Mong Kok station

Template:Short description Template:For Template:More citations needed Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Hong Kong English Template:Infobox station Mong Kok station is a MTR station in Mong Kok, Kowloon, Hong Kong. The station is one of the first MTR stations established in the city, serving Kwun Tong and Template:Lnl.

The station livery is red. The station was initially named after Argyle Street as Argyle.

Location

Mong Kok station is located in the centre of Mong Kok in Kowloon, along Nathan Road at the intersection with Argyle Street. Major nearby places include MOKO, Langham Place, T.O.P. and the Pioneer Centre.<ref name="map">Template:MTRsource</ref> Mong Kok East station is about 500 metres to the northeast.

This station and Prince Edward station are the two closest stations in Hong Kong. They are only 400 m (1,300 ft) apart, with trains taking less than one minute to travel from one station to the other.

History

Mong Kok station opened on 31 December 1979, originally as part of the Modified Initial System.<ref>Mass Transit Railway Modern Tramway & Light Rail Transit April 1980 page 134</ref> When the line split into the Kwun Tong Line and the Tsuen Wan Line in 1982, the station became an interchange station between the two lines.

Station layout

Mong Kok station serves as a cross-platform interchange for passengers changing between the Tsuen Wan line and Kwun Tong line for stations in the same direction. Opposite-direction interchange of the two lines takes place at Template:STN and Template:STN.

G	Ground level	Exits
L1	Concourse	Customer Service, MTRshops
		Vending machines, Automatic teller machines
		Octopus Promotion Machine
L2 Platform	Platform Template:MTR platform	Template:0 Template:Rcb towards Template:STN (Template:STN) →
	Island platform, doors will open on the left for Kwun Tong line, right for Tsuen Wan line
	Platform Template:MTR platform	Template:0 Template:Rcb towards Template:STN (Prince Edward) →
L3 Platform	Platform Template:MTR platform	← Template:Rcb Tsuen Wan line towards Template:STN (Template:STN)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left for Tsuen Wan line, right for Kwun Tong line
	Platform Template:MTR platform	← Template:Rcb Kwun Tong line towards Template:STN (Yau Ma Tei)

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Entrances and exits

Mong Kok station has 15 entrances, tied with East Tsim Sha Tsui station as stations with most exits in MTR.<ref name="sta_info">Template:Cite book</ref> The exits are located within one block north and south of the intersection of Nathan Road and Argyle Street, connecting buildings, shopping malls, main roads and ground transport facilities nearby.

• A1: Mong Kok Road<ref name="map" />
• A2: Portland Street<ref name="map" />
• B1: Trade and Industry Department Tower<ref name="map" />
• B2: Fa Yuen Street Municipal Services Building<ref name="map" />
• B3: MOKO<ref name="map" />
• B4: T.O.P (This Is Our Place) Mall
• C1: Hang Seng Mongkok Building<ref name="map" />
• C2: Shanghai Street<ref name="map" />
• C3: Langham Place<ref name="map" />
• C4: HSBC Building Mong Kok<ref name="map" />
• D1: Shanghai Commercial Bank Building<ref name="map" />
• D2: Argyle Centre<ref name="map" />
• D3: Tung Choi Street<ref name="map" />
• E1: Grand Plaza<ref name="map" />
• E2: Wing Lung Bank Centre<ref name="map" />

MTR East Rail line

Mong Kok East station (formerly Mong Kok KCR station) on the East Rail line and Mong Kok station are considerably far apart, at about Template:Convert. The Mong Kok Road Footbridge System and MOKO shopping centre connect Mong Kok East to Mong Kok station at its exit B3. Passengers wishing to transfer to the East Rail line may do so at Kowloon Tong station instead.

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