Sham Shui Po station

MTR station in Kowloon, Hong Kong

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Sham Shui Po

深水埗

MTR rapid transit station

Platform 1

Chinese name
Chinese| 深水埗
Cantonese Yale| Sāmséuibóu
Literal meaning| Deep Water Pier
| Transcriptions

Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin| Shēnshuǐbù
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization| Sāmséuibóu
Jyutping| Sam1seoi2bou2
General information
Location| Intersections of Cheung Sha Wan Road × Pei Ho Street/Kweilin Street, Sham Shui Po
Sham Shui Po District
Hong Kong
Coordinates| 22°19′51″N 114°09′44″E﻿ / ﻿22.3307°N 114.1623°E﻿ / 22.3307; 114.1623
Owned by| MTR Corporation
Operated by| MTR Corporation
Line(s)| Tsuen Wan line
Platforms| 2 (1 island platform)
Tracks| 2
Connections|

* Bus, minibus

Construction
Structure type| Underground
Platform levels| 1
Accessible| Yes
Other information
Station code| SSP
History
Opened| 17 May 1982; 43 years ago (1982-05-17)
Services
| Preceding station  |  MTR | Following station

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Prince Edward

towards Central

|  | Tsuen Wan line |  | Cheung Sha Wan

towards Tsuen Wan

Transfer at Shek Kip Mei
Prince Edward

towards Whampoa

|  | Kwun Tong line

transfer at Shek Kip Mei

|  | Kowloon Tong

towards Tiu Keng Leng

Track layout

Legend

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to Prince Edward

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Location

Sham Shui Po

Location within the MTR system

Sham Shui Po (Chinese: 深水埗; Cantonese Yale: Sāmséuibóu) is an MTR station located in Sham Shui Po, New Kowloon, Hong Kong. The station is located under Cheung Sha Wan Road between Cheung Sha Wan and Prince Edward stations on the Tsuen Wan line. Sham Shui Po's colour is dark green. The station has an island platform arrangement which serves two tracks.

## History

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On 10 May 1982, Tsuen Wan line opened to the public, but Sham Shui Po station did not open until 17 May, a week later. Nishimastu Construction was the contractor for the station.[citation needed]

## Station layout

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G | Ground level  | Exits

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L1 | Concourse  | Customer Service, MTRShops
Vending machine, ATMs
Octopus promotion machine

Platforms | Platform 2 | →      Tsuen Wan line towards Central (Prince Edward) →
Island platform, doors will open on the right
Platform 1 | ←      Tsuen Wan line towards Tsuen Wan (Cheung Sha Wan)

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## Entrances and exits

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These are located within the quadrant bounded by Kweilin Street (NW), Pei Ho Street (SE), Fuk Wa Street (NE) and Apliu Street (SW).[2]

## References

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sham Shui Po Station.

1. ^ "Sham Shui Po Station layout" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
2. ^ "Sham Shui Po Station street map" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 30 July 2014.

* v
* t
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Tsuen Wan line

Stations|

* Central
* Admiralty
* Tsim Sha Tsui
* Jordan
* Yau Ma Tei
* Mong Kok
* Prince Edward
* Sham Shui Po
* Cheung Sha Wan
* Lai Chi Kok
* Mei Foo
* Lai King
* Kwai Fong
* Kwai Hing
* Tai Wo Hau
* Tsuen Wan

Rolling stock|

| Current|

* Metro Cammell EMU (DC)

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Future|

* Vision Train

* v
* t
* e

Sham Shui Po District

Areas|

* Cheung Sha Wan
* Kowloon Tong (part)
* Lai Chi Kok
* Sham Shui Po
* Shek Kip Mei
* So Uk
* Yau Yat Chuen

Islands|

* Stonecutters Island

Landmarks|

* Caritas Medical Centre
* Cheung Sha Wan Plaza
* Dragon Centre
* Festival Walk
* Lai Chi Kok Amusement Park (CLOSED)
* Lai Chi Kok Hospital (CLOSED)
* Lei Cheng Uk Han Tomb Museum
* Mei Foo Sun Chuen
* Mei Ho House
* Nam Shan Estate
* Ngong Shuen Chau Naval Base
* North Kowloon Magistracy
* Parc Oasis
* Sham Shui Po Park
* So Uk Estate
* Woh Chai Shan
* Public housing estates in Cheung Sha Wan
* Public housing estates in Sham Shui Po
* Public housing estates in Shek Kip Mei
* Shek Kip Mei Estate

Transport|

| MTR stations|

* Cheung Sha Wan
* Kowloon Tong (part)
* Lai Chi Kok
* Mei Foo
* Nam Cheong
* Sham Shui Po
* Shek Kip Mei

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Education|

| Tertiary|

* City University of Hong Kong

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Primary and
secondary|

* Buddhist Tai Hung College
* Chan Shu Kui Memorial School
* Cheung Sha Wan Catholic Secondary School
* Holy Trinity College
* Kowloon Technical School
* Maryknoll Fathers' School
* Our Lady of the Rosary College
* Po Leung Kuk Choi Kai Yau School
* San Wui Commercial Society YMCA of Hong Kong Christian School
* St. Francis of Assisi's English Primary School
* St. Margaret's Co-educational English Secondary and Primary School
* Tack Ching Girls' Secondary School
* Tak Nga Secondary School
* The Church of Christ in China Ming Yin College
* Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Chang Ming Thien College
* Ying Wa College

History|

* Shek Kip Mei fire

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