Prince Edward station

{{about|the metro station of the Hong Kong MTR|the future metro station of the Singapore MRT with the same provisional name|Prince Edward Road MRT station}}

{{short description|MTR interchange station in Kowloon, Hong Kong}}

{{Infobox station

| style = MTR

| name = Prince Edward

| native_name = 太子

| native_name_lang = zh-Hant

| symbol_location =

| symbol =

| type = {{MTR Infobox station line|line= Kwun Tong|line2= Tsuen Wan}}

| image = Prince Edward Station platforms 2022 05 part4.jpg

| image_caption = Platforms 4 (foreground) and 3 (background) in May 2022

| mlanguage =

| address = Nathan Road × Prince Edward Road West, Mong Kok

| borough = Yau Tsim Mong District

| country = Hong Kong

| coordinates = {{coord|22.3245|114.1683|region:HK|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| elevation =

| line = {{plainlist|

{{rcb|MTR|Kwun Tong|croute}}
{{rcb|MTR|Tsuen Wan|croute}}

}}

| connections = {{plainlist|

{{rint|bus}} Bus, minibus
{{rint|bus|1}} Coaches to Mainland China

}}

| distance =

| structure = Underground

| platform = 4 (2 island platforms)

| depth =

| levels = 2 (excluding concourse)

| tracks = 4

| parking =

| bicycle =

| opened = {{start date and age|df=y|1982|5|10}}

| opening =

| closed =

| rebuilt =

| electrified =

| accessible = yes

| status =

| code = PRE

| owned = MTR Corporation

| operator = MTR Corporation

| zone =

| former =

| passengers =

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| services = {{Adjstn|system=MTR

|line1=Tsuen Wan|left1=Mong Kok|right1=Sham Shui Po

|line2=Kwun Tong|left2=Mong Kok|right2=Shek Kip Mei

}}

| map_type = Hong Kong MTR#Hong Kong urban core

| map_alt = Hong Kong MTR system map

| map_caption = Location within the MTR system

| route_map = {{Prince Edward, Mong Kok, and Yau Ma Tei stations|inline=1}}

| map_state = expanded

}}

{{Chinese

| c = {{linktext|太子}}

| l = Crown Prince

| showflag = j

| p = Tàizǐ

| y = Taaizí

| j = Taai3 zi2

| ci = {{IPAc-yue|t|aai|3|z|i|2}}

}}

Prince Edward is a station of the MTR rapid transit system in Hong Kong. It is located in Mong Kok, Kowloon, under the intersection of Nathan Road and Prince Edward Road West, after which it is named.

History

Prince Edward was primarily designed as a cross-platform interchange between the Kwun Tong and {{lnl|MTR|twl}}s. While the Kwun Tong line tracks had already been built in 1979, the station was not used until the opening of the Tsuen Wan line on 10 May 1982. During the first week of operation, the station served only as an interchange with no exits to the concourse or street level. On 17 May 1982, all the station's exits were opened.

= Prince Edward station attack =

On the evening of 31 August 2019, amid the anti-extradition bill protests, the Hong Kong Police stormed Prince Edward station and were filmed beating passengers and firing pepper spray inside railway carriages.{{cite news |last1=Chan |first1=Holmes |title=Violence erupts across Hong Kong as police fire ‘warning shots,’ MTR closes 5 lines and officers storm train carriage |url=https://www.hongkongfp.com/2019/09/01/violence-erupts-across-hong-kong-police-fire-warning-shots-mtr-closes-5-lines-officers-storm-train-carriage/ |work=Hong Kong Free Press |date=1 September 2019 |access-date=6 February 2020 |archive-date=31 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190831193428/https://www.hongkongfp.com/2019/09/01/violence-erupts-across-hong-kong-police-fire-warning-shots-mtr-closes-5-lines-officers-storm-train-carriage/ |url-status=live }} The MTR closed the station during the incident, while the police refused to let medics enter.{{cite news |last1=Tong |first1=Elson |title=Hong Kong reels from chaos: 3 MTR stations remain closed, police defend storming trains, more demos planned |url=https://www.hongkongfp.com/2019/09/01/hong-kong-reels-chaos-3-mtr-stations-remain-closed-police-defend-storming-trains-demos-planned/ |work=Hong Kong Free Press |date=1 September 2019 |access-date=6 February 2020 |archive-date=1 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190901053708/https://www.hongkongfp.com/2019/09/01/hong-kong-reels-chaos-3-mtr-stations-remain-closed-police-defend-storming-trains-demos-planned/ |url-status=live }} The station subsequently became a flashpoint for continued discord, with protesters petitioning MTR to release CCTV footage from the evening of 31 August.{{cite news |last1=Chan |first1=Holmes |title=Hong Kong lawmaker and protesters demand CCTV footage of police storming MTR station |url=https://www.hongkongfp.com/2019/09/06/hong-kong-lawmaker-protesters-demand-cctv-footage-police-storming-mtr-station/ |work=Hong Kong Free Press |date=6 September 2019 |access-date=6 February 2020 |archive-date=6 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190906140237/https://www.hongkongfp.com/2019/09/06/hong-kong-lawmaker-protesters-demand-cctv-footage-police-storming-mtr-station/ |url-status=live }} The incident at Prince Edward, as well as MTR's perceived support of Beijing (by closing stations near protests in the aftermath of criticism by Chinese state media for remaining operational), led to vandalism of other MTR stations. MTR condemned the vandalism and responded that the relevant CCTV footage would be kept for three years.{{cite web |title=MTR Does Not Tolerate Any Violence or Malicious Act Causing Damage |url=https://www.mtr.com.hk/archive/corporate/en/press_release/PS-2019-09-08-2-E.pdf |publisher=MTR Corporation |date=8 September 2019 |access-date=6 February 2020 |archive-date=14 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191114211630/https://www.mtr.com.hk/archive/corporate/en/press_release/PS-2019-09-08-2-E.pdf |url-status=live }}

