Mei Foo station

Mei Foo

美孚
MTR MTR rapid transit station
Station exterior (Tuen Ma line building near exit G)
Chinese name
Chinese
Cantonese YaleMéih fū
Literal meaningGracious Confidence
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinMěifú
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationMéih fū
JyutpingMei5 fu1
General information
Location  Tsuen Wan line : Mount Sterling, Mei Foo Sun Chuen, Lai Chi Kok,
  Tuen Ma line : Lai Chi Kok Park, Lai Chi Kok,
Sham Shui Po District
Hong Kong
Coordinates22°20′17″N 114°08′15″E / 22.3381°N 114.1376°E / 22.3381; 114.1376
Owned by
Operated byMTR Corporation
Line(s)
Platforms
Tracks4
Connections
Construction
Structure type
AccessibleYes
ArchitectMass Transit Railway Corporation (Tsuen Wan Line station)
Aedas (then known as Liang Peddle Thorp Architects & Planners) and Hong Kong Government city planners (West Rail/Tuen Ma Line station)
Other information
Station codeMEF
History
Opened
Electrified
Previous namesLai Wan
Services
Preceding station MTR MTR Following station
Lai Chi Kok
towards Central
Tsuen Wan line Lai King
towards Tsuen Wan
Tsuen Wan West
towards Tuen Mun
Tuen Ma line Nam Cheong
towards Wu Kai Sha
Track layout
Tsuen
Wan West
Up arrow
1
2
Right arrow Lai Chi Kok
Lai King Left arrow
2
1
Down arrow
Nam
Cheong
Location
Hong Kong MTR system map
Hong Kong MTR system map
Mei Foo
Location within the MTR system
Mei Foo station
Former name (1982-1985)
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Literal meaningLychee bay
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinLìwān
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationLaih wāan
JyutpingLai6 waan1

Mei Foo (Chinese: 美孚) is a Hong Kong MTR station located in Mei Foo Sun Chuen, Lai Chi Kok, New Kowloon. It is the only interchange station between the Tsuen Wan line and the Tuen Ma line, situated between Lai Chi Kok and Lai King stations on the Tsuen Wan line and Nam Cheong and Tsuen Wan West stations on the Tuen Ma line. Mei Foo station's colour is blue.

The Tsuen Wan line part of the station is a simple through station with a central island platform, located under Mount Sterling Mall, a pedestrian-only street between the rows of residential buildings in the Mei Foo Sun Chuen housing estate. The station is designed to facilitate transport needs of the residents of Mei Foo Sun Chuen housing estate, there are 132 buildings and several schools, and the point of transfer between the Kowloon urban area and the new town of Tsuen Wan. If there is heavy traffic on the main road into urban Kowloon, the Kwai Chung Road, many commuters get off their buses and use this station as their link to Kowloon and Central on Hong Kong Island.