East Tsim Sha Tsui station

East Tsim Sha Tsui () is a station of the Mass Transit Railway (MTR) system of Hong Kong. It is an intermediate station on the .

The station was built to alleviate surface traffic congestion, and passenger congestion at Kowloon Tong station.

The station is linked with Tsim Sha Tsui station of the by a network of subways (underground pedestrian tunnels).

History

The predecessor of the East Rail line was the Kowloon–Canton Railway (British Section), which was opened in 1910. At the time of opening, its southern terminus was the located in Tsim Sha Tsui, where the Clock Tower stands today. However, the old Kowloon station was closed in 1975, and the southern terminus of the railway was relocated to the newly built Hung Hom station.

A station named Mariner featured in the East Kowloon line 1970 scheme, was planned at location where East Tsim Sha Tsui sits today. It was intended to provide interchange to of the Kong Kow line (now part of the ).

Plans for East Tsim Sha Tsui were subsequently revived in 1993 when the plans for East Kowloon line were modified to become a medium-capacity system as part of an eastern corridor with transfer to the Lantau Airport Railway (now and ). The contract to construct East Tsim Sha Tsui was subsequently awarded to a consortium consisting of Hong Kong-based Gammon Construction and Japan-based Nishimatsu.

East Tsim Sha Tsui was opened on 24 October 2004 as a southward extension of the KCR East Rail from , the Tsim Sha Tsui Extension, marking the return of the railway to the Tsim Sha Tsui area after 30 years. It served as the southern terminus of the East Rail line until 16 August 2009. As a result of its underground location, the station was equipped with full-height platform screen doors, of the same type used on the KCR West Rail, which opened the year prior. The station was the only one on the East Rail line with these doors for five years, and as a result, the 12-car-long set of screen doors were the longest in the world.

thumb|left|Platform 2 as it appeared in 2009, when the station was still served by the East Rail Line

The status of the East Tsim Sha Tsui station as the southern terminus of the East Rail line was intended to be a temporary arrangement only. Upon the opening of the MTR Kowloon Southern Link on 16 August 2009, the East Rail line terminated in the south at Hung Hom again, and the tracks between Hung Hom and East Tsim Sha Tsui became part of the . As a result, Hung Hom became the common southern terminus of the East Rail line and the West Rail line, whilst East Tsim Sha Tsui became an intermediate station on the West Rail line. Due to the shorter length of the Tuen Ma line trains (8 cars), the ends of the platforms were taken out of use and closed off.

On 27 June 2021, the officially merged with the (which was already extended into the Tuen Ma line Phase 1 at the time) in East Kowloon to form the new , as part of the Shatin to Central link project. Hence, East Tsim Sha Tsui was included in the project and is now an intermediate station on the Tuen Ma line.

Station layout

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|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" |Subway to (), Middle Road, Peking Road, Kowloon Park Drive, Canton Road Salisbury Road, Hanoi Road, K11 Art Mall, Nathan Road, Mody Road, Tsim Sha Tsui East

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thumb|right|upright=1.2|Platforms in July 2025

Passengers heading towards the Tsuen Wan need to leave the paid area of the station and walk through the pedestrian subway under Middle Road or Mody Road to reach Tsim Sha Tsui station at exits L2 and M3, respectively.

Although the stations are connected by a subway, the paid areas for East Tsim Sha Tsui and Tsim Sha Tsui stations are separated. Single journey ticket passengers transferring between the Tuen Ma line and the Tsuen Wan line must purchase two separate tickets as one ticket is captured on exit at either Tsim Sha Tsui or at East Tsim Sha Tsui stations.

By contrast, Octopus card users who transfer between East Tsim Sha Tsui and Tsim Sha Tsui stations within thirty minutes without making any other transport related purchases or more than nine non-transport related purchases in between stations are considered to have taken a single journey and are charged accordingly. Also, MTR City Saver users who transfer between East Tsim Sha Tsui and Tsim Sha Tsui stations within thirty minutes are considered to have taken a single journey and no extra journey will be charged.

Exits I, M, O, and Q are omitted to prevent misreading as 1, N, 0, and O respectively.

