Tai Wai Station

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Tai Wai Station Lobby (May 2018)

## Structure and Facilities

### Station Usage

Intermediate Station (Tuen Ma Line, East Rail Line)

### No. of Lift(s)

1 (Platform 1)
1 (Platform 2)
1 (Platform 3)
1 (Platform 4)

### No. of Escalator(s)

5 (Platform 1)
3 (Platform 2)
4 (Platform 3)
4 (Platform 4)
2 (Unpaid Area)

### No. of Stair(s)

1 (Platform 1)
1 (Platform 2)
2 (Platform 4)
2 (Unpaid Area)

### No. of Shop(S)

19 (Paid Area)
11 (Unpaid Area)
9 (Outside)

**Tai Wai Station** (**大圍站**) is an MTR station located in the Tai Wai area in the southern part of Sha Tin New Town, Sha Tin District, New Territories. It is an interchange station between the East Rail Line and Tuen Ma Line, and the only interchange station in the New Territories East outside the Tseung Kwan O area.

Tai Wai Station covers an area of ​​about 19,700m2, was built at the north of the junction of Che Kung Temple Road, Mei Tin Road and Hung Mui Kuk Road ("Octopus Flyover Roundabout") , currently Tsuen Nam Road/Chik Wan Street and Che Kung Temple, between the roads is an elevated station, with the MTR Tai Wai Depot is located southwest of the station.

## Station symbol

The station Colour of Tai Wai Station is dark blue, the theme plant is tulip, and the street scene is Che Kung Temple in Sha Tin. Green was used as the Colour of the station at the beginning of its opening, but it was changed to the current dark blue after Ma On Shan Line was opened to traffic.

Like most East Rail Line stations, platform No. 1 is pasted with the name of the station in calligraphy.

Written by Au Kit-tong, the calligraphy characters of Tai Wai Station will be pasted on the platforms of the East Rail Line from 2022Calligraphy characters of Tai Wai Station printed in publications from 2020Calligraphy characters printed in publications from 2014 to 2020 and pasted on Platform 1 from 2017 to 2022Calligraphy characters pasted on the platform at Tai Wai Station before 2017
## Station structure

### Platform

There are 4 side platforms at Tai Wai Station, among which platforms No. 2 and No. 3 are connected by four ramps, which are convenient for East Rail Line and Tuen Ma Line towards the urban area Passengers transfer to each other.

Currently only platforms 3 and 4 of Tuen Ma Line have platform gates. The platform of East Rail Line goes up and down on the left and can accommodate 12 trains (platform No. 2 can accommodate 13 trains); the platform of Tuen Ma Line goes up and down on the right and can accommodate 8 trains.

At present, only Tuen Ma Line southbound (to Tuen Mun direction) and East Rail Line southbound (to Admiralty direction) mutually Passengers who transfer can transfer directly through the ramp, and passengers who transfer in other directions need to pass through the lobby on the ground.

Exits E, G and related gates and Customer Service Center are located on platform 1, and exit F is located on platform 2 (East Rail Line is opposite to the southwest of platform Tuen Ma Line platform, the prominent part).

From about December 2011, railings will be installed on the non-stop parts of the Ma On Shan Line platform to prevent passengers from entering. 2017January 15 The eight-car train was put into service, and the railings were removed to open the entire platform.

### Lobby

The lobby of Tai Wai Station is located under the platform, which is about 8 cards long as the Tuen Ma Line platform. The main lobby opened in 2003December 24 has a high-ceiling design, covered only by four ramps connecting platforms 2 and 3.

There are also two smaller ticketing halls located at the back of platforms 1 and 2, southwest of Mei Tin Road (opposite the main hall).

There is also a Digital Service Station terminal in the lobby of this station for MTR Mobile users to print gift redemption coupons.

There is a Lost Property and Travel Discount Office in the lobby of Exit F of Platform 2, which handles lost and found items and travel discounts for the East Rail Line and Tuen Ma Line.

