Tai Po Kau railway station
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University towards Kowloon | KCR British section | Tai Po Market towards Lo Wu |
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Tai Po Kau Location within the current MTR system |
Tai Po Kau (Chinese: 大埔滘車站), also signed simply as Tai Po,[citation needed][2] was a railway station on the British section of the Kowloon–Canton Railway in Tai Po Kau, New Territories, Hong Kong. Its location next to Tai Po Hoi and a pier serving the northeast New Territories made Tai Po Kau a transport hub.
The station had traditional Chinese architecture.[citation needed][2]
As roads and public transport were improved in the area and as the remote villages depopulated, the importance of the station and the pier declined quickly. The station was abandoned when the railway was electrified in the early 1980s. At this time, two ferry routes serving the adjacent pier (to Tap Mun and Tung Ping Chau) were moved to the Ma Liu Shui Pier near University station.[3]
In the 1990s, the station structure was removed and replaced with staff quarters of the KCR Corporation. This development is called "Trackside Villas" and is linked to Tai Po Market station by a shuttle bus.[4]
References
- ^ "Google Maps". Google Inc. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
- ^ a b https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/3b591f76r http://hongkongandmacaustuff.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/the-former-tai-po-railway-station-at.html https://industrialhistoryhk.org/tai-kau-railway-station-kcr/ http://industrialhistoryhk.org/tai-kau-station-kcr-ferry-pier-transport-hub/ https://gwulo.com/atom/15479
- ^ "Ferry changes". South China Morning Post. 1 May 1983.
- ^ "Residents' Service Route No. : NR50" (PDF). Transport Department. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
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- A Chau (丫洲, Centre Island)
- Breaker Reef
- Bun Sha Pai (崩紗排)
- Cham Pai (杉排)
- Chau Tsai Kok (洲仔角)
- Che Lei Pai (扯里排)
- Chek Chau (赤洲, Port Island)
- Flat Island (銀洲)
- Hau Tsz Kok Pai (孝子角排)
- Hin Pai (蜆排)
- Kung Chau (弓洲)
- Ma Shi Chau (馬屎洲)
- Ma Yan Pai (媽印排)
- Mo Chau (磨洲)
- Ping Chau (平洲)
- Sam Pui Chau (三杯酒)
- Sha Pai (沙排)
- Shek Ngau Chau (石牛洲)
- Tang Chau (燈洲)
- Tap Mun Chau (塔門洲, Grass Island)
- Tit Shue Pai (鐵樹排)
- Tung Ping Chau
- Wai Chau Pai (灣仔排)
- Wu Chau (烏洲)
- Yeung Chau (洋洲)
- Yim Tin Tsai
- Cloudy Hill
- Hong Kong Railway Museum
- Hong Lok Yuen
- Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden
- Lam Tsuen Valley
- Lam Tsuen wishing trees
- Mang Gui Kiu
- Museum of Ethnology
- Plover Cove
- Sai Kung West Country Park
- Tai Po Industrial Estate
- Tai Po Kau Nature Reserve
- Tai Po Lookout
- Tai Po Sports Ground
- Tai Po Waterfront Park
- Three Fathoms Cove
- Historic churches of Sai Kung Peninsula
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