Shek Kip Mei station

MTR station in Kowloon, Hong Kong

Shek Kip Mei

石硤尾

MTR rapid transit station

Platform 2 of Shek Kip Mei station

Chinese name

Chinese

石硤尾

Cantonese Yale

Sehk gip méih

Literal meaning

Gorge End

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Shíxiáwêi
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	Sehk gip méih
Jyutping	Sek6gip3mei5

General information

Location

Under Wai Chi Street, Shek Kip Mei
Sham Shui Po District, Hong Kong

Coordinates

Bus, minibus

Construction

Structure type

Underground

Platform levels

Accessible

Yes

Other information

Station code

SKM

History

Opened

1 October 1979; 44 years ago (1979-10-01)

Services

Preceding station		Following station
Prince Edward towards Whampoa	Kwun Tong line	Kowloon Tong towards Tiu Keng Leng
Transfer at Sham Shui Po
Prince Edward towards Central	Tsuen Wan line transfer at Sham Shui Po	Cheung Sha Wan towards Tsuen Wan

Track layout

Legend

					to Kowloon Tong

			1
			2




					to Prince Edward

Location
Shek Kip Mei Location within the MTR system

Shek Kip Mei (Chinese: 石硤尾; Cantonese Yale: Sehk gip méih) is a station on the Hong Kong MTR Kwun Tong line. It is located in Shek Kip Mei.

History

The station served as a terminus of the 2nd phase of the Kwun Tong line until the Kwun Tong line was extended to Tsim Sha Tsui station on 16 December 1979. (Shek Kip Mei to Kwun Tong, 1 October 1979 to 31 December 1979). The very first train departed from this station on 1 October 1979.

Livery

The station's livery is green and white only seen in concourse and at both ends of the platforms

Station layout

G	Ground level	Exits
L1	Concourse	Customer service, MTRshops
		Vending machines, automatic teller machines
L2 Platform	Platform 1	→ Kwun Tong line towards Tiu Keng Leng (Kowloon Tong) →
	Island platforms, doors will open on the right
	Platform 2	← Kwun Tong line towards Whampoa (Prince Edward)

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Entrances and exits

A: Nam Cheong Street
B1: Woh Chai Street
B2: Woh Chai Street
C: Wai Chi Street ^[2]

Gallery

Platforms (2022)
Concourse, near Exit A (2021)
New white panels installed after refurbishment (2021)
Exit C (2021)
Lift access to the station (2020)
Exit A (2020)
Shek Kip Mei station Concourse in December 2007

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Shek Kip Mei Station.

^ "Shek Kip Mei Station layout" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
^ "Shek Kip Mei Station street map" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 29 July 2014.