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Prince Edward (MTR)

Prince Edward
太子
MTR
MTR rapid transit station
Prince Edward Station 2014 02 part1.JPG
Platforms 4 (foreground) and 3 (background)
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese
Cantonese Yale Taaijí
Hanyu Pinyin Tàizǐ
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 logo.svg 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
Hong Kong MTR system map
Prince Edward
Location within the MTR system

Prince Edward (Chinese: 太子; Cantonese Yale: Taaijí) 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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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; neighbouring Mong Kok has fourteen.

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).


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