Mong Kok East station
Template:For Template:Redirect Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Hong Kong English Template:Infobox station Mong Kok East station – formerly Mong Kok railway station and Yaumati railway station (during KCR period) – is a station on Hong Kong's Template:Lnl. Only out-of-system interchange is available with Template:Lnl and Template:Lnl at Mong Kok station via a footbridge. The station is connected to Grand Century Place, a large shopping mall.
The station is within walking distance of Mong Kok station, but there are no direct paths linking the stations; passengers wishing to transfer between the stations must use above-ground roads or transfer at Template:STN.
History
The station, initially named Yaumati, was constructed on 1 October 1910 to cope with the opening of the British Section of Kowloon–Canton Railway. Yaumati was the old name of Yau Ma Tei, which is rarely used today. <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>Template:Unreliable source? The station was renamed Mong Kok on 31 December 1968 on the grounds that it was actually in Mong Kok District.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
In 1983, the station was rebuilt. A temporary station was in use just to the south (towards Hung Hom) during reconstruction. After the takeover of KCR operations by the MTR Corporation on 2 December 2007, the station was renamed to Mong Kok East. Before the MTR–KCR merger, this station shared a name with the separate Mong Kok station on the Tsuen Wan and Kwun Tong lines.
Station layout
Platform 1 is the terminus platform for some southbound trains during peak hours and the train will return northbound towards Lo Wu or Lok Ma Chau. The platforms are curved and the platform gap is relatively large compared to other MTR stations.
| - | overlaying properties | Grand Century Place |
| M | Mezzanine | staff only area, restaurant (MX Fastfood) |
| C | Concourse | exits, a transport interchange, customer service centre, toilets, shops, vending machines, automated teller machines |
| P Platforms |
Platform Template:MTR platform | Template:0 Template:Rcb towards Template:STN or Template:STN (Template:STN) → ← Template:Rcb East Rail line terminating trains, alighting only (some rush-hour trips) |
| island platform | ||
| Platform Template:MTR platform | Template:0 Template:Rcb East Rail line towards Lo Wu or Lok Ma Chau (Kowloon Tong) → | |
| Platform Template:MTR platform | ← Template:Rcb East Rail line towards Template:STN (Template:STN) | |
| Side platform | ||
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Exits
- A: Government Offices Carpark
- B: Mongkok Government Offices
- C: Sai Yee Street
- D: MOKO (Grand Century Place)<ref>Template:MTRsource</ref>
Nearby landmarks
- MOKO (Grand Century Place)
- Royal Plaza Hotel
- Yuen Po Street Bird Garden