### Exits

There are 7 entrances and exits in Tai Wai Station, and it is one of the few stations with multiple exits without numbers. 4 exits are located at the main lobby on the northeast side of Mei Tin Road, and the remaining 3 are located southwest of Mei Tin Road, on the East Rail Line platform.

There is a 24-hour pedestrian passage between Exit A and Exit B, which connects to the South Village Road and the public transport interchange respectively.

The following are arranged according to the contents displayed on the station exit signs:

Tuen Ma Line (formerly Ma On Shan Line) Drop-off Platform No. 3 (November 2016)Tai Wai Station Lobby (July 2009)East Rail Line platform (July 2009)New platform layout of East Rail Line (July 2009)Customer Service Center and Lost Property and Travel Discount Office at Platform 2 (January 2017)Tuen Ma Line (formerly Ma On Shan Line) Platform 3 (July 2009)Exit C (Mei Tin Road) (July 2009)The KCR logo on the outer wall of Tsuen Nam Road (December 2007)Exit D (Cunnan Road) (June 2009)The exterior wall at the village south road (July 2009)
### Shop & Self-Service

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There is also a Lost Property and Travel Discount Office at this station to deal with fare discounts for the disabled; however, there are only escalators and stairs to go to and from the ground, and wheelchair users must go to and from the gate area of the station the place.

## Train Service

Tai Wai Station is the intermediate station of East Rail Line and Tuen Ma Line, passengers can take East Rail Line train at this station to and from Sheung Shui, Fanling, Tai Po, Sha Tin, central Kowloon and the north coast of Hong Kong Island, etc., or transit to Shenzhen, or take the Tuen Ma Line train to and from Tuen Mun, Yuen Long, Tsuen Wan, West Kowloon, Central Kowloon, Shing Mun River East and Ma'anshan New Town and other places.

## Station Ticketing

Sheung Shui/Wu Kai Sha - East Tsim Sha Tsui Monthly Pass Enhanced Version and some  MTR commemorative ticket are also applicable to this station.

The fare from this station to the station of each traffic line:

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## Station History

### Temporary station

The Chengquan Road Temporary Station opened in 1983 is the predecessor of "Tai Wai Station". Its prototype can be traced back to the temporary railway station set up in Tai Wai due to two different circumstances in the early years.

#### Chegongmiao Temporary Station

Kowloon-Canton Railway (England Section) At the beginning of its opening, the Railway Bureau will set up temporary stations around the current site of Tai Wai Station during some festivals (such as the third day of the Lunar New Year) to facilitate urban believers to visit Che Kung Temple to pray for blessings. It is said to be the predecessor of the current Tai Wai Station.

#### Temporary Station for Bridge Collapse Accident (1976)

1976August 25 During Typhoon Allen's attack on Hong Kong, heavy rains washed away the No. 11 Bridge across the Shing Mun River to the east of Tai Wai Station, causing train services to be disrupted. Kowloon-Canton Railway (English section) is divided into two sections, the south and the north.

The Kowloon-Canton Railway Bureau has set up a temporary station on the west bank of the Shing Mun River in Tai Wai (the current site of Tai Wai Station) as a temporary terminal for the southern section of the railway. After the northbound train arrives at this temporary station, all passengers must get off and transfer to emergency trains. Take the shuttle bus to Sha Tin Station to take the northbound train in the northern section, and vice versa.

The 40-day reconstruction of Bridge No. 11 was completed on October 4 in the same year, and the train service returned to normal immediately, and the Tai Wai Temporary Station was cancelled.

#### Wood Station (1983)

Due to the upcoming electrification of  Kowloon-Canton Railway, the number of passengers in Sha Tin District will increase greatly, and a new station needs to be built to divert passenger traffic. KCRC decided to build a permanent station in Tai Wai. However, in order to provide railway services to a large number of residents in the southern part of Sha Tin New Town as soon as possible, the company set up a temporary station on the opposite side of the permanent station before the completion of the permanent station to relieve the urgent need.

