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22-590: Middle Road is a road that may refer to Middle Road, Hong Kong , in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong Middle Road, Singapore The Middle Road , Canada, which was renamed as part of the Queen Elizabeth Way in 1939 Middle Road (Suffolk County) , a road in Long Island , New York signed as Suffolk County Road 48 Music [ edit ] Middle of

44-616: A result, the 12-car-long set of screen doors were the longest in the world. The status of the East Tsim Sha Tsui station as the southern terminus of the East Rail line was intended to be a temporary arrangement only. Upon the opening of the MTR Kowloon Southern Link on 16 August 2009, the East Rail line terminated in the south at Hung Hom again (albeit only temporary until the opening of Sha Tin to Central Link in 2022), and

66-451: A single journey and are charged accordingly. Also, MTR City Saver users who transfer between East Tsim Sha Tsui and Tsim Sha Tsui stations within thirty minutes are considered to have taken a single journey and no extra journey will be charged. East Tsim Sha Tsui station is linked with Tsim Sha Tsui station through the Mody Road and Middle Road subways. When both stations' exits are combined,

88-527: Is currently an intermediate station on the Tuen Ma line . The station was built to alleviate surface traffic jams and passenger congestion at Kowloon Tong station . The distance from Hung Hom to the station is about one kilometre with the journey time of around two minutes. This station is linked with Tsim Sha Tsui station of the Tsuen Wan line by subways (underground pedestrian tunnels). The predecessor of

110-707: The West Rail line officially merged with the Ma On Shan line (which was already extended into the Tuen Ma line Phase 1 at the time) in East Kowloon to form the new Tuen Ma line , as part of the Shatin to Central link project. Hence, East Tsim Sha Tsui was included in the project and is now an intermediate station on the Tuen Ma line. Passengers heading towards the Tsuen Wan line ride

132-584: The East Rail line was the Kowloon–Canton Railway (British Section) , which was opened in 1910. At the time of opening, its southern terminus was the old Kowloon station located in Tsim Sha Tsui , where the Clock Tower stands today. However, the old Kowloon station was closed in 1975, and the southern terminus of the railway was relocated to the newly built Hung Hom station . An early predecessor to

154-613: The Lantau Airport Railway (now Airport Express and Tung Chung line ). The contract to construct East Tsim Sha Tsui was subsequently awarded to a consortium consisting of Hong Kong-based Gammon Construction and Japan-based Nishimatsu. East Tsim Sha Tsui was opened on 24 October 2004 as a southward extension of the KCR East Rail from Hung Hom , the Tsim Sha Tsui Extension ‌  [ yue ] , symbolising

176-531: The Middle Road Children's Playground began at the eastern end of Middle Road as part of a wider suite of public works improvements in the area. This site remains a playground to this day. It was entirely rebuilt in the early 1980s by the Urban Council in tandem with the development of New World Centre across Salisbury Road. It was demolished after the site was taken over by KCR Corporation in 2001 for

198-487: The Road (band) , Scottish pop group. See also [ edit ] "Middle Road", debut single from former The Stone Roses guitarist Aziz Ibrahim released on No Label Records in 2000 Adult Contemporary (chart) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change

220-454: The Tsuen Wan line must purchase a second ticket at Tsim Sha Tsui station as the ticket is withdrawn once the passengers exit through the turnstiles at East Tsim Sha Tsui station. In contrast, Octopus card users who transfer between East Tsim Sha Tsui and Tsim Sha Tsui stations within thirty minutes without making any other transport related purchases or more than nine non-transport related purchases in between stations are considered to have taken

242-614: The coastline between Blackhead Point and the hill where the Former Marine Police Headquarters Compound stands. Middle Road roughly aligns with the original concave coastline between these two promontories, where once there was a beach. The bay was reclaimed for the construction of the former Kowloon station of the Kowloon–Canton Railway while the Peninsula Hotel was built on the reclamation between Kowloon station and Middle Road. In 1929, construction of

