Tai Po Market (Tai Po) 大埔墟 | |||||||||||||
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| Former KCR station | |||||||||||||
 The station in 2003 | |||||||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 香港鐵路博物館 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 香港铁路博物馆 | ||||||||||||
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| General information | |||||||||||||
| Location | 13 Shung Tak Street,[1] Tai Po Tai Po District, Hong Kong | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 22°26′51″N 114°09′52″E / 22.4476°N 114.1644°E | ||||||||||||
| Owned by | Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation | ||||||||||||
| Operated by | Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation | ||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Kowloon–Canton Railway (British Section) | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 (2 side platforms) | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Connections | |||||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||||
| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||||
| Platform levels | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||||
| Status | Ceased operations, converted to museum | ||||||||||||
| Website | Hong Kong Railway Museum | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
| Opened | 1 October 1910 | ||||||||||||
| Closed | 6 April 1983 | ||||||||||||
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The Hong Kong Railway Museum is a railway museum in Tai Po, Hong Kong.[2] It is now under the management of the Leisure and Cultural Service Department. Opened on 20 December 1985, it is located at the site where the old Tai Po Market railway station was built in 1913.[3] Admission to the museum is free.
- ^ "Hong Kong Railway Museum". Hong Kong Heritage Museum. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
Address: 13 Shung Tak Street, Tai Po Market, Tai Po, Hong Kong.
- ^ Hong Kong Railway Museum, Hong Kong Tourism Board
- ^ "Old Tai Po Market Railway Station - Declared Monuments". Antiquities and Monuments Office. Hong Kong Government. 31 July 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018.