The Tai Wai Temporary Station is located in the southeast of the junction of Cunnan Road, Chengquan Road and Chengyun Road, near Wenli Pavilion. It is built along Chengquan Road and faces the existing Tai Wai Station across the Shing Mun River. The temporary station opened in 1983August 15, one month after full electrification (July 15). Due to its temporary nature, the various facilities of the station are crude and simple. The platform is made of wood and can only accommodate six or nine electrified train cars. The ticket office and toilet are container rights , so it is called "Wooden Station". Having said that, there is still a parking lot to the southeast of the station, which is convenient for nearby residents to park and transfer to the railway.

The temporary station has two platforms and can only accommodate 9-car trains. During the "Wood Station" period, there were not many station staff at Tai Wai Station, and the station manager of Sha Tin Station was under the management of it at the same time (until the 1990s).

### Tai Wai Station

After the opening of "Wood Station", KCRC immediately started planning to build a permanent Tai Wai station 300 meters south of it, and the construction project started in 1984. Since the station hall is located under the rails, the rails around the site of the station had to be temporarily moved eastward to free up the platform for construction. During this period, the nearby road sections were changed to single-lane traffic four times.

The new Tai Wai Station, which cost about HK$60 million, was opened in 1986April 23. The lobby covers an area of about 450 square meters; the "Tai Wai Wooden Station" that has been in use for nearly three years immediately completed its historical mission . The opening ceremony of the new Tai Wai Station was officiated by KCRC Chairman Gerry Forsgate, General Manager Peter Quick, Regional Council Chairman Cheung Yan-lung and Sha Tin District Council Chairman Ng Chan-lam.

The design of the new Tai Wai station is similar to that of other electrified train stations at that time. The platform configuration is as follows (excluding the exits on the platform):

In order to improve the distribution of passengers waiting on the platform, increase the utilization rate of front-end digital cards, and facilitate passengers south of Mei Tin Road, KCRC spent HK$41 million to improve Tai Wai Station in 1993, including building a new exit on the ground, and then The station platform is connected by a high-load escalator, and the platform is equipped with 8 turnstiles,  automatic ticket vending machine and  ticket office; At the front end, the platform towards Kowloon is also extended by about one card.

### Template:Maanshan RailwayDevelopment

Cooperating with Template:Maanshan Railway south terminus site selection Tai Wai Station, this station was expanded during the period from 2001 to the opening to traffic, including new Template:Maanshan Railway platform and expanded lobby, the station color of this station The system is changed from the original green to the existing blue. Tai Wai Happy City, which is located at the current platform of Tuen Ma Line, will be closed due to station expansion.

#### Platform renovation

2007December 2ndMerger of the two railways, MTR made renovations at this station, for example, a large The KCRC  logo was replaced with the MTR logo.

At the end of 2008, MTR Corporation carried out relatively low-cost refurbishment works for the non-transit station platforms of East Rail Line to cover up the dilapidated appearance of the East Rail Line station platforms. The project includes re-assigning the theme colors of each East Rail Line station, adding station representative plants, turning over platform beams and pillars with platform-colored paint, pasting patterns with station theme plants, buildings near the station, and station names Calligraphy wallpaper, add or replace it with MTR upright station signs, route maps, signs, notices, etc. The color scheme of this station is dark blue (based on the newly built and renovated parts in 2004), the theme plants are tulips, and the streetscape is Che Kung Temple in Sha Tin. Since the former KCR upright stop sign on the platform is the same dark blue color as the station, the MTR Corporation did not replace the new stop sign at that time (on the contrary, the upright stop sign of Sheung Shui Station was Yes), and the horizontal lines and circles representing East Rail Line were not affixed.

The vertical stop sign of this station was MTRization in 2010December.

#### Platform Gate

The installation of platform gates on the Tuen Ma Line platform of this station started in November 2014 and was completed and put into operation in February 2016.

### Accidents over the years

* 2014March 30, during the period when the black rainstorm warning signal was in effect, due to heavy rain, this station is connected with Kowloon Tong Station, Tsuen Wan West Station, Yellow Daisen Station was once flooded.

