EAST TSIM SHA TSUI STATION

'East Tsim Sha Tsui Station' (尖東站) is the second newest station (behind Lok Ma Chau), and the southern terminus on Hong Kong's . It opened on 24 October 2004, symbolising the comeback of the Rail to Tsim Sha Tsui after 30 years. The project was known as "East Rail Tsim Sha Tsui Extension". The line was extended from Hung Hom, the previous terminus, to Signal Hill, where the new station is located, through a tunnel beneath Salisbury Road.
The station was built to alleviate traffic jam and the high passenger flow at Kowloon Tong Station. The distance from Hung Hom to the station is about one kilometre with the journey time of less than two minutes. However, the fares are unusually high (e.g., from Sha Tin, the fare to Hung Hom is only HK$5.10 (US$0.65), but the fare to the East Tsim Sha Tsui station is HK$7.60 (US$0.97)). The fact that the fares are unusually has become the main cause of complaints amongst passengers.
Passengers had also complained about inadequate signage on the station's trial run day. In response, KCRC has added more signs inside the station and divided the station into 'red', 'green' and 'yellow' zones. Welcome signs in Simplified Chinese, French, Japanese and Korean were also added, in addition to English and Traditional Chinese. (KCRC is also considering adding more signs in Simplified Chinese at all stations for the convenience of tourists from Mainland China.)
Apart from the high fare, the considerable distance between the station and the MTR Tsim Sha Tsui station makes interchanging with the MTR no easier than changing trains at Kowloon Tong. Nevertheless, a steady amount of passengers do change trains at East Tsim Sha Tsui, since changing at Kowloon Tong may involve an extra interchange within the MTR system.
It should be noted that the current status of East Tsim Sha Tsui Station as a terminus station is only temporary. When the is extended through the Kowloon Southern Link, the terminus of East Rail will be relocated back to Hung Hom, with East Tsim Sha Tsui becoming an intermediate station on the West Rail.
Due to inadequacy of space on display screens, the full name "East Tsim Sha Tsui" is not shown on platform information displays nor on trains heading to the station. Instead, the abbreviations, "E. TST" and "E. Tsimshatsui", are used respectively.

Contents

Station layout

Entrances/exits

In Tsim Sha Tsui Station

In East Tsim Sha Tsui Station

Neighbouring stations

See also

Station layout

'Ground'	-	Exits, Transport interchange
'Concourse'	Concourse	Tickets/Fare Adjustment, Washrooms
		shops, vending machines, ATMs
	Subway	Subway to MTR Tsim Sha Tsui station, New World Centre Nathan Road, Middle Road, Mody Road, East Tsim Shui, West Tsim Sha Tsui
'Platforms'	Platform '1'	towards Lo Wu/Lok Ma Chau
	Island platform, doors will open on the left/right
	Platform '2'	towards Lo Wu/Lok Ma Chau

Passengers heading towards the MTR station should ride the escalator up to the concourse, and leave the KCR system. Then they have to walk along the Middle Road or Mody Road subway system respectively to reach Tsim Sha Tsui station at exit L2 and M3 respectively.

Entrances/exits

East Tsim Sha Tsui Station is linked with Tsim Sha Tsui MTR Station through the Mody Road and Middle Road Subways. When both stations' exits are combined, the total number of exits outnumber even that of Central. East Tsim Sha Tsui Station has the honor of having the exit with the highest letter of all rail stations in Hong Kong!

In Tsim Sha Tsui Station

★ 'A1': Nathan Road (by Kowloon Mosque)

★ 'A2': Humphrey's Avenue

★ 'B1': Nathan Road/Cameron Road Junction

★ 'B2': Cameron Road

★ 'C1': Hyatt Regency Hong Kong (South Exit)

★ 'C2': Hyatt Regency Hong Kong (North Exit)

★ 'D1': Nathan Road (by Number 58)

★ 'D2': Bristol Avenue

★ 'E': Kowloon Hotel

★ 'F': Middle Road Subway (Connected to KCR Exit L2)

★ 'G': Mody Road Subway (Connected to KCR Exit M3)

In East Tsim Sha Tsui Station

★ 'J': New World Centre

★ 'K': Middle Road

★ 'L1': Hermes House

★ 'L2': (Connected to MTR Exit F)

★ 'L3': Peninsula Hotel

★ 'L4': Kowloon Hotel

★ 'M2': Holiday Inn Golden Mile

★ 'M3': (Connected to MTR Exit G)

★ 'N1/N2': Hanoi Road

★ 'P1': Wing On Plaza

★ 'P2': Mirror Tower

★ 'P3': Chatham Road South

Neighbouring stations

See also

★ Tsim Sha Tsui, the neighborhood

★ Tsim Sha Tsui (MTR), the connecting MTR station of East Tsim Sha Tsui