University station (MTR)

University 大學
MTR rapid transit station
Station exterior
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Cantonese Yale	Daaih hohk
Hanyu Pinyin	Dàxué
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Dàxué Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Daaih hohk IPA [tàːi.hɔ̀ːk̚] Jyutping Daai6 hok6
General information
Location	Chak Cheung Street, Ma Liu Shui Sha Tin District, Hong Kong
Coordinates	22°24′48″N 114°12′37″E / 22.4134°N 114.2102°E / 22.4134; 114.2102Coordinates: 22°24′48″N 114°12′37″E / 22.4134°N 114.2102°E / 22.4134; 114.2102
Owned by	Kowloon–Canton Railway Corporation
Operated by	MTR Corporation
Line(s)	East Rail Line
Platforms	2 (side platforms)
Connections	Bus, public light bus, kai-to
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Platform levels	1
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	UNI
History
Opened	24 September 1956 (1956-09-24)
Electrified	1983
Previous names	Ma Liu Shui
Services
Preceding station   MTR   Following station Fo Tan towards Hung Hom East Rail Line Tai Po Market towards Lo Wu or Lok Ma Chau Racecourse towards Hung Hom   Former services   Preceding station   KCR   Following station Sha Tin towards Kowloon Kowloon–Canton Railway (British Section) Tai Po Kau towards Lo Wu
Location
University Location within the MTR system

University (Chinese: 大學; Cantonese Yale: Daaih hohk; pronounced: [tàːi.hɔ̀ːk̚]}}) is an MTR station located near the Chinese University of Hong Kong in Ma Liu Shui. It is between Tai Po Market and Fo Tan/Racecourse stations on the East Rail Line. This station was the first post-war station to open on the line, and has the most curved track of any MTR station.

Built and opened in 1955, University Station was originally named Ma Liu Shui (馬料水) after the predominant name of the area before the Chinese University of Hong Kong was built. However, even at this point the station was serving Chung Chi College (崇基學院), which would become part of the new university in 1963. The station was given its present name in 1966, and in 1983 its tracks were electrified along with the rest of the KCR British Section.

A Chinese goods wagon derailed north of the station at around 2:00 p.m. on 4 June 1988. Nobody was injured, but the derailment led to thousands being stranded at University, Tai Po Market, and Fo Tan stations, leading to an "almost hysterical scramble for road transport". At 5:00 p.m. a lorry overturned in the northbound carriageway of the Lion Rock Tunnel. Together, the accidents caused a "great stoppage" in Kowloon and the eastern New Territories, leading to anger and fights at massive queues for taxi ranks and bus stations. The Police Tactical Unit was dispatched to University Station.