### Train Service History

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via route
* 19830815: Kowloon-Canton Railway (English section)
* 1996: Template:Kowtoon Railway (route renamed)
* 20041221: Template:Nine Canton Railway and Template:Maanshan Railway
* 20071202: East Rail Line and Ma On Shan Line (route renamed)
* 20200214: East Rail Line and Tuen Ma Line Phase 1 (route extension and renaming)
* 20210627: East Rail Line and Tuen Ma Line (route extension and renaming)

Station service hours
* 20041024 before: Unable to verify
* 20041024: Unable to verify
* 2004 1221: Unable to verify
* 20070815: 05:25-01:15

Train service time
* Before 20041024: Unable to verify
* 20041024:
	+ Template:Kineland Guangdong Railway: Unable to verify
	+ Template:Maanshan Railway: 05:40-01:05
* 20070815:
	+ Template:Kowloon Canton Railway／East Rail Line: 05:35-00:59
	+ **Ma On Shan Rail**／Ma On Shan Line／Tuen Ma Line Phase 1: 05:40-01:05

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### Change of platform over the years

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Platform configurations from April 23, 1986 to 1996

 Customer Service Center, Exit F

Platform configurations from 1996 to 2004October 23rd

 Customer Service Center, Exit F

Platform configurations from 2004October 24th to 2004December 20th

 Customer Service Center, Exit F

Platform configurations from 2004December 21st to 2007August 14th

Platform configurations from 2007August 15th to 2007December 1st

Platform configurations from 2007December 2 to 2009August 15

Platform configurations from 2009August 16 to 2020February 13

Platform configuration from 2020February 14 to 2021June 26

Platform configurations from 2021June 27th to 2022May 14th

2022May 15th so far platform configuration

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## Usage

There are many residences and schools near Tai Wai Station, and it is also one of the interchange stations of East Rail Line and Tuen Ma Line, so there is a huge flow of people at this station during peak hours. During the morning rush hours before the opening of Tuen Ma Line Phase I, southbound East Rail Line trains need to receive passengers transferring from Ma On Shan Line at this station. ]] to Kowloon Tong Station, you may have to wait for more than one train to board the train. This section is also the busiest section of East Rail Line.

In addition, this station is closer to Sha Tin Che Kung Temple than Che Kung Temple Station, and there is no need for multiple transfers from other districts such as Kowloon. Therefore, during large-scale festivals, this station has a large number of passengers and needs to be controlled.

After Tuen Ma Line Phase 1 is opened to traffic, this station will become the interchange station of Tuen Ma Line Phase 1 and East Rail Line. However, since the extension of Tuen Ma Line Phase 1 is built in accordance with the requirements of the full opening of the Template:Shatin to Central Line "Original Plan", there will be no large-scale expansion projects at this station. Add railings to the passage between the platform and platform 3 to separate the flow of people in two directions, and change one escalator on platform 3 to go up, and one escalator on platform 4 to go down.

After Tuen Ma Line Phase 1 (Template:Shazhong Line Tai Wai to Hung Hom Section Tai Wai to Kai Tak Station) opens to traffic, residents along Ma On Shan can use Diamond Hill Station instead, and transfer to Kwun Tong Line to Kowloon East and Hong Kong Island East. In addition, passengers at stations along East Rail Line can transfer to Tuen Ma Line Phase 1 at this station and transfer to Kowloon East and Hong Kong Island East at Diamond Hill Station. Residents of Hin Keng can take Tuen Ma Line Phase 1 at Hin Keng Station and transfer to Kwun Tong Line at Diamond Hill Station to each station in the urban area (to Kowloon Tong Station, you should transfer to East Rail Line at this station or use the old method (it will be faster), instead of taking the transfer minibus to this station to transfer to East Rail Line round trip In the urban area, the situation of Sardine on East Rail Line from this station to Kowloon Tong Station has eased slightly.

