Prince Edward station

Prince Edward station attack

On the evening of 31 August 2019, amid the anti-extradition bill protests, the Hong Kong Police stormed Prince Edward station and were filmed beating passengers and firing pepper spray inside railway carriages.^[1] The MTR closed the station during the incident, while the police refused to let medics enter.^[2] The station subsequently became a flashpoint for continued discord, with protesters petitioning MTR to release CCTV footage from the evening of 31 August.^[3] The incident at Prince Edward, as well as MTR's perceived support of Beijing (by closing stations near protests in the aftermath of criticism by Chinese state media for remaining operational), led to vandalism of other MTR stations. MTR condemned the vandalism and responded that the relevant CCTV footage would be kept for three years.^[4]

Colour scheme

The station's colour scheme is light purple because of its association as a regal colour.^[6]

Entrances and exits

All exits are within one block of Nathan Road, stretching from Prince Edward Road in the south to Playing Field Road in the north.^[7] Prince Edward station is primarily an interchange rather than a destination^{[original research?]} since there are only seven exits; the neighbouring Mong Kok has fifteen.^[8]

• A: Mong Kok Stadium, Playing Field Road, Prince Centre
• B: Mong Kok Police Station
  • B1: Flower Market Road
  • B2: Sai Yeung Choi Street South, Elize PARK
• C: Metropark Hotel Mongkok
  • C1: Nathan Road, Golden Plaza
  • C2: Metropark Hotel Mongkok, Tai Nan Street, Tong Mi Road, Tai Kok Tsui
• D: Yu Chau Street
• E: Cheung Sha Wan Road, Union Park Centre

• 
  Exit A
• 
  Exit B1
• 
  Exit B2
• 
  Exit C1
• 
  Exit C2
• 
  Exit D
• 
  Exit E
• 
  Exit E's elevator

Cross-border bus services

There are stops for cross-border buses to Shenzhen, Dongguan, and Guangzhou on Playing Field Road (exit A) or Portland Street (exits C2 and D).