Yau Ma Tei Station

For the other MTR Station in Mong Kok previously named "Yaumati", see Mong Kok East Station.
Yau Ma Tei
油麻地
MTR
MTR rapid transit station

Platform 1
Chinese name
Chinese 油麻地
Literal meaning Oil Sesame Ground
General information
Location Nathan Road × Waterloo Road, Yau Ma Tei
Yau Tsim Mong District, Hong Kong
Coordinates 22°18′46″N 114°10′15″E / 22.3129°N 114.1707°E / 22.3129; 114.1707Coordinates: 22°18′46″N 114°10′15″E / 22.3129°N 114.1707°E / 22.3129; 114.1707
Operated by MTR Corporation
Line(s)
Platforms 4 (island platforms)
Connections Bus, public light bus
Construction
Structure type Underground
Platform levels 2
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Station code YMT
History
Opened
  • 31 December 1979 (1979-12-31) (Kwun Tong Line)
  • 10 May 1982 (1982-05-10) (Tsuen Wan Line)
Previous names Waterloo
Services
Preceding station   MTR   Following station
towards Whampoa
Kwun Tong Line
towards Tiu Keng Leng
towards Central
Tsuen Wan Line
towards Tsuen Wan
Location
Hong Kong MTR system map
Yau Ma Tei
Location within the MTR system

Yau Ma Tei (Chinese: 油麻地), formerly called Waterloo after Waterloo Road, is an MTR station located in Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon. It is served by the Kwun Tong Line and the Tsuen Wan Line. The station opened in 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 is located 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.

Station layout

Track layout
Legend
to Shek Kip Mei
to Sham Shui Po
1
4
P1 (upper)
Prince Edward
2
3
P2 (lower)
3
2
P1 (upper)
Mong Kok
1
4
P2 (lower)
2
3
P1 (upper)
Yau Ma Tei
1
4
P2 (lower)
to Ho Man Tin
to Jordan

From the scissor crossing after Whampoa terminus to north of Yau Ma Tei, the Kwun Tong Line drives on the right side of the tunnel, as opposed to elsewhere in the MTR, where the driving direction is usually on the left. The difference in driving directionality is due to the track layout between Yau Ma Tei and Mong Kok stations.

The Kwun Tong Line extension towards Whampoa Station via Ho Man Tin opened on 23 October 2016. In preparation, the numbers of the Kwun Tong Line platforms were swapped starting on 11 June 2016, and platform 4 became alighting-only (and platform 3 boarding-only) from 21 August 2016.[1] After the opening of the Kwun Tong Line extension, Yau Ma Tei became an interchange station between the Kwun Tong Line and the Tsuen Wan Line, with each line using platforms on a different level.

G Street level Exits
C Concourse Customer service, MTRShops
Vending machines, Automatic teller machines
P1
Platforms		 Platform 1      Tsuen Wan Line towards Tsuen Wan (Mong Kok) →
Island platform, doors will open on the right
Platform 2 ←      Tsuen Wan Line towards Central (Jordan)
P2
Platforms		 Platform 4 ←      Kwun Tong Line towards Whampoa (Ho Man Tin)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Platform 3      Kwun Tong Line towards Tiu Keng Leng (Mong Kok) →

[2]

Entrances/exits

Transport interchange

KMB
Citybus
Cross Harbour Tunnel Bus
Minibus

References

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  1. ↑ "Yau Ma Tei Station layout" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  2. ↑ "Yau Ma Tei Station layout" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  3. ↑ "Yau Ma Tei Station street map" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
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