In Tsim Sha Tsui station

A1: Kowloon Park, Kowloon Park Sports Centre, Kowloon Park Swimming Pool, China Hong Kong City, Kowloon Masjid and Islamic Centre, Harbour City, Xiqu Centre
A2: Humphreys Avenue
B1: Nathan Road, The ONE
B2: Cameron Road
C1: Nathan Road
C2: Peking Road
D1: Nathan Road
D2: Carnarvon Road
D3: K11 Art Mall
E: Kowloon Hotel
H: iSQUARE
R: iSQUARE

File:Tsim_Sha_Tsui_Station_Exit_A1_2024_08_part1.jpg|Exit A1

File:Tsim_Sha_Tsui_Station_Exit_A2_2024_08_part2.jpg|Exit A2

File:Tsim_Sha_Tsui_Station_Exit_B1_2024_08_part1.jpg|Exit B1

File:Tsim_Sha_Tsui_Station_Exit_B2_2024_08_part2.jpg|Exit B2

File:Tsim_Sha_Tsui_Station_Exit_C1_2024_08_part1.jpg|Exit C1

File:Tsim_Sha_Tsui_Station_Exit_C2_2024_08_part2.jpg|Exit C2

File:Tsim_Sha_Tsui_Station_Exit_D1_2024_08_part1.jpg|Exit D1

File:Tsim_Sha_Tsui_Station_Exit_D2_2024_08_part2.jpg|Exit D2

File:Tsim_Sha_Tsui_Station_Exit_D3_2024_08_part3.jpg|Exit D3

File:Tsim_Sha_Tsui_Station_Exit_E_2024_08_part1.jpg|Exit E

File:Tsim_Sha_Tsui_Station_Exit_H_2024_08_part1.jpg|Exit H

File:Tsim_Sha_Tsui_Station_Exit_R_2024_08_part1.jpg|Exit R

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In East Tsim Sha Tsui station

J: Victoria Dockside, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong Space Museum
K: Middle Road
L1: Hermes House
L3: Peninsula Hotel
L4: Kowloon Hotel
L5: Peking Road
L6: Salisbury Road
N1: Mody Road
N2: Hanoi Road
N3: K11 Art Mall
N4: K11 Art Mall
N5: Nathan Road
P1: Wing On Plaza
P2: Tsim Sha Tsui East
P3: Chatham Road South

File:East_Tsim_Sha_Tsui_Station_Exit_J_2025_07_part1.jpg|Exit J

File:East_Tsim_Sha_Tsui_Station_Exit_K_2025_07_part2.jpg|Exit K

File:East_Tsim_Sha_Tsui_Station_Exit_L1_2025_07_part1.jpg|Exit L1

File:East_Tsim_Sha_Tsui_Station_Exit_L3_2025_07_part3.jpg|Exit L3

File:East_Tsim_Sha_Tsui_Station_Exit_L4_2025_07_part4.jpg|Exit L4

File:East_Tsim_Sha_Tsui_Station_Exit_L5_2025_07_part5.jpg|Exit L5

File:East_Tsim_Sha_Tsui_Station_Exit_L6_2025_07_part6.jpg|Exit L6

File:East_Tsim_Sha_Tsui_Station_Exit_N1_2025_07_part1.jpg|Exit N1

File:East_Tsim_Sha_Tsui_Station_Exit_N2_2025_07_part2.jpg|Exit N2

File:East_Tsim_Sha_Tsui_Station_Exit_N3_2025_07_part1.jpg|Exit N3

File:East_Tsim_Sha_Tsui_Station_Exit_N4_2025_07_part2.jpg|Exit N4

File:East_Tsim_Sha_Tsui_Station_Exit_N5_2025_07_part5.jpg|Exit N5

File:East_Tsim_Sha_Tsui_Station_Exit_P1_2025_07_part1.jpg|Exit P1

File:East_Tsim_Sha_Tsui_Station_Exit_P2_2025_07_part2.jpg|Exit P2

File:East_Tsim_Sha_Tsui_Station_Exit_P3_2025_07_part3.jpg|Exit P3

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References

Gallery

File:East Tsim Sha Tsui Station Tuen Ma Line concourse 2021 08 part1.jpg|Trunstiles

File:East Tsim Sha Tsui Station Red Zone Access 2025 07 part2.jpg|Red zone access

File:East Tsim Sha Tsui Station Yellow Zone Access 2022 06 part3.jpg|Yellow zone

File:East Tsim Sha Tsui Station Green Zone Access 2022 06 part2.jpg|Green zone

File:East Tsim Sha Tsui Station 2020 10 part4.jpg|Shops in the green zone

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External links

Station map