Tai Po Kau railway station
Tai Po Kau (Chinese: 大埔滘車站), also signed simply as Tai Po,[citation needed][2] was a railway station on the British section of the Kowloon–Canton Railway in Tai Po Kau, New Territories, Hong Kong. Its location next to Tai Po Hoi and a pier serving the northeast New Territories made Tai Po Kau a transport hub.
Tai Po Kau 大埔滘 | |||||||||||
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| KCR station | |||||||||||
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| Location | Tai Po Railway Pier,[1] Tai Po Road — Tai Po Kau, Tai Po Kau Tai Po District, Hong Kong | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 22°26′27″N 114°10′58″E / 22.44083°N 114.18278°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Kowloon–Canton Railway (British Section) | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 (side platforms) | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections | Bus, public light bus, kai-to | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||
| Platform levels | 1 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1 October 1910 | ||||||||||
| Closed | 2 May 1983 | ||||||||||
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Tai Po Kau Location within the current MTR system | |||||||||||
The station had traditional Chinese architecture.[citation needed][2]
As roads and public transport were improved in the area and as the remote villages depopulated, the importance of the station and the pier declined quickly. The station was abandoned when the railway was electrified in the early 1980s. At this time, two ferry routes serving the adjacent pier (to Tap Mun and Tung Ping Chau) were moved to the Ma Liu Shui Pier near University station.[3]
In the 1990s, the station structure was removed and replaced with staff quarters of the KCR Corporation. This development is called "Trackside Villas" and is linked to Tai Po Market station by a shuttle bus.[4]
References
- ^ "Google Maps". Google Inc. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
- ^ a b https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/3b591f76r http://hongkongandmacaustuff.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/the-former-tai-po-railway-station-at.html https://industrialhistoryhk.org/tai-kau-railway-station-kcr/ http://industrialhistoryhk.org/tai-kau-station-kcr-ferry-pier-transport-hub/ https://gwulo.com/atom/15479
- ^ "Ferry changes". South China Morning Post. 1 May 1983.
- ^ "Residents' Service Route No. : NR50" (PDF). Transport Department. Retrieved 29 December 2014.