File:Prince Edward Station Exit D 2023 06 part2.jpg|250px|thumb|Old Exit D]]
- E:Cheung Sha Wan Road, Union Park Centre
- [[File:Prince Edward Station 2020 06 part5.jpg|250px|thumb|Old Exit E]]
- [[File:Prince Edward Station Exit E 2023 06 part2.jpg|250px|thumb|Old Exit E]]
Transport connections
Cross-border bus services
There are stops of cross-border buses to Shenzhen, Dongguan, and Guangzhou on Playing Field Road (exit A) or Portland Street (exits C2 and D).
Gallery
Prince Edward Station concourse 2022 11 part2.jpg|Washrooms in the paid area of the concourse (2022) Prince Edward Station platforms 2022 05 part5.jpg|Platforms (2022) Prince Edward Station 2020 06 part9.jpg|Station concourse (2020) Prince Edward Station 2020 06 part8.jpg|Exit A entrance, with the Mong Kok Police Station in the back (2020) Prince Edward Station 2017 08 part6.jpg|Panorama of the concourse with the customer service centre visible on the left (2020)
References
References
- (1 September 2019). "Violence erupts across Hong Kong as police fire 'warning shots,' MTR closes 5 lines and officers storm train carriage". Hong Kong Free Press.
- (1 September 2019). "Hong Kong reels from chaos: 3 MTR stations remain closed, police defend storming trains, more demos planned". Hong Kong Free Press.
- (6 September 2019). "Hong Kong lawmaker and protesters demand CCTV footage of police storming MTR station". Hong Kong Free Press.
- (8 September 2019). "MTR Does Not Tolerate Any Violence or Malicious Act Causing Damage". MTR Corporation.
- {{MTRsource. layout. pre. Prince Edward. 29 July 2014
- Ben Pang. (17 November 2016). "Why are Hong Kong's MTR stations different colours? Central is red for a reason, and why Prince Edward is purple might surprise you".
- {{MTRsource. map. pre. Prince Edward. 29 July 2014
- {{MTRsource. map. mok. Mong Kok. 29 July 2014
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