Mei Foo station

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Mei Foo 美孚
MTR rapid transit station
Station exterior (Tuen Ma line building near exit G)
Chinese name
Chinese	美孚
Cantonese Yale	Méih fū
Literal meaning	Mobil
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Měifú Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Méih fū Jyutping Mei5 fu1
General information
Location	Tsuen Wan line : Mount Sterling, Mei Foo Sun Chuen, Lai Chi Kok,   Tuen Ma line : Lai Chi Kok Park, Lai Chi Kok, Sham Shui Po District Hong Kong
Coordinates	22°20′17″N 114°08′15″E / 22.3381°N 114.1376°E / 22.3381; 114.1376
Owned by	Tsuen Wan line : MTR Corporation   Tuen Ma line : Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation
Operated by	MTR Corporation
Line(s)	Tsuen Wan line Tuen Ma line West Rail line (Until 27 June 2021)
Platforms	4   Tsuen Wan line (1 island platform)   Tuen Ma line (2 side platforms)
Tracks	4
Connections	Bus, minibus
Construction
Structure type	Tsuen Wan line : Underground   Tuen Ma line : Ground, covered and sealed
Accessible	Yes
Architect	Mass Transit Railway Corporation (Tsuen Wan Line station) Aedas (then known as Liang Peddle Thorp Architects & Planners) and Hong Kong Government city planners (West Rail/Tuen Ma Line station)
Other information
Station code	MEF
History
Opened	Tsuen Wan line : 17 May 1982; 42 years ago (1982-05-17)   West Rail line : 20 December 2003; 20 years ago (2003-12-20)
Electrified	Tsuen Wan line : 1,500 V DC (Overhead line)   West Rail line : 25 kV 50 Hz AC (Overhead line)
Previous names	Lai Wan
Services
Preceding station MTR Following station Lai Chi Kok towards Central Tsuen Wan line Lai King towards Tsuen Wan Nam Cheong towards Wu Kai Sha Tuen Ma line Tsuen Wan West towards Tuen Mun
Track layout Legend Tsuen Wan West 1 2 Lai Chi Kok Lai King 2 1 Nam Cheong
Location Mei Foo Location within the MTR system

Mei Foo (Chinese: 美孚) is a Hong Kong MTR station located in Mei Foo Sun Chuen, Lai Chi Kok, New Kowloon. It is the only interchange station between the Tsuen Wan line and the Tuen Ma line, situated between Lai Chi Kok and Lai King stations on the Tsuen Wan line and Nam Cheong and Tsuen Wan West stations on the Tuen Ma line. Mei Foo station's colour is blue.

The Tsuen Wan line part of the station is a simple through station with a central island platform, located under Mount Sterling Mall, a pedestrian-only street between the rows of residential buildings in the Mei Foo Sun Chuen housing estate. The station is designed to facilitate transport needs of the residents of Mei Foo Sun Chuen housing estate, there are 132 buildings and several schools, and the point of transfer between the Kowloon urban area and the new town of Tsuen Wan. If there is heavy traffic on the main road into urban Kowloon, the Kwai Chung Road, many commuters get off their buses and use this station as their link to Kowloon and Central on Hong Kong Island.