Tai Wo Hau station

Tai Wo Hau (Chinese: 大窩口; Cantonese Yale: Daaih wō háu) is an MTR station between Tsuen Wan and Kwai Hing stations on the Tsuen Wan line. It serves the areas of Kwai Yin Court and Tai Wo Hau Estate in the Kwai Tsing District, and some resited villages (such as Kwan Mun Hau Tsuen) in the Tsuen Wan District of Hong Kong. These villages were originally in Tsuen Wan town centre, being moved for new town development.

Tai Wo Hau 大窩口
MTR rapid transit station
Platform level of Tai Wo Hau station in July 2017
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	大窩口
Simplified Chinese	大窝口
Hanyu Pinyin	Dàwōkǒu
Cantonese Yale	Daaihwōháu
Literal meaning	Great Nest Mouth
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Dàwōkǒu Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Daaihwōháu IPA [tàːi̯.wɔ́ː.hɐ̌u̯] Jyutping Daai6wo1hau2
General information
Location	Kwok Shui Road Park, Castle Peak Road — Kwai Chung, Tai Wo Hau Tsuen Wan District, Hong Kong
Coordinates	22°22′15″N 114°07′30″E
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	TWH
History
Opened	17 May 1982; 42 years ago (1982-05-17)
Services
Preceding station MTR Following station Kwai Hing towards Central Tsuen Wan line Tsuen Wan Terminus
Track layout Legend to Tsuen Wan 1 2 to Kwai Hing
Location Tai Wo Hau Location within the MTR system

Tai Wo Hau station was one of the first railway stations in the New Territories; and the first underground one. All other New Territories stations on the Tsuen Wan line are either at surface level or on viaducts. Lai King station cuts through a hillside slope, and all other New Territories underground stations were opened some years later.

The station is relatively less busy in the system because of its distance to nearby bus stops and settlements.

History

The station was built on the site of a park.^[1] The 280-metre-long, 22-metre-wide, 15-metre-deep station box was built bottom-up within a sheetpile cofferdam.^[2] The station was built by a Japanese joint venture between Aoki Corporation and Tobishima Construction. The tunnel between Tai Wo Hau and Kwai Hing stations was completed in July 1980 using the drill-and-blast method.^[3] Tai Wo Hau station opened on 10 May 1982, in sync with Tsuen Wan line. In 1984, the New Territories Development Department awarded a contract for the construction of a park above the station to replace the one which originally existed there.^[4] This park is now called Kwok Shui Road Park.

Station layout

Platforms 1 and 2 share the same island platform.

G	Ground level	Exits
L1	Concourse	Customer Service, MTRShops
		Vending machine, ATMs
L2 Platforms	Platform 2	→      Tsuen Wan line towards Central (Kwai Hing) →
	Island platform, doors will open on the right
	Platform 1	←      Tsuen Wan line towards Tsuen Wan (Terminus)

^[5]

Entrances/exits

• A: Hoi Pa San Tsuen, Ham Tin Tsuen, Ho Pui Tsuen, Kwok Shui Road, Primrose Hill
• B: Castle Peak Road, Kwai Yin Court, Kwai Chung Estate, Tai Wo Hau Estate ^[6]

References

1. Ngai, Yau-ki (19 June 1982). "Waiting for word on MTR's new park". South China Morning Post.
2. "How Tsun Wan Line stations were constructed". South China Morning Post. 10 May 1982.
3. "A boring achievement". South China Morning Post. 24 July 1980.
4. "New parks for Tsun Wan". South China Morning Post. 5 July 1984.
5. "Tai Wo Hau Station layout" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
6. "Tai Wo Hau Station street map" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 31 July 2014.