Tuen Mun Station

MTR infobox
engname=Tuen Mun
chiname=屯門
livery=#2F5A6D
namecolour=White

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caption=Tuen Mun Station's platform
line=West Rail
line2=Light Rail
lrt_routes=HK-MTRL lines|505|, HK-MTRL lines|507|, HK-MTRL lines|751|
open=20 December, 2003
open2=23 September, 1988
code=TUM
hours=0545/0015(WRL)0524/0105(LR)
district=Tuen Mun
area=Tuen Mun
KCR

type=Elevated
platformtype=Island
platformno=2 (WRL) / 2 (LR)
exitno=5
liftno=4
escalatorno= [http://www.tdihk.com/kcr_station.asp?catID=3&id=23 11]
free1=Former name
free1_content=San Fat
free2=
free2_content=
free3=
free3_content=

Tuen Mun (Chinese: 屯門站) is a MTR station located in Tuen Mun, New Territories, Hong Kong. It is the northern terminus of the HK-MTR lines|West Rail. The station is elevated over the Tuen Mun River, near the Town Park in the centre of Tuen Mun New Town. The first train to Nam Cheong departs at 5:45 a.m., and the last train departs at 12:15 a.m. the day after.

History

San Fat Estate (新發邨), completed in 1971, was the first public housing estate in the Tuen Mun, located by Tuen Mun River, at the junction of Pui To Road and Tuen Mun Heung Sze Wui Road.

Tuen Mun was then known as Castle Peak and thus the estate was originally named Castle Peak Estate (青山邨). After the Hong Kong Government renamed Castle Peak to Tuen Mun in 1974, the estate was renamed San Fat Estate in honour of Chan Yat San and Lau Wong Fat, prominent figures in Heung Yee Kuk.

The estate was demolished because of its age, and to liberate land for the construction of the Tuen Mun Station of the West Rail Line. When the Light Rail was constructed, the nearby stop was named "San Fat".

Tuen Mun is an interchange station with the HK-MTR lines|Light Rail. A public transport interchange adjacent to the station gives passengers direct access to the station concourse via escalators and stairs.

On 1 August 2003, San Fat Light Rail stop was renamed to Tuen Mun.ref|press-31july2003 At that time, the at-grade platforms were still used. On 30 August the same year, the elevated platforms officially commenced service,ref|press-30aug2003 although some Light Rail vehicles have been using the westbound platform since one week before.ref|lr-newsletter-aug2003

tation layout

"Passengers travelling on West Rail Line using an Octopus Card, One-Month Pass or West Rail Line Day Pass may travel free on the routes marked with asterisks (*)."

GMBs

46: Fu Tai to Tuen Mun Town Centre

46A: Noble Hill to Tuen Mun Town Centre

West Rail station entrances/exits

* A: Pui To Road, Tin Hau Road, Tuen Mun Police Station
* B: Tuen Mun Light Rail Stop, Tuen Mun Town Centre, Tuen Mun Town Park
* C: Ho Pong Street
* F1: Taxi Stand
* F2: Public Transport Interchange, Ho Tin (Light Rail Stop), Tai Hing Government Offices, Yan Oi Tong, Chelsea Heights, San Hui Market

"Lifts are available at entrances/exits B and F1."

Neighbouring stations

References

*cite web | url = http://www.hkitalk.net/HKiTalk2/archiver/?tid-55109.html | title = San Fat Estate | language = Chinese | publisher = HKiTalk.Net | accessdate = 2007-01-14
* [http://www.kcrc.com/Upload%20Content/News%20Centre/Press%20Release/LR/Eng/E030731A.htm Press release by KCRC on the renaming of four Light Rail stops]
* [http://www.kcrc.com/Upload%20Content/News%20Centre/Press%20Release/LR/Eng/E030830A.htm Press release by KCRC on opening of Tuen Mun Station Light Rail platforms]
* [http://www.kcrc.com/Upload%20Content/News%20Centre/LR%20Newsletter/Eng/03seplrn/page2.htm Light Rail Newsletter, September 2003]