Stations
All the station platforms on East Rail Line, are on/above ground and open air. Lo Wu and Lok Ma Chau are part of closed areas and cannot be entered by anyone without a permit or a passport and visa to Mainland China. In May, 2008, MTR announced plans to renew these stations, most of which have been in service for over half a century. Refurbishment is not expected to be fully completed until 2016 at the earliest. The stations providing local commuter service on this line are listed blow:
| Livery and Name | District | Connections | Opened | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Rail Line | ||||
| Hung Hom formerly Kowloon |
Yau Tsim Mong/ Kowloon City |
█ West Rail Line Intercity services outside of Hong Kong. |
November 30, 1974 | |
| Mong Kok East formerly Yau Ma Tei, Mong Kok |
Nil 1 | opened 1910, relocated 1968 |
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| Kowloon Tong | Sham Shui Po/ Kowloon City |
█ Kwun Tong Line | May 4, 1982 | |
| Tai Wai | Sha Tin | █ Ma On Shan Line | August 15, 1983 | |
| Sha Tin | October 1, 1910 | |||
| Fo Tan2 | February 15, 1985 | |||
| Racecourse2 | October 1, 1983 | |||
| University formerly Ma Liu Shui |
September 24, 1956 | |||
| - | Science Park* | |||
| Tai Po | ||||
| Tai Po Market | opened 1910, relocated 1983 |
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| Tai Wo | May 9, 1989 | |||
| Fanling | North | October 1, 1910 | ||
| Sheung Shui | 1930 | |||
| Lo Wu | Luohu Station for █ Luobao Line of the Shenzhen Metro (through border check) |
October 14, 1949 | ||
| - | Kwu Tung^3 | |||
| - | Chau Tau^3 | Northern Link | ||
| Yuen Long | ||||
| Lok Ma Chau3 | Futian Checkpoint Station for █ Longhua Line of the Shenzhen Metro (through border check) |
August 15, 2007 | ||
- Notes
* Proposed
# Under construction
^ Planning in progress
1 Mong Kok East Station and Mong Kok Station (█ Tsuen Wan Line and █ Kwun Tong Line), are not interconnected stations. There is pedestrian transfer by a footbridge, the journey time is approx. 10–15 minutes on foot.
2 Fo Tan and Racecourse are parallel stations. Racecourse Station is only open when horseracing or a special event is held at Sha Tin Racecourse.
3 Kwu Tung, Chau Tau and Lok Ma Chau are stations on the Lok Ma Chau Spur Line, a branch from Sheung Shui Station of the █ East Rail Line, with solely the latter constructed.
- Full station list of MTR lines
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I shall not murder
The mankind of her going with a grave truth
Nor blaspheme down the stations of the breath”
—Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)
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—William Jones (1746–1794)