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Tsuen Wan station
Tsuen Wan (Chinese: 荃灣; Cantonese Yale: chyùhnwāan) is an MTR station on the Tsuen Wan line. It is the only station on the Tsuen Wan line at ground level. It is located in the northern central part of Tsuen Wan New Town, New Territories West. The preceding station is Tai Wo Hau. Its livery is dark red.
The station opened as part of the line opening on 10 May 1982. A commemorative plaque in the station concourse, near exit A, was unveiled by Acting Governor Sir Philip Haddon-Cave. The station was designed as an intermediate station with two side platforms, with trains terminating at Tsuen Wan West, further northwest near Tsuen King Garden, different from the present Tuen Ma line Tsuen Wan West station. It was built by Dragages, along with the line's depot.
The area around the proposed terminus had a poor development record and it was decided to not build a station there, causing the station to use different platforms for loading and unloading. After leaving the unloading platform, trains enter the section of track beyond the station to proceed to the Tsuen Wan Depot or reverse back to the loading platform to head towards Central.
During the construction of the station, Route Twisk was diverted. The Sam Tung Uk walled village was also relocated, though it was later preserved as a museum.
New roads and shopping centres were set up around the station, and a private housing estate was built directly above the station. A bus interchange was set up under one of the shopping centres.
The usage of the station was low when it opened in 1982, as the station was located in the northern edge of Tsuen Wan town, with the connecting infrastructure being incomplete, making it difficult to attract residents in the town centre to take the use the station.
After 20 years of development, the area around the station gradually took over as the town centre. Several shopping malls were constructed near the station, and an extensive footbridge network was built to connect to nearby shopping malls, the original town centre, and some villages to the north.
The station also acts as an important transportation interchange, with numerous bus and minibus routes serving near the station. Commuters from northwest New Territories used to change buses at this station to continue their journey into Kowloon by MTR, before the West Rail line opened in 2003.
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Tsuen Wan station
Tsuen Wan (Chinese: 荃灣; Cantonese Yale: chyùhnwāan) is an MTR station on the Tsuen Wan line. It is the only station on the Tsuen Wan line at ground level. It is located in the northern central part of Tsuen Wan New Town, New Territories West. The preceding station is Tai Wo Hau. Its livery is dark red.
The station opened as part of the line opening on 10 May 1982. A commemorative plaque in the station concourse, near exit A, was unveiled by Acting Governor Sir Philip Haddon-Cave. The station was designed as an intermediate station with two side platforms, with trains terminating at Tsuen Wan West, further northwest near Tsuen King Garden, different from the present Tuen Ma line Tsuen Wan West station. It was built by Dragages, along with the line's depot.
The area around the proposed terminus had a poor development record and it was decided to not build a station there, causing the station to use different platforms for loading and unloading. After leaving the unloading platform, trains enter the section of track beyond the station to proceed to the Tsuen Wan Depot or reverse back to the loading platform to head towards Central.
During the construction of the station, Route Twisk was diverted. The Sam Tung Uk walled village was also relocated, though it was later preserved as a museum.
New roads and shopping centres were set up around the station, and a private housing estate was built directly above the station. A bus interchange was set up under one of the shopping centres.
The usage of the station was low when it opened in 1982, as the station was located in the northern edge of Tsuen Wan town, with the connecting infrastructure being incomplete, making it difficult to attract residents in the town centre to take the use the station.
After 20 years of development, the area around the station gradually took over as the town centre. Several shopping malls were constructed near the station, and an extensive footbridge network was built to connect to nearby shopping malls, the original town centre, and some villages to the north.
The station also acts as an important transportation interchange, with numerous bus and minibus routes serving near the station. Commuters from northwest New Territories used to change buses at this station to continue their journey into Kowloon by MTR, before the West Rail line opened in 2003.
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