Tai Po Market (; : ) is an MTR station on the in the New Territories, Hong Kong. Located between Flagstaff Hill and Wan Tau Tong Estate in Tai Po, and adjacent to the eponymous market town, the station has three tracks and four platforms. Platform 1 is for northbound trains to border crossing stations at Lo Wu and Lok Ma Chau and platform 4 is for southbound trains to Admiralty, Kowloon while platforms 2 and 3 use the same track and is reserved for peak hour traffic. Its livery is aster purple.
History
Between 1910 and 1982, the old Tai Po Market station located within the Tai Po Market proper served the passengers of Tai Po. The old station is a 10-minute walk from the current one. During the electrification of the Kowloon–Canton Railway (British Section) (now known as the East Rail line), the station was relocated to its current location on 7 April 1983, while the old station building became a part of the Hong Kong Railway Museum. On 2 May the same year, the KCR was electrified to Tai Po Market; the full line was electrified on 15 July 1983.
The station went under a major renovation which was completed in 2008. During the renovation, it remained open though most of the retail outlets were closed.
Station layout
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| rowspan="5" style="border-top:solid 1px gray; border-bottom:solid 1px gray; vertical-align:top; width:50px;"|P<br />Platforms
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;width:100px;"|Platform
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;width:450px;"| towards or <small>()</small> →
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|style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" colspan=2|<small>Island platform, doors will open on the left, right</small>
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| style="border-bottom:solid 0 gray;"|Platform <span style="color:#;"> ↑ ↓</span>
| style="border-bottom:solid 0 gray;"| East Rail line towards Lo Wu or Lok Ma Chau <small>(Tai Wo)</small> →<br /> East Rail line termination platform →<br />← East Rail line towards <small>()</small>
|-
|style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" colspan=2|<small>Island platform, doors will open on the left, right</small>
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|Platform
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|← East Rail line towards Admiralty <small>(University)</small>
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;vertical-align:top;" rowspan=2|C<br/>Concourse (Ground)
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;vertical-align:top;"|Concourse
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|Tickets/fare adjustment, shops, toilets,<br />vending machines, ATMs
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;vertical-align:top;"|Subway
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|Subway to Uptown Plaza, Nga Wan Road, Wan Tau Kok Playground
|}
The station consists of two island platforms, with platforms 2 and 3 sharing the same centre track. This centre track serves as the terminus of some trains during the day, and the departure of some extra trains southbound during morning peak hours. Northbound trains that arrive here after 11 p.m. use the centre track instead, as Platform 1 is reserved for late night trains that terminate at Tai Po Market instead of continuing towards Lo Wu or Lok Ma Chau.
Exits
- A: Uptown Plaza
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File:Tai Po Market Station 2021 04 part9.jpg|Exit A1 (April 2021)
File:Tai Po Market Station Exit A2 2023 03 part2.jpg|Exit A2 (March 2023)
File:Tai Po Market Station 2021 04 part11.jpg|Exit A3 (April 2021)
File:Tai Po Market Station Exit B 2023 03 part1.jpg|Exit B (March 2023)
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Transport interchange
Bus and public light bus services are available for the few housing estates of Tai Po; bus services include MTR Bus (formerly KCR Feeder Bus) and Kowloon Motor Bus (KMB) services. Several routes of MTR Bus, such as route K14, which connects private housing estate , and the station, were introduced in 1980s. The bus terminus of the station also had routes that connected to other new towns of Hong Kong, such as KMB's route 64K that connects Tai Po and Yuen Long.
Gallery
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File:Tai Po Market Station platforms 2024 04 part5.jpg |Platforms 1 and 2 (April 2024)
File:Tai Po Market Station platforms 2024 04 part3.jpg |Platforms 3 and 4 (April 2024)
File:Tai Po Market Station platforms of first class 2024 09 part1.jpg |First Class Platform (September 2024)
File:Tai Po Market Station platforms 2024 05 part1.jpg |Glass barriers blocking off section of platform no longer in use
File:Tai Po Market Station Platform 2009.jpg|Platforms (2009)
File:Concourse of Tai Po Market Station in October 2014.JPG|Concourse
File:Tai Po Market Station Outside Plaza 201601.jpg|Open space outside station
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