Wong Tai Sin station

Wong Tai Sin
黃大仙
MTR
MTR rapid transit station
Platform 1
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese 黃大仙
Simplified Chinese 黄大仙
Cantonese Yale Wòngdaaihsīn
Hanyu Pinyin Huángdàxiān
General information
Location Lung Cheung Road near Wong Tai Sin Centre, Wong Tai Sin
Wong Tai Sin District, Hong Kong
Coordinates 22°20′30″N 114°11′38″E / 22.3417°N 114.1939°E / 22.3417; 114.1939Coordinates: 22°20′30″N 114°11′38″E / 22.3417°N 114.1939°E / 22.3417; 114.1939
Operated by MTR Corporation
Line(s)
Platforms 2 (island platform)
Connections Bus, public light bus
Construction
Structure type Underground
Platform levels 1
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Station code WTS
History
Opened
  • 1 October 1979 (1979-10)
Services

Preceding station MTR MTR Following station
Lok Fu
towards Whampoa
 Kwun Tong line Diamond Hill
towards Tiu Keng Leng
Route map
to Lok Fu
2
1
to Diamond Hill
Location
Hong Kong MTR system map
Wong Tai Sin
Location within the MTR system

Wong Tai Sin (Chinese: 黃大仙; Cantonese Yale: Wòngdaaihsīn) is a station on the Hong Kong MTR Kwun Tong Line. It is named after the Wong Tai Sin Temple, which is managed by Taoist organisation Sik Sik Yuen.

Livery

Wong Tai Sin Station Concourse

The station's livery is yellow to reflect the character "Wong" in Chinese (黃), which means "yellow"[1]

Station layout

Platforms 1 and 2 share the same island platform.

G Ground level Exits
C Concourse Customer service, MTRshops, vending machines
Hang Seng Bank, automatic teller machines
P
Platforms		 Platform 1      Kwun Tong line towards Tiu Keng Leng (Diamond Hill) →
Island platform, doors will open on the right
Platform 2 ←      Kwun Tong line towards Whampoa (Lok Fu)

[2]

Entrances/exits

  • A/E: Lung Cheung Road (West Exit)
  • B1/B2: Lung Cheung Road (East Exit)
  • B3: Wong Tai Sin Temple, Temple Mall North
  • C1: Ching Tak Street/Lung Cheung Road Junction
  • C2: Ching Tak Street
  • D1: San Po Kong
  • D2: Ching Tak Street, Bus Terminus
  • D3: Temple Mall South[3]

Transport connections

Minibus routes

  • 37M (Exit A) to Tsz Wan Shan
  • 38M (Exit A) to Chuk Yuen Estate
  • 33M (Exit C2) to Fu Shan Estate
  • 79M (Exit D2) to King Tung Street
  • 20M (Exit D2) to San Po Kong

Bus routes

  • 85M (Exit D2) to Kam Ying Court
  • 80 (Exit D1) to Mei Lam
  • 89B (Exit D1) to Sha Tin Wai
  • 211 (Exit B1) to Tsui Chuk Garden
  • 2F, 3C (Exit B1) to Tsz Wan Shan
  • 113 (Exit D1) to Kennedy Town (Belcher's Bay)

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ "Wong Tai Sin Station layout" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  3. ↑ "Wong Tai Sin Station street map" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
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