Yau Ma Tei station

Yau Ma Tei

油麻地
MTR MTR rapid transit station
Platform 1 of Yau Ma Tei station
Chinese name
Chinese
JyutpingJau4maa4dei2
Hanyu PinyinYóumádì
Literal meaningOil Jute Land
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinYóumádì
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationYàumàdéi
IPA[jɐw˩ma˩tej˧˥]
JyutpingJau4maa4dei2
General information
LocationNathan Road × Waterloo Road, Yau Ma Tei
Yau Tsim Mong District, Hong Kong
Coordinates22°18′46″N 114°10′15″E / 22.3129°N 114.1707°E / 22.3129; 114.1707
Owned byMTR Corporation
Operated byMTR Corporation
Line(s)
Platforms4 (2 island platforms)
Tracks4
Connections
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Platform levels2
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station codeYMT
History
Opened
Previous namesWaterloo
Services
Preceding station MTR MTR Following station
Jordan
towards Central
Tsuen Wan line Mong Kok
towards Tsuen Wan
Ho Man Tin
towards Whampoa
Kwun Tong line Mong Kok
Track layout
1
4
P1 (upper)
Prince Edward
2
3
P2 (lower)
3
4
P1 (upper)
Mong Kok
1
2
P2 (lower)
2
3
P1 (upper)
Yau Ma Tei
1
4
P2 (lower)
Location
Hong Kong MTR system map
Hong Kong MTR system map
Yau Ma Tei
Location within the MTR system
Hong Kong MTR system map
Hong Kong MTR system map
Yau Ma Tei
Yau Ma Tei (Hong Kong urban core)

Yau Ma Tei, formerly named Waterloo after Waterloo Road, is an MTR station located in Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon. It lays straightly like a long box under thoroughfare Nathan Road, ending north under Pitt Street and south near Man Ming Lane. It is served by the Kwun Tong line and the Tsuen Wan line. The station opened on 22 December 1979 and was renamed as Yau Ma Tei on 31 May 1985 along with Argyle (Mong Kok) and Chater (Central).

Yau Ma Tei is an interchange station, even though the platforms are not designed for cross-platform interchange. After the Kwun Tong line has been extended to Whampoa, it is used by northbound passengers on one line to change to southbound trains on the other line. This station is used by many students during commuting hours, since it is in the vicinity of many large schools.

The station's livery colour is a light grey. Red, white, and blue stripes, which prominently adorned the station walls until they were removed as part of renovation works in 2005 which also saw the original Helvetica typeface, used in station name signs, replaced by Myriad.