Tai Wo station

{{short description|MTR station in the New Territories, Hong Kong}}

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| name = Tai Wo

| native_name = 太和

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| address = Po Nga Road, Tai Wo

| borough = Tai Po District, Hong Kong

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| code = TWO

| owned = Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation

| operator = MTR Corporation

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Tai Wo ({{zh|t=太和|cy=Taaiwò}}; {{small|pronounced}}: {{IPAc-yue|t|aai|3|w|o|4}}) is a MTR station in the western part of Tai Po New Town, in New Territories, Hong Kong. The station is located on the {{lnl|MTR|eal}}, between Fanling and Tai Po Market stations.

History

Construction of the station, situated within the eponymous Tai Wo Estate, began in August 1986.{{cite news |title=Tai Wo station opens tomorrow |work=South China Morning Post |date=8 May 1989 |page=4}} 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.{{cite news |title=New station |work=South China Morning Post |date=9 May 1989 |page=7}}

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.

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style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|L4

|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|footbridge

|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|Exit B, customer service centre, passageway between platforms 1 and 2

style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" rowspan=9|L2
style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|concourse

|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|Exit A, customer service centre, washrooms, automatic teller machines

style="border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" colspan=2|Side platform
style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|Platform 1

|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|{{0|→}} {{rcb|MTR|eal|yes}} towards Lo Wu or Lok Ma Chau (Fanling)

Platform 2

|← {{rcb|MTR|eal|box}} East Rail line towards Admiralty (Tai Po Market)

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{{MTRsource|layout|two|Tai Wo|15 November 2014}}{{notelist}}

Entrances/exits

  • A: Tai Wo Plaza, transport interchange
  • B: Tai Wo Estate{{MTRsource|map|two|Tai Wo|15 November 2014}}

=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.

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