Hong Kong Railway Museum
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Tai Po Market
大埔墟 |
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| Location | On Fu Road, Tai Po Tai Po District, Hong Kong |
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| Coordinates | 22°26′51″N 114°09′52″E / 22.4476°N 114.1644°ECoordinates: 22°26′51″N 114°09′52″E / 22.4476°N 114.1644°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Kowloon–Canton Railway Corporation | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Kowloon–Canton Railway Corporation | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Kowloon–Canton Railway (British Section) | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 (side platforms) | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections | Bus, public light bus | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||
| Platform levels | 1 | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1 October 1910 | ||||||||||
| Closed | 6 April 1983 | ||||||||||
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 Tai Po Market
Location within the current MTR system
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Hong Kong Railway Museum (Chinese: 香港鐵路博物館; Cantonese Yale: heung1 gong2 tit3 lou6 bok3 mat6 gun2) is a railway museum in Tai Po, Hong Kong. It is now under the management of the Leisure and Cultural Service Department. Opened on 20 December 1986, it is located at the site where the Old Tai Po Market Railway Station was built in 1913. Admission to the museum is free.
The Kowloon-Canton Railway (British Section) opened in 1910 in Tai Po Market was one of the stops in the New Territories. The station building was erected in 1913. Since then, it acted as a centre of administration and trade which indirectly boosted Tai Po Market's economy by bringing traders there.
The KCR was electrified in 1983 and the station was taken out of service, with new stations being opened to the north (Tai Wo) and south (Tai Po Market) of it. One year later, the Old Tai Po Market Railway Station was declared a monument. The site, together with the buildings and relevant exhibits, were then given to the government by the KCRC for the construction of the Museum.
The building of the station is unique in the way of architectural style among original Kowloon-Canton Railway (British Section). It is of indigenous Chinese architectural style, with many small figures decorating the exterior, such as are commonly found in existing old southern Chinese temples.
On the left of the museum, there is an exhibition room of train tickets and train models of not only KCR trains but also Japanese Shinkansen and Eurostar. The further internal part of the room is a refurbished ticket office and signalling house.
Two locomotives are on exhibition at the museum:
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