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To Kwa Wan (Chinese: 土瓜灣) is an underground MTR rapid transit station on the Tuen Ma line in Hong Kong. It is located beneath Ma Tau Wai Road in central To Kwa Wan, Kowloon City District. The station was built as part of the Sha Tin to Central Link (SCL) project, and was opened on 27 June 2021[2] along with the rest of phase 2 of the Tuen Ma line (Kai Tak to Hung Hom).

Chinese土瓜灣
Cantonese YaleTóugwāawàahn
Literal meaningClay Melon Bay
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To Kwa Wan

土瓜灣
MTR
Platform 1
Chinese name
Chinese土瓜灣
Simplified Chinese土瓜湾
Cantonese YaleTóugwāawàahn
Literal meaningClay Melon Bay
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinTǔguāwān
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationTóugwāawàahn
Jyutpingtou2gwaa1waan4
General information
LocationMa Tau Wai Road × Lok Shan Road, To Kwa Wan
Kowloon City District, Hong Kong
Coordinates22°19′02″N 114°11′15″E
SystemMTR rapid transit station
OwnerMTR Corporation
OperatorMTR Corporation
LineTuen Ma line[1]
Platforms2 (split platform in two levels)
Tracks2
Construction
Structure type
Underground
Other information
Station codeTKW
History
Opened27 June 2021; 5 years ago (2021-06-27)
Former namesMa Tau Wai
Services
Preceding station MTR MTR Following station
Ho Man Tin
towards Tuen Mun
Tuen Ma line Sung Wong Toi
towards Wu Kai Sha
Route map
To Sung Wong Toi
L4
L2
To Ho Man Tin
Location
To Kwa Wan is located in MTR
To Kwa Wan
To Kwa Wan
Location within MTR
To Kwa Wan is located in Hong Kong urban core
To Kwa Wan
To Kwa Wan
Location within Hong Kong urban core
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The station was constructed by a Samsung–Hsin Chong joint venture.[3] During the planning stage, the station was provisionally named as Mau Tau Wai (Chinese: 馬頭圍) before being changed to To Kwa Wan in 2017.[4]

Station layout

G Ground level Exits
L1 Concourse Customer service, MTR shops
L2
Upper Platform
Platform 1 ←      Tuen Ma line towards Tuen Mun (Ho Man Tin)
Side platform, doors will open on the left
L4
Lower Platform
Platform 2      Tuen Ma line towards Wu Kai Sha (Sung Wong Toi) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right

The platforms are stacked as the station is located under the narrow Ma Tau Wai Road with a high concentration of nearby buildings.[5] This arrangement also allows trains to switch running sides. Trains on platform 1 switch to the left-hand side running, while trains on platform 2 switch to the right-hand side running. This is necessary since the Ma On Shan Rail was built with trains run on the right-hand side to facilitate interchange at Tai Wai, whereas on the West Rail line, trains run on the left like other railway lines in the territory.

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