East Tsim Sha Tsui Station

East Tsim Sha Tsui 尖東
MTR rapid transit station
Platform centre
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	尖東
Simplified Chinese	尖东
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Jiāndōng Yue: Cantonese Jyutping zim1 dung1
General information
Location	Salisbury Road, Chatham Road South × Middle Road, Tsim Sha Tsui Yau Tsim Mong District, Hong Kong
Coordinates	22°17′44″N 114°10′31″E / 22.2955°N 114.1754°E / 22.2955; 114.1754Coordinates: 22°17′44″N 114°10′31″E / 22.2955°N 114.1754°E / 22.2955; 114.1754
Owned by	KCR Corporation
Operated by	MTR Corporation
Line(s)	West Rail Line
Platforms	2 (1 island platform)
Tracks	2
Connections	Tsuen Wan Line Tsim Sha Tsui Station (out-of-station interchange) Bus, minibus Star Ferry
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	ETS
History
Opened	24 October 2004 (2004-10-24)
Services
Preceding station   MTR   Following station Hung Hom Terminus West Rail Line Austin towards Tuen Mun Admiralty towards Central Tsuen Wan Line Transfer at: Tsim Sha Tsui Jordan towards Tsuen Wan
Location
East Tsim Sha Tsui Location within the MTR system

East Tsim Sha Tsui (Chinese: 尖東) is a station of the Mass Transit Railway (MTR) system of Hong Kong. It is currently an intermediate station on the West Rail Line.

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).

An early predecessor to East Tsim Sha Tsui, named Mariner in the East Kowloon Line 1970 scheme, was intended to provide interchange to Tsim Sha Tsui of the Kong Kow Line (now part of Tsuen Wan Line).

Plans for East Tsim Sha Tsui were subsequently revived in 1993 when the plans for East Kowloon Line were modified to become a medium-capacity system as part of an Eastern Corridor with transfer to the Lantau Airport Railway (now Airport Express and Tung Chung Line). The contract to construct East Tsim Sha Tsui was subsequently awarded to a consortium consisting of Hong Kong-based Gammon Construction and Japan-based Nishimatsu.

East Tsim Sha Tsui was opened on 24 October 2004 as a southward extension of the KCR East Rail from Hung Hom, and served as the southern terminus of the East Rail Line until 16 August 2009. As a result, the 12-car-long platform screen doors give the station the longest platform screen doors in the world. However, due to the shorter length of the West Rail Line trains, the ends of the platforms are now out of use and closed off.