Yau Ma Tei, formerly named Waterloo after Waterloo Road, is an MTR

MTR

Mass Transit Railway is the rapid transit railway system in Hong Kong. Originally opened in 1979, the system now includes 211.6 km of rail with 155 stations, including 86 railway stations and 69 light rail stops...

 station located in Yau Ma Tei

Yau Ma Tei

Yau Ma Tei, also known as Waterloo , is an area in the Yau Tsim Mong District in the south of the Kowloon Peninsula in Hong Kong.-Name:Yau Ma Tei is a phonetic transliteration of the name 油麻地 in Cantonese...

, Kowloon

Kowloon

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. It is the western terminus

Terminal Station

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 of the Kwun Tong Line, and is also located on the Tsuen Wan Line.

Yau Ma Tei is an interchange station, yet it is used less frequently for this purpose than the nearby Mong Kok station since the platforms are not designed for cross-platform interchange. The Kwun Tong Line platforms are thus beneficial mostly to local travellers. This station is used by many student

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s during commuting hours, since it is in the vicinity of many large schools.

The station's livery colour is grey, with red, white, and blue stripes representing the colors on French

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 national flag. The stripes, however, are being removed as part of current renovation works as of October 2005. Helvetica

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, the original typeface used in station name signs, is also being replaced by Myriad

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 under the scheme.

Station layout

Ground	-	Exits
L1 Concourse	Concourse	Customer Service, MTRShops
		Vending machines, Automatic teller machines
L2 Platforms	Platform 1	towards Tsuen Wan Tsuen Wan (MTR) Tsuen Wan is the northern terminus of the MTR Tsuen Wan Line in Hong Kong. It is the only station on the line that is at ground level. It is located at the northern central part of Tsuen Wan New Town, and its next station is Tai Wo Hau....
	Island platform Island platform An island platform is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange... , doors will open on the right
	Platform 2	towards Central Central (MTR) Central station is an MTR station located in the Central area of Hong Kong Island. The station's livery is firebrick red, except for the station's Tsuen Wan Line platform where its livery is dark brown...
L2 Platforms	Platform 3	towards Tiu Keng Leng Tiu Keng Leng (MTR) Tiu Keng Leng Station is an MTR station located in Tiu Keng Leng. The station features cross-platform interchange between the Tseung Kwan O Line and the Kwun Tong Line, where it serves as an eastern terminal station for the Kwun Tong Line. It is between Tseung Kwan O and Yau Tong stations...
	Island platform, doors will open on the left/right
	Platform 4	towards Tiu Keng Leng Tiu Keng Leng (MTR) Tiu Keng Leng Station is an MTR station located in Tiu Keng Leng. The station features cross-platform interchange between the Tseung Kwan O Line and the Kwun Tong Line, where it serves as an eastern terminal station for the Kwun Tong Line. It is between Tseung Kwan O and Yau Tong stations...

As part of the Shatin-Central Link, it is planned that the Kwun Tong Line will be extended towards the Whampoa Gardens via Ho Man Tin.

Entrances/exits

• A1/A2: Pitt Street
• B1: Nathan Road
• B2: Portland Street
  Portland Street
  Portland Street is a popular street in Kowloon, Hong Kong. The street is known for its business and retailing skyscraper complex Langham Place, numerous restaurants and its famous red-light district.-Geography:...
  
  
• C: Man Ming Lane (for Temple Street
  Temple Street, Hong Kong
  Temple Street is a street located in the areas of Jordan and Yau Ma Tei in Kowloon, Hong Kong. It is known for its night market and one of the busiest flea markets at night in the territory. The night market is in the Yau Ma Tei, Jordan part of the street and not the Mong Kok part of the street...
  
  )
• D: Waterloo Road

Transport interchange

KMB

• 1- Chuk Yuen Estate ↔ Star Ferry
• 1A- Sau Mau Ping (Central) ↔ Star Ferry
• 2- So Uk ↔ Star Ferry
• 3C- Tsz Wan Shan (North) ↔ China Hong Kong City
• 6- Mei Foo ↔ Star Ferry
• 6A- Lai Chi Kok ↔ Star Ferry
• 6C- Kowloon City Ferry ↔ Mei Foo
• 6F- Lai Kok Estate↔ Kowloon City Ferry
• 7- Lok Fu ↔ Star Ferry
• 8- Kowloon Station ↔ Star Ferry
• 9- Ping Shek ↔ Star Ferry
• 10- Choi Wan ↺ Tai Kok Tsui
• 30X- Allway Gardens ↔ Whampoa Garden
• 35A- On Yam ↔ Tsim Sha Tsui East
• 36B- Lei Muk Shue ↔ Jordan (To Wah Road)
• 41A- Cheung On ↔ Tsim Sha Tsui East
• 42A- Cheung Heng ↔ Jordan (To Wah Road)
• 46- Lai Yiu ↔ Jordan (To Wah Road)
• 60X- Tuen Mun Central ↔ Jordan (To Wah Road)
• 63X- Hung Shui Kiu (Tin Sam Road) ↔ Jordan (To Wah Road)
• 68X- Hung Shui Kiu (Hung Yuen Road) ↔ Jordan (To Wah Road)
• 69X- Tin Shui ↔ Jordan (To Wah Road)
• 81- Wo Che ↔ Jordan (To Wah Road)
• 81C- Yiu On ↔ Hung Hom Station
• 87D- Kam Ying Court ↔ Hung Hom Station
• 93K- Po Lam ↔ Mong Kok East Station
• 95- Tsui Lam ↔ Jordan (To Wah Road)
• 203- Yau Yat Tsuen ↺ Tsim Sha Tsui East
• 203E- Choi Hung ↔ Tuen Mun Station
• 208- Broadcast Drive ↔ Tsim Sha Tsui East
• 212- Sham Shui Po (Tonkin Street) ↔ Kowloon Station
• 234X- Bayview Garden ↔ Tsim Sha Tsui East （Mody Road）
• 238X- Riviera Garden ↔ China Hong Kong City
• 270A- Sheung Shui ↔ Kowloon Station
• 271- Fu Heng ↔ Tsim Sha Tsui (Canton Road)
• 281A- Kwong Yuen ↔ Kowloon Station

Citybus

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• A21- Airport (Ground Transportation Centre) ↔ Hung Hom Station

Cross Harbour Tunnel Bus

• 102- Mei Foo ↔ Shau Kei Wan
• 104- Pak Tin ↔ Kennedy Town
• 112- So Uk ↔ North Point (Pak Fuk Road)
• 117- Sham Shui Po (Yen Chow Street) ↔ Happy Valley (Lower)
• 970- So Uk ↔ Cyberport
• 970X- So Uk ↔ Aberdeen
• 971- Hoi Lai Estate ↔ Shek Pai Wan

Minibus

• 3- Tsim Sha Tsui (Ashley Road） ↔ Tai Kok Tsui
• 21K- Central Park ↺ Mong Kok East Station
• 43M- Central Park ↺ Yau Ma Tei (Portland Street)
• 74- Kowloon Station ↺ Mong Kok
• 74S- Kowloon Station ↺ Ho Man Tin Hill

Neighbouring stations