Nam Cheong Station

Nam Cheong 南昌

Nam Cheong Station Tung Chung Line platform No.4

Line      Tung Chung Line      West Rail Line Code NAC Service hours 0605-0103 Connections Bus, Minibus

District Sham Shui Po Area Sham Shui Po Map MTR Website Coordinates 22°19′36″N 114°09′12″E / 22.326781°N 114.153325°E / 22.326781; 114.153325Coordinates: 22°19′36″N 114°09′12″E / 22.326781°N 114.153325°E / 22.326781; 114.153325

Opened December 20, 2003 Type of station Ground Level Type of platforms Side/Island No. of platforms 4 No. of exits 5 No. of escalators 32 No. of lifts 6

Station location

Nam Cheong Station
Chinese	南昌
Transcriptions Mandarin - Hanyu Pinyin Nánchāng Cantonese (Yue) - Jyutping naam4 coeng1 - Yale Romanization naam4 cheung1

Nam Cheong Station Concourse

Platform interchange passageway

Nam Cheong Station Exit C, right next to it is a subway

Nam Cheong is a Hong Kong MTR station located at the ground level beneath West Kowloon Highway, Sham Shui Po, Kowloon and opposite to Fu Cheong Estate. It is served by the Tung Chung Line and West Rail Line, providing cross-platform interchanges between Platform 1 (West Rail Line to Tuen Mun) and Platform 4 (Tung Chung Line to Hong Kong. The livery of Nam Cheong Station is pale yellow green.

Nam Cheong Station was originally the southern terminus of West Rail Line before the opening of Kowloon Southern Link on August 16, 2009. The Airport Express line passes between the tracks of Tung Chung Line without stopping at this station. A public transport interchange, located to the east of the station, allows for transfers to other modes of public transport.

Although this station is on ground level, platform screen doors are still fitted.

History

Nam Cheong Station was called Yen Chow Street Station (after Yen Chow Street, a major thoroughfare in the area) in its planning stage. The station was subsequently renamed "Nam Cheong" after Nam Cheong Estate, a nearby public housing estate, which in turn named after Nam Cheong Street (another thoroughfare). Nam Cheong Street was named after Mr. Chan Nam Cheong (陳南昌), a local philanthropist. As "Nam Cheong" is also the Cantonese-based transliteration for Nanchang, some sources mistakenly state that the station was named after the mainland Chinese city.

Works for Nam Cheong Station started on October 5, 2000, and was built by a joint venture formed by Balfour Beatty and Zen Pacific.^[1] The station was opened for public use on December 16, 2003, coinciding with the pre-opening charity trial run day of the KCR West Rail (now West Rail Line), and the Tung Chung Line part of the station started operation. On December 20, the KCR West Rail officially commenced operation, and Nam Cheong became the southern terminus of the rail line.

Upon its completion, the station was a share-used integrated station between MTR and KCR. The station concourse was divided into 2 parts (managed by the 2 rail operators respectively) , Special transfer turnstiles were located between the 2 parts, enabling passengers paying with Octopus card to interchange between the 2 systems with just tapping the card once.

The operations of MTR and KCR merged on December 2, 2007, and the management of the station unified under MTR. Following the network-wide fare zone merger of the former MTR and KCR networks on September 28, 2009, the transfer turnstiles along with the barriers separating the two fare zones were removed, and cross-platform interchange is now provided between platform 1 (West Rail Line to Tuen Mun) and platform 4 (Tung Chung Line to Hong Kong) thanks to the new passageways opened between the 2 platforms. One of the wider passages is aligned with the fifth and sixth carriages of the Hong Kong bound trains on the Tung Chung Line side.

The Kowloon Southern Link (extension of West Rail Line) opened on August 16, 2009, and the West Rail Line was extended to Hung Hom on that day. Nam Cheong lost its status as the southern terminus of West Rail Line, and became an intermediate station for both Tung Chung and West Rail lines.

Station layout

1 First Floor	-	Firemen and staff only (not opened)
G Ground	Exits	Exits, a transport interchange
P Platforms (Ground)	Side platform, doors will open on the left
	Platform 3	Tung Chung Line towards Tung Chung and Disneyland Resort Line
	-	Airport Express tracks
	Platform 4	Tung Chung Line towards Hong Kong
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Platform 1	West Rail Line towards Tuen Mun
	Platform 2	West Rail Line towards Hung Hom
	Side platform, doors will open on the left
C Concourse	Concourse	Customer Service Centre, vending machines
		Tickets/fare adjustment, shops, toilets
		vending machines, ATMs

All four platforms are located at ground level. The platforms are curved because they were built around existing railways. However, the gaps are not very large.

Before the merge of fare systems on 28 September 2008, Octopus Card users transferring between the West Rail Line and Tung Chung Line had to use the transfer gates separating fare areas the MTR and KCR systems. Once the card is placed on the reader, the first section of journey fare will be deducted and passenger can walk over to the other fare area. Passengers who accidentally walk to the wrong area by mistake exit through the exit gates of current area (not the transfer gates) within 15 minutes or an extra fare was charged.

Entrances/exits

• A: Fu Cheong Estate
• B: Wholesale Food Market
• C: Lin Cheung Road North
• D1: Nam Cheong Estate
• D2: Public Transport Interchange

Feeder services

Bus

• Kowloon Motor Bus
  • 12: Hoi Lai Estate - East Tsim Sha Tsui Railway Station (Circular Route)
  • 12A: Nam Cheong Railway Station - Whampoa Garden
  • 18: Nam Cheong Railway Station - Oi Man Estate (Circular Route)
  • 36A: Sham Shui Po (Tonkin Street) - Lei Muk Shue
  • 212: Sham Shui Po (Tonkin Street) - Whampoa Garden
• New World First Bus
  • 701: Hoi Lai Estate - Mong Kok (Circular Route)
  • 702: Hoi Lai Estate - Sham Shui Po (Yen Chow Street) (Circular Route)
  • 702A: AquaMarine - Pak Tin Estate
  • 702S: So Uk Estate - Cheung Sha Wan (Sham Shing Road)
  • 796C: Nam Cheong Station - Tseung Kwan O Station
  • 971: Hoi Lai Estate - Aberdeen (Shek Pai Wan)
• Citybus
  • A21: Hung Hom Station - Airport (Ground Transportation Centre)
• Cross Harbour Bus
  • 914: Hoi Lai Estate - Causeway Bay (Tin Hau Station)
  • 914X: Hoi Lai Estate → Causeway Bay (Tin Hau Station)

Public light bus

• Kowloon Green minibuses
  • 10A: Nam Cheong Station - Festival Walk

References

1. ^ Government of Hong Kong Environmental Protection Department

Neighbouring stations

Preceding station		MTR		Following station
Austin towards Hung Hom		West Rail Line		Mei Foo towards Tuen Mun
Lai King towards Tung Chung		Tung Chung Line		Olympic towards Hong Kong