Prince Edward Station (MTR)

This article is about the metro station of the Hong Kong MTR. For the future metro station of the Singapore MRT, see Prince Edward MRT Station.
Prince Edward
太子
MTR
MTR rapid transit station

Platforms 4 (foreground) and 3 (background)
Chinese name
Chinese 太子
Literal meaning Prince
General information
Location Nathan Road × Prince Edward Road West, Mong Kok
Yau Tsim Mong District, Hong Kong
Coordinates 22°19′28″N 114°10′06″E / 22.3245°N 114.1683°E / 22.3245; 114.1683Coordinates: 22°19′28″N 114°10′06″E / 22.3245°N 114.1683°E / 22.3245; 114.1683
Operated by MTR Corporation
Line(s)
Platforms 4 (island platforms)
Connections Bus, public light bus, Mainland coach
Construction
Structure type Underground
Platform levels 2
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Station code PRE
History
Opened
  • 10 May 1982 (1982-05-10)
Services
Preceding station   MTR   Following station
towards Central
Tsuen Wan Line
towards Tsuen Wan
towards Whampoa
Kwun Tong Line
towards Tiu Keng Leng
Location
Hong Kong MTR system map
Prince Edward
Location within the MTR system

Prince Edward (Chinese: 太子) is a station of the MTR rapid transit system in Hong Kong. It is located in Mong Kok, Kowloon, under the intersection of Nathan Road and Prince Edward Road West. The station is named after this road.

History

Track layout
Legend
to Shek Kip Mei
to Sham Shui Po
1
4
P1 (upper)
Prince Edward
2
3
P2 (lower)
3
2
P1 (upper)
Mong Kok
1
4
P2 (lower)
2
3
P1 (upper)
Yau Ma Tei
1
4
P2 (lower)
to Ho Man Tin
to Jordan

As Prince Edward was primarily designed as a cross-platform interchange between the Kwun Tong and Tsuen Wan lines, although the Kwun Tong Line tracks had already been laid 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.

Location

Prince Edward Station and Mong Kok Station are the two closest stations in Hong Kong. They are only about 400 metres apart and the train takes less than one minute to travel from one station to the other.

Station layout

G Ground level Exits
C Concourse Customer Service, MTRshops
Vending machines, Automatic teller machines
Octopus Promotion Machine
P1
Platform		 Platform 1      Tsuen Wan Line towards Tsuen Wan (Sham Shui Po) →
Island platform, doors will open on the right
Platform 2 ←      Kwun Tong Line towards Whampoa (Mong Kok)
P2
Platform		 Platform 4 ←      Tsuen Wan Line towards Central (Mong Kok)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Platform 3      Kwun Tong Line towards Tiu Keng Leng (Shek Kip Mei) →

Prince Edward is an opposite-directional cross-platform interchange station for southbound Kwun Tong Line passengers going towards Tsuen Wan and southbound Tsuen Wan Line passengers going towards Tiu Keng Leng. Mong Kok serves as the cross-platform interchange station for passengers travelling in the same direction.[1]

Livery

The station's livery is purple because of its association as a regal colour.[2]

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.[3] Prince Edward Station is primarily an interchange rather than a destination since there are only seven exits; neighbouring Mong Kok has fourteen.[4]

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).

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Prince Edward Station.

References

  1. ↑ "Prince Edward Station layout" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
  2. ↑ 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". South China Morning Post.
  3. ↑ "Prince Edward Station street map" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
  4. ↑ "Mong Kok Station street map" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
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