Location

Prince Edward station and Mong Kok station are the two closest stations in Hong Kong. They are only {{cvt|400|m|ft|abbr=on}} apart, trains take less than one minute to travel from one station to the other.

Station layout

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|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;border-top:solid 1px gray;width:50px;vertical-align:top;"|G

|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;width:100px;vertical-align:top;"|Ground level

|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;width:500px;vertical-align:top;"|Exits

style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;vertical-align:top;" rowspan=3|L1

|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;vertical-align:top;" rowspan=3|Concourse

|Customer Service, MTRshops

Vending machines, Automatic teller machines

style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|Octopus Promotion Machine

style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;vertical-align:top;" rowspan=3|L2
Platform

|Platform 1

|{{0|→}} {{rcb|MTR|twl|yes}} towards {{STN|Tsuen Wan|x}} ({{STN|Sham Shui Po|x}}) →

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|Island platform, doors will open on the right

style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|Platform 2

|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|← {{rcb|MTR|kt|yes}} towards {{STN|Whampoa|x}} ({{STN|Mong Kok|x}})

style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;vertical-align:top;" rowspan=4|L3
Platform

|Platform 4

|← {{rcb|MTR|twl|box}} Tsuen Wan line towards {{STN|Central|x|MTR}} (Mong Kok)

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|Island platform, doors will open on the left

style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|Platform 3

|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|{{0|→}} {{rcb|MTR|kt|box}} Kwun Tong line towards {{STN|Tiu Keng Leng|x}} ({{STN|Shek Kip Mei|x}}) →

Prince Edward is an opposite-directional cross-platform interchange station for the southbound Kwun Tong line passengers going towards {{lnl|MTR|twl}} and the southbound Tsuen Wan line passengers going towards {{STN|Tiu Keng Leng|x}}. Mong Kok serves as the cross-platform interchange station for passengers travelling in the same direction.{{MTRsource|layout|pre|Prince Edward|29 July 2014}}

=Livery=

The station's colour is light purple because of its association as a regal colour.{{cite web|url=http://yp.scmp.com/news/features/article/104875/why-are-hong-kong’s-mtr-stations-different-colours-central-red-reason|title=Why are Hong Kong's MTR stations different colours? Central is red for a reason, and why Prince Edward is purple might surprise you|author=Ben Pang|date=17 November 2016|website=South China Morning Post|access-date=2 November 2020|archive-date=2 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201102063418/https://www.scmp.com/yp/discover/lifestyle/features/article/3071072/why-are-hong-kongs-mtr-stations-different-colours|url-status=live}}

= Entrances and exits =

All exits are within one block of Nathan Road, stretching from Prince Edward Road in the south to Playing Field Road in the north.{{MTRsource|map|pre|Prince Edward|29 July 2014}} Prince Edward station is primarily an interchange rather than a destination since there are only seven exits; the neighbouring Mong Kok has fifteen.{{MTRsource|map|mok|Mong Kok|29 July 2014}}

A:Playing Field Road
B:Mong Kok Police Station
B1:Flower Market Road
B2:Sai Yeung Choi Street South
C:Metropark Hotel Mongkok
C1:Nathan Road
C2:Tai Nan Street
D:Yu Chau Street
E:Cheung Sha Wan Road