  tai koo (chinese: å¤ªå¤) is a station on the island line of the hong kong mtr system. the station is located in kornhill, quarry bay on hong kong island and serves the area of kornhill, including kornhill gardens, and taikoo shing. tai koo has a unique colour scheme; its livery is crimson. tai koo station is one of the busiest stations in the system. ==history== the chinese name of the station can mean archean. however, the station was named after taikoo shing, which was built on the former site of taikoo docks. the docks were in turn named after swire, which its chinese name also being å¤ªå¤. the island line opening ceremony was held in this station in may 1985 and was officiated by then-mtr chairman sir wilfrid newton and governor of hong kong sir edward youde, who unveiled the commemorative plaques at the concourse level. the station is built in what was, at the time of its construction, the largest man-made cavern in asia.forsyth, neil, dir. underground pride. mass transit railway corporation, 1990. film. 21 nov 2013. watch on youtube. ==timetable== {| class="wikitable" |- ! line !! destination !! first train !! last train |- |rowspan=2| island || sheung wan || 06:03 || 00:43 |- | chai wan || 06:22 || 01:13 |- |colspan=4 style="font-size:0.75em;"| source:  |} ==station layout== tai koo adheres to the general layout of most mtr stations. at ground level, there are numerous alphanumerically-named entrances and exits. platforms 1 and 2 are arranged in the simple island platform layout. unlike most of the other underground stations on the island line, tai koo does not have separate tubes for each track and platform as the station was built in the cut and cover method. this means that although there are escalators and stairs in the middle of the platform, it 
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