After Tuen Ma Line (Template:Shazhong Line Tai Wai to Hung Hom Section Kai Tak Station to Hung Hom Station) is fully open to traffic, this station and Hung Hom Station will be East Rail Line and the interchange station of Tuen Ma Line. East Rail Line from this station to Kowloon Tong Station The congestion situation has been further eased.

After East Rail Line crossing the sea section is opened to traffic, this station will become Tuen Ma Line (formerly known as the East-West Corridor) and East Rail Line (formerly known as the North-South Corridor) two strategic railway corridors One of the meeting points, the other is Hung Hom Station.

## East Rail Line Platform Gates

To cooperate with Template:Shatin to Central Line project, East Rail Line to replace new trains and to ensure the safety of waiting passengers, the East Rail Line platform at this station will be equipped with a 1.7-meter-high automatic platform gate , the project is currently in progress and is expected to be completed within this year at the earliest. The new platform gate will be provided by Shenzhen Fangda Automation System Co., Ltd., and it is the first time that the MTR has adopted a domestic platform gate.

## Related Events

* September 15, 2015: The staff at this station refused to let a female student take the bus because she was carrying a guzheng and her luggage was "too big". The incident caused a strong backlash from citizens and netizens. For details, please refer to the relevant entry Template:Evchk. related Youtube snippet
* August 9, 2019: Some anti-revision demonstrators occupied the Mei Tin Road roundabout outside the Tai Wai MTR Station, and blocked the traffic with iron horses, water horses and other debris. The riot police fired tear gas bombs on Mei Tin Road to disperse them. Floating into the houses on both sides and the MTR station, some elderly people and children felt unwell.
* September 25, 2019: At about 6:00 p.m., an off-duty police officer found a young man suspected of tripping at East Rail Tai Wai Station, and stopped him. Some citizens witnessed the incident and suspected that someone had beaten the young man , Dozens of citizens stepped forward to surround at one point, and the young man suspected of tripping reported injuries, and was sent to the hospital by ambulance for treatment. During the period, about 20 anti-riot police officers arrived at the scene as reinforcements, and escorted the off-duty police officers into the police vehicles to leave, while the citizens at the scene also gradually dispersed.
* August 4, 2020: A man recently sold a second-hand watch on a social networking site. In the afternoon, he met the buyer at Tai Wai Station near Exit D for delivery. Unexpectedly, two evil spirits with knives and sticks rushed out Attacked him, and even wanted to take away the bag containing the Rolex Daytona rose gold watch worth 270,000 yuan. The male victim blocked the frame with his hands and tried to keep the property, but the two evil spirits attacked him back and forth and beat him on the head with a stick. He also chopped at his feet with a knife. In the end, the male victim was robbed of his watch, suffered multiple injuries and fell to the ground in blood. The two assailants fled in a private car. Afterwards, Shatin Police District Serious Crime Squad Taking over the investigation, the private car involved in the case was found in the early morning of the next day, and the 20-year-old car owner was arrested for conspiracy to commit robbery. After several days of investigation, the identity of the perpetrator was identified, and one of the 20-year-old robbers involved in the case was arrested on August 14. The police seized the retractable sticks, sharp knives, clothes and stolen Rolex watch certificates used by the two robbers in the crime, and are tracking the whereabouts of the other robber and the watch.

### Platform Settlement

On July 13, 2018, the MTR stated that at the end of platform No. 2 of this station, during a routine inspection last night, it was found that the subsidence had fallen to the 20 mm shutdown indicator. The MTR stated that it has requested New World Properties to immediately stop the foundation works of the project, and has invited the Buildings Department and the Electrical and Mechanical Services Department to inspect, and it has not affected driving safety for the time being. New World Development stated that the contractor and in response to the request of the MTR Corporation, immediately suspended the foundation works in the relevant railway protection area of the East Rail Line.

On January 4, 2019, the Buildings Department confirmed that the structure of the station was safe. After consulting the MTR, the pile work on the top of Tai Wai Station will resume on January 5.

