Tsing Yi station

Tsing Yi is an interchange station of the MTR between the Tung Chung line and Airport Express on Tsing Yi Island in Hong Kong. The station is located between Sunny Bay station and Lai King station on the Tung Chung Line, and between Airport station and Kowloon station on the Airport Express. The livery of the station is dull teal. Tsing Yi station is connected to a major interchange for buses and maxicabs, situated adjacent to the station, which serves as a public transport hub for the New Territories. It is embedded into the Maritime Square shopping centre.

Tsing Yi

青衣
MTR MTR rapid transit station
Platform 4
Chinese name
Chinese青衣
Cantonese YaleChīngyī
Literal meaningGreen Clothes
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinQīngyī
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationChīngyī
JyutpingCing1ji1
General information
LocationTierra Verde, Tsing King Road, Tsing Yi
Kwai Tsing District, Hong Kong
Coordinates22°21′30″N 114°06′25″E
Owned byMTR Corporation
Operated byMTR Corporation
Line(s)Tung Chung line
Airport Express
Platforms4 (4 side platforms)
Tracks4
Connections
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Platform levels2
AccessibleYes
ArchitectWong Tung & Partners
Other information
Station codeTSY
History
Opened
  • 22 June 1998 (1998-06-22) (Tung Chung line)
  • 6 July 1998 (1998-07-06) (Airport Express)
Services
Preceding station MTR MTR Following station
Kowloon
towards Hong Kong
 Airport Express Airport
towards AsiaWorld–Expo
Lai King
towards Hong Kong
 Tung Chung line Sunny Bay
towards Tung Chung
Track layout
to Lai King
to Kowloon
U4 (upper)
U2 (lower)
4
2
3
1
Reversing siding
to Sunny Bay or Airport
Location
Hong Kong MTR system map
Hong Kong MTR system map
Tsing Yi
Location within the MTR system

History

The station, built as part of the Lantau Airport Railway project, was constructed between December 1994 and March 1998 by Japanese contractor Maeda Corporation.[1]

Tsing Yi station opened together with the Tung Chung Line on 22 June 1998. The Airport Express services commenced at the station two weeks later on 6 July.

Location

Tsing Yi station is located in the northeastern quarter of the island of the same name, slightly to the west of Kowloon and mainland Hong Kong. To the west is Tsing Yi Town Park, while the Tsing Yi Sports Ground lies to the south. Otherwise, much of the area is residential with a number of educational establishments nearby.[2]

Transit-oriented development

As with other MTR stations, Tsing Yi is a prime site for transit-oriented development by the MTR Corporation, whose properties division develops land above and in the vicinity of its stations. Owing to its ideal location between Kowloon and Lantau Island, MTR Properties has heavily invested in commercial and residential development around Tsing Yi, the most prominent of this investment being Maritime Square, a large shopping centre extending from the station, and the residential estate Tierra Verde, which lies on top of the station. Maritime Square contains 46,170 m2 (497,000 sq ft) of retail space, while the Tierra Verde complex comprises twelve residential towers and a total of 3,500 flats.[3]

Morning express service

The MTR offers morning express service allowing passengers to take the airport express from Tsing Yi to Hong Kong station. Commuters wishing to reach Hong Kong faster can use their Octopus card at dedicated gates for HK$20. This offer is available every day except Sundays and public holidays from 7 am to 10 am.

Station layout

The station has four stories above ground level. The ground floor has a taxi stand outside and has access to the concourse on the first floor. The concourse is integrated with the Maritime Square shopping centre. The second floor houses the Tung Chung line platform for trains heading for Hong Kong station, and the third floor houses the Tung Chung line platform for services towards Tung Chung station. At the Airport Express departure and arrival platforms, there is a free WiFi hotspot available. Unlike at Kowloon and Hong Kong stations, in-town check-in facilities and free Airport Express shuttle buses are not available at this station.

As with other Airport Express stations, the Airport Express and Tung Chung line are separated with a different paid area for the Airport Express, thus passengers changing between two lines must go downstairs and past through floor U1, and then go upstairs again. In Tsing Yi station, the 4 platforms are constructed in a stacked arrangement, with platforms 1 and 3 above platforms 2 and 4. Platform 2 is only used to allow passengers coming from Hong Kong International Airport or AsiaWorld–Expo to disembark, except between 7 am and 10 am on Mondays to Saturdays, when Morning Express services are available.

U6
Car park		 Car park Tsing Yi station car park
U4
Upper Platforms		 Upper exits Exit F, Maritime Square, customer service
Automatic teller machines
Side platform, doors will open on the right
Platform 3 ←      Tung Chung line towards Tung Chung (Sunny Bay)
Platform 1 ←      Airport Express towards Airport and AsiaWorld–Expo (Airport)
Side platform, doors will open on the left
Airport Express
concourse		 Customer service, toilets
Drop-off area, MTR shops, automatic teller machines
U3
Mezzanine floor		 Mezzanine floor
U2
Lower Platforms		 Lower exits Exit G, Maritime Square, self-service point, MTR shops
Side platform, doors will open on the left
Platform 4 →      Tung Chung line towards Hong Kong (Lai King) →
Platform 2 →      Airport Express from Airport and AsiaWorld–Expo (Kowloon) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right
Airport Express
concourse		 Customer service, toilets
Taxi stand, MTR shops, automatic teller machines
U1 Tung Chung line
concourse		 Exits, transport interchange, customer service
Maritime Square, MTR shops, Hang Seng Bank
G Ground Exit Exit C, drop-off area, MTR shops

[4]

Entrances and exits
  • A1: Maritime Square 2 Wheelchair user access
  • A2: Tierra Verde/Maritime Square (Level 1) Wheelchair user access
  • B: Tsing Yi Swimming Pool Wheelchair user access
  • C: Public Transport Interchange/Tsing King Road Wheelchair user access
  • F: Maritime Square (Level 3)Wheelchair user access
  • G: Maritime Square (Level 2) Wheelchair user access[2]
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    Tsing Yi station Airport Express concourse U4
  • Tsing Yi station Exit A1
    Tsing Yi station Exit A1

References
  1. "Hong Kong Office". Maeda Corporation. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  2. "Tsing Yi Station street map" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  3. Tsing Yi station development MTR Properties Retrieved 2011-03-01
  4. "Tsing Yi Station layout" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
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