Prince Edward station

This article is about the metro station of the Hong Kong MTR. For the future metro station of the Singapore MRT with the same provisional name, see Prince Edward Road MRT station.

Prince Edward

太子
MTR MTR rapid transit station
Platforms 4 (foreground) and 3 (background) in May 2022
General information
LocationNathan Road × Prince Edward Road West, Mong Kok
Yau Tsim Mong District
Hong Kong
Coordinates22°19′28″N 114°10′06″E / 22.3245°N 114.1683°E / 22.3245; 114.1683
Owned byMTR Corporation
Operated byMTR Corporation
Line(s)
Platforms4 (2 island platforms)
Tracks4
Connections
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Platform levels2 (excluding concourse)
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station codePRE
History
Opened10 May 1982; 42 years ago (1982-05-10)
Services
Preceding station MTR MTR Following station
Mong Kok
towards Central
 Tsuen Wan line Sham Shui Po
towards Tsuen Wan
Mong Kok
towards Whampoa
 Kwun Tong line Shek Kip Mei
towards Tiu Keng Leng
Track layout
Legend
to Shek Kip Mei
to Sham Shui Po
1
4
P1 (upper)
 Prince Edward
2
3
P2 (lower)
3
4
P1 (upper)
 Mong Kok
1
2
P2 (lower)
2
3
P1 (upper)
 Yau Ma Tei
1
4
P2 (lower)
to Ho Man Tin
to Jordan
Location
Hong Kong MTR system map
Hong Kong MTR system map
Prince Edward
Location within the MTR system
Hong Kong MTR system map
Hong Kong MTR system map
Prince Edward
Prince Edward (Hong Kong urban core)
Prince Edward station
Chinese太子
JyutpingTaai3 zi2
Literal meaningCrown Prince
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinTàizǐ
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationTaaizí
JyutpingTaai3 zi2
IPA[tʰaj˧tsi˧˥]

Prince Edward 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, after which it is named.

History

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Prince Edward was primarily designed as a cross-platform interchange between the Kwun Tong and Tsuen Wan lines. While the Kwun Tong line tracks had already been built 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. On 17 May 1982, all the station's exits were opened.

Prince Edward station attack

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Main article: 2019 Prince Edward station attack

On the evening of 31 August 2019, amid the anti-extradition bill protests, the Hong Kong Police stormed Prince Edward station and were filmed beating passengers and firing pepper spray inside railway carriages.[1] The MTR closed the station during the incident, while the police refused to let medics enter.[2] The station subsequently became a flashpoint for continued discord, with protesters petitioning MTR to release CCTV footage from the evening of 31 August.[3] The incident at Prince Edward, as well as MTR's perceived support of Beijing (by closing stations near protests in the aftermath of criticism by Chinese state media for remaining operational), led to vandalism of other MTR stations. MTR condemned the vandalism and responded that the relevant CCTV footage would be kept for three years.[4]

Location

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Prince Edward station and Mong Kok station are the two closest stations in Hong Kong. They are only 400 m (1,300 ft) apart, trains take less than one minute to travel from one station to the other.

Station layout

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G Ground level Exits
L1 Concourse Customer Service, MTRshops
Vending machines, Automatic teller machines
Octopus Promotion Machine
L2
Platform 		Platform 1 →      Tsuen Wan line towards Tsuen Wan (Sham Shui Po) →
Island platform, doors will open on the right
Platform 2 ←      Kwun Tong line towards Whampoa (Mong Kok)
L3
Platform 		Platform 4 ←      Tsuen Wan line towards Central (Mong Kok)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Platform 3 →      Kwun Tong line towards Tiu Keng Leng (Shek Kip Mei) →

Prince Edward is an opposite-directional cross-platform interchange station for the southbound Kwun Tong line passengers going towards Tsuen Wan line and the 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.[5]

Livery

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The station's colour is light purple because of its association as a regal colour.[6]

Entrances and exits

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All exits are within one block of Nathan Road, stretching from Prince Edward Road in the south to Playing Field Road in the north.[7] Prince Edward station is primarily an interchange rather than a destination since there are only seven exits; the neighbouring Mong Kok has fifteen.[8]

  • A:Playing Field Road
  • B:Mong Kok Police Station
    • B1:Flower Market Road
    • B2:Sai Yeung Choi Street South
  • C:Metropark Hotel Mongkok
    • C1:Nathan Road
    • C2:Tai Nan Street
  • D:Yu Chau Street
  • E:Cheung Sha Wan Road

Transport connections

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Cross-border bus services

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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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  • Washrooms in the paid area of the concourse (2022)
    Washrooms in the paid area of the concourse (2022)
  • Platforms (2022)
    Platforms (2022)
  • Station concourse (2020)
    Station concourse (2020)
  • Exit A entrance, with the Mong Kok Police Station in the back (2020)
    Exit A entrance, with the Mong Kok Police Station in the back (2020)
  • Panorama of the concourse with the customer service centre visible on the left (2020)
    Panorama of the concourse with the customer service centre visible on the left (2020)

See also

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Prince Edward Station.

References

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  1. ^ Chan, Holmes (1 September 2019). "Violence erupts across Hong Kong as police fire 'warning shots,' MTR closes 5 lines and officers storm train carriage". Hong Kong Free Press. Archived from the original on 31 August 2019. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  2. ^ Tong, Elson (1 September 2019). "Hong Kong reels from chaos: 3 MTR stations remain closed, police defend storming trains, more demos planned". Hong Kong Free Press. Archived from the original on 1 September 2019. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  3. ^ Chan, Holmes (6 September 2019). "Hong Kong lawmaker and protesters demand CCTV footage of police storming MTR station". Hong Kong Free Press. Archived from the original on 6 September 2019. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  4. ^ "MTR Does Not Tolerate Any Violence or Malicious Act Causing Damage" (PDF). MTR Corporation. 8 September 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 November 2019. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  5. ^ "Prince Edward Station layout" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
  6. ^ 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. Archived from the original on 2 November 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  7. ^ "Prince Edward Station street map" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
  8. ^ "Mong Kok Station street map" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
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