The MTR announced the latest settlement data as of February 1, 2019. Tai Wai Station has experienced settlement since 2018, reaching the preset shutdown target of 20 mm. The adjacent developer New World Residential Development Project was once suspended until January 5, 2019 Work resumed daily, and the stoppage indicator for settlement was revised to 40mm. The latest sinking data is 25 mm, a slight increase of 1 mm from January.

## External Links

* Tai Wai Station Street Map - MTR Corporation
* Tai Wai Station street map (before merger) - Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation
* Tai Wai Station Train Service Timetable - MTR Corporation
* MTR Line Encyclopedia - MTR Corporation (Deleted)
* Tai Wai Station - The past and present of the MTR
* Tai Wai Station - Anshan Network (deleted)

## References

1. ↑ KCR Corporation ended the name of the local line station built before the opening of KCR
 with "station".
2. ↑ The number of stores is based on a single store, excluding banking and self-service, and excluding vacant shops
3. ↑ Wei Qingxiang, "Kowloon-Canton Railway", in "Shatin Cultural Relics" (Hong Kong: Shatin District Office, March 2007), p.107.
4. ↑ Yu Shu-yee, 〈Data Record No. 239 - Traffic Counts - Disruption of K.C.R. Service〉 (Hong Kong: Public Works Department Department of Transportation Survey, September 1976)
5. ↑ Kowloon-Canton Railway Company, "Starting from Wood Station: Tai Wai Station", in "A Century of Railway Love" (Hong Kong: Kowloon-Canton Railway Company, December 2006), pp. 160-166.
6. ↑ "The Opening of Tai Wai Temporary Station", published in the third issue of "The Voice of Railways" (Hong Kong: Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation Public Relations Office), August 1983.
7. ↑ "Tai Wai Permanent Station Will Be Put into Service", "Voice of Railways" No. 18 (Hong Kong: Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation Public Relations Office), February 1986.
8. ↑ "New Tai Wai Station Put into Service", in "The Voice of Railways" No. 19 (Hong Kong: Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation Public Relations Office), April 1986.
9. ↑ "KCR spent 600 million to improve station facilities", Huaqiao Daily, June 1993.
10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.6 East Rail Line in 2007[[August 15 The Lok Ma Chau Spur Line was added in ]], and the frequency of Template:EAST LINE as a whole was adjusted, which may affect the service time of Template:EAST LINE each Station And the train service time has changed, so  The information is only accurate on 2007August 15th or later.
11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 From http://images2.wikia .nocookie.net/hk-rail/zh/images/e/ee/Time\_table\_before\_KSL.pdf#page=70 and http://www.mtr.com.hk/jplanner/images/timetables/ taw.pdf. I learned that the station service time has not changed at all before Template:Kowloon South Line and after Template:Kowloon South Line.
12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 . pdf#page=80
13. ↑ https://news.mingpao.com/pns/News/article/20190811/s00001/1565460599237/Across the street market - Tear gas bombs fired for the first time in Tai Wai - Unprepared - Pedestrians flee into the MTR station
14. ↑ https://hk.on.cc/hk/bkn/cnt/news/20190925/bkn-20190925193610205-0925\_00822\_001.html
15. ↑ https://www.hk01.com/burst/ 379372/Conflict at MTR Station - Riot police disperse at Sha Tin Station - 100 people gather at Prince Edward Station
16. ↑ https://www.hk01.com/burst/506820/There is a film-Australian engineer Tai Wai Station handover-270,000 Rolex daytona-slashed and robbed by two Hans
17. ↑ https://www.hk01.com/burst/511353/Tai Wai station robbery - 47-year-old engineer robs Rolex with knife and stick - 20-year-old robber and stolen car owner arrested
18. ↑ https://hk.news.appledaily.com/local/realtime/article/20180713/58438280
19. ↑ https://www.hk01.com/Social News/278635/MTR Tai Wai Station Settlement-Buildings Department Confirms Station Structural Safety-Pile Work Resumes Saturday
20. ↑ https://www.hk01.com/Social News/302707/Light Rail Tin Wing Station Settlement - Subsidence worsens and extends to 95mm - The property project on top of Xindi continues to be suspended

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