East Tsim Sha Tsui station

East Tsim Sha Tsui (Chinese: 尖東; Cantonese Yale: Jīmdūng) is a station of the Mass Transit Railway (MTR) system of Hong Kong. It is currently an intermediate station on the Tuen Ma line.

East Tsim Sha Tsui

尖東
MTR rapid transit station
Platform 1 in April 2014
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese尖東
Simplified Chinese尖东
Cantonese YaleJīmdūng
Literal meaningSharp East
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinJiāndōng
Wade–GilesChien1-tung1
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationJīmdūng
JyutpingZim1dung1
General information
LocationSalisbury Road, Chatham Road South × Middle Road, Tsim Sha Tsui
Yau Tsim Mong District, Hong Kong
Coordinates22°17′44″N 114°10′31″E
Owned byKCR Corporation
Operated byMTR Corporation
Line(s)Tuen Ma line
Platforms2 (1 island platform)
Tracks2
Connections
  • Tsim Sha Tsui: (out-of-station interchange)
  •       Tsuen Wan line
  • Bus, minibus
  • Star Ferry
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station codeETS
History
Opened24 October 2004 (2004-10-24)
Services
Preceding station MTR Following station
Hung Hom
towards Wu Kai Sha
Tuen Ma line Austin
towards Tuen Mun
Transfer at Tsim Sha Tsui
Admiralty
towards Central
Tsuen Wan line
transfer at Tsim Sha Tsui
Jordan
towards Tsuen Wan
Former services
Preceding station MTR Following station
Terminus East Rail line
(2004-2009)
Hung Hom
towards Lo Wu or Lok Ma Chau
Track layout
Tsuen Wan line
Tsim Sha Tsui
Tsuen Wan line
Admiralty
1
2
Location
East Tsim Sha Tsui
Location within the MTR system
East Tsim Sha Tsui
East Tsim Sha Tsui (Hong Kong urban core)

The station was built to alleviate surface traffic jams and passenger congestion at Kowloon Tong station. The distance from Hung Hom to the station is about one kilometre with the journey time of around two minutes.

This station is linked with Tsim Sha Tsui station of the Tsuen Wan line by subways (underground pedestrian tunnels).

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