Tai Wo
Native name太和
StyleMTR
Style 2East Rail
AddressPo Nga Road, Tai Wo
BoroughTai Po District, Hong Kong
Coordinates22.4511°N 114.1611°E
Connections
Structureon embankment
Platform2 side platforms
Tracks2
Opened9 May 1989 (age 37)
AccessibleYes
CodeTWO
OwnedKCR Corporation
OperatorMTR Corporation
Tai Wo station
C太和
Showflagjp
PTàihé
YTaaiwò
Ci/taai3wo4/

Tai Wo (traditional Chinese: 太和; pronounced: /taai3wo4/) is a MTR station in the western part of Tai Po New Town, in New Territories, Hong Kong. The station is located on the , between Fanling and Tai Po Market stations. Its livery is dark yellow.

History

Construction of the station, situated within the eponymous Tai Wo Estate, began in August 1986.[1] It opened on 9 May 1989 as an intermediate station of the East Rail line, then known as the Kowloon–Canton Railway, upon the completion of the estate.[2]

Layout

The Tai Wo station premises are sandwiched between the two wings of Tai Wo Plaza, the shopping mall of Tai Wo Estate. Both of the exits at the station connect to Tai Wo Plaza, and passengers must pass through the mall in order to enter or exit the station.

L4FootbridgeExit B, customer service centre, passageway between platforms 1 and 2
L2
ConcourseExit A, customer service centre, washrooms, automatic teller machines
Side platform
Platformtowards Lo Wu or Lok Ma Chau (Fanling) →
Platform← East Rail line towards Admiralty (Tai Po Market)
Side platform

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Entrances/exits

Connections

Below Tai Wo station is a transport interchange, where bus and minibus routes connecting the neighbouring rural areas of Lam Tsuen, Tai Hang and Kau Lung Hang are available. This renders Tai Wo the gateway to the western rural part of Tai Po District.

References

  1. ^ "Tai Wo station opens tomorrow". South China Morning Post. 8 May 1989. p. 4.
  2. ^ "New station". South China Morning Post. 9 May 1989. p. 7.
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