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264-458: The construction of East Tsim Sha Tsui station beneath it, but the playground was reprovisioned over the station and reopened on 9 May 2005. The eastern end of Middle Road was once dominated by the 10-storey Middle Road Multi-storey Car Park, which upon opening on 11   January 1965 was the largest multi-storey car park in Hong Kong. The car park stood directly over part of Middle Road, and

286-515: The entire east–west length of Middle Road – forms a major underground pedestrian artery. Landmarks and adjoining roads, from West to East: 22°17′44″N 114°10′19″E  /  22.29561°N 114.17205°E  / 22.29561; 114.17205 East Tsim Sha Tsui station East Tsim Sha Tsui ( Chinese : 尖東 ; Cantonese Yale : Jīmdūng ) is a station of the Mass Transit Railway (MTR) system of Hong Kong . It

308-465: The escalator up to the concourse and leave the Tuen Ma line system. Then they walk along the Middle Road or Mody Road subway system respectively to reach Tsim Sha Tsui station at exits L2 and M3, respectively. Although the stations are connected by subway, the fare gates for East Tsim Sha Tsui and Tsim Sha Tsui stations are separated. Single journey ticket passengers transferring from the Tuen Ma line to

330-514: The existing Tsim Sha Tsui station of the MTR , an extensive pedestrian subway network was built in the area. A 250-metre-long section of subway was built beneath Middle Road, spanning between the new KCR station and the Kowloon Hotel. This subway was later extended further down Middle Road to Kowloon Park Drive, where it connected to two existing government-owned subways. Today, this subway – which runs

352-428: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Middle_Road&oldid=821187980 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Middle Road, Hong Kong The street runs from Kowloon Park Drive in

374-507: The old car park is not built overtop of Middle Road. The section of road beneath the Middle Road car park was originally unnamed. In May 1987, the Urban Council (then responsible for street naming) decided to treat it as a southward extension of Middle Road, thus applying the same name to it. In the early 2000s, the Kowloon-Canton Railway was extended to a new terminus, East Tsim Sha Tsui station . To link this new station with

396-455: The present East Tsim Sha Tsui station, named Mariner in the East Kowloon line 1970 scheme , was intended to provide interchange to Tsim Sha Tsui of the Kong Kow line (now part of Tsuen Wan line ). Plans for East Tsim Sha Tsui were subsequently revived in 1993 when the plans for East Kowloon line were modified to become a medium-capacity system as part of an Eastern Corridor with transfer to

418-475: The return of the railway to the Tsim Sha Tsui area after 30 years. It served as the southern terminus of the East Rail line until 16 August 2009. As a result of its underground location, the station was equipped with full-height platform screen doors , of the same type used on the KCR West Rail , which opened the year prior. The station was the only one on the East Rail line with these doors for five years, and as

440-521: The tracks between Hung Hom and East Tsim Sha Tsui became part of the West Rail line . As a result, Hung Hom became the common southern terminus of (and provided cross-platform interchange between) the East Rail line and the West Rail line, whilst East Tsim Sha Tsui became an intermediate station on the West Rail line. Due to the shorter length of the Tuen Ma line trains (8 cars), the ends of the platforms were taken out of use and closed off. On 27 June 2021,

462-435: The west to the entrance of East Tsim Sha Tsui station in the east, where it makes a 90-degree turn to the south, terminating at Salisbury Road . Part of Middle Road marks the original coastline of Tsim Sha Tsui prior to land reclamation . A subway runs underneath the east–west segment of the street, forming an important pedestrian artery in the district. Constructed in the late 19th century, Middle Road formerly ran along

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484-525: Was home to the Yau Tsim District Office before Yau Tsim and Mong Kok districts merged. In 2014, the government put the site, which was rezoned for commercial use, up for auction. The car park ceased operation in July 2014. In September 2014, it was announced that developer Henderson Land had won the site with a HK$ 4.7-billion bid. Henderson Land built a commercial tower called "H Zentre", which unlike

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