Lai King is a metro station in Hong Kong, operated as part of the MTR rapid transit network. The station is located above ground on a viaduct and is an interchange for the Tsuen Wan and Tung Chung lines.
The Chinese name of the station uses the classical character of instead of the contemporary version of . The former is regarded as orthodox per the Kangxi dictionary. The same goes for Lai Chi Kok station which shares the same character.
History
Tsuen Wan Line Lai King was opened on 10 May 1982 as an intermediate stop on the . The station was built to serve the adjacent public housing complex and the container terminal on the coast. The station contractor was Maeda-Okumura joint venture.
Tung Chung Line When the rail link to Lantau Island was announced, Lai King was chosen to be the interchange between the Tsuen Wan line and the then proposed . The new line's construction of a station and tunnels was awarded to Maeda Corporation under Contract 508 in December 1994. During the construction of the Tung Chung line platforms, the layout of the station was significantly altered. New tracks were added above the existing tracks to provide a cross-platform interchange between the Tung Chung and Tsuen Wan lines. The outbound Tsuen Wan line trains now stops on the same level as the outbound Tung Chung line trains, and the same goes for the inbound services.
An additional pair of tracks was constructed to permit the trains to bypass Lai King without stopping. The station is made up of six tracks with four platforms.
A public washroom was made available since 31 October 2019.
Station layout This station is a cross-platform interchange.
Outbound (Tung Chung-bound) passengers on the Tung Chung line can walk across the platform at Lai King to board the Tsuen Wan line trains for destinations in Kwai Chung and Tsuen Wan.
Those who are travelling to Central and Hong Kong Island from Kwai Chung and Tsuen Wan can transfer at Lai King, across the platform, for an express service on the Tung Chung line. Given both the Tsuen Wan line and Tung Chung line trains terminate at the Central & Hong Kong station complex, most passengers opt for the latter (suggest for the Tung Chung Line) as it makes fewer stops. As a result, the station is often crowded at peak hours given the number of transfer passengers.
GExit AGroundExit A1 (Lai King Hill Road)L1Exit BPassagewayExits A2, A3, C (Yin Lai Court, Lai King Estate)L3Upper PlatformPlatform ← towards ()Island platform, doors will open on the left for Tsuen Wan line and right for Tung Chung linePlatform ← towards ()L4Exit CUpper concourseExits, MTR Shops, automatic teller machinesLower concourseExits, customer serviceMTR Shops, Hang Seng Bank, automatic teller machinesL5Lower PlatformPlatform Tsuen Wan line towards () →Island platform, doors will open on the right for Tsuen Wan line and left for Tung Chung linePlatform Tung Chung line towards () → does not stop here →← Airport Express does not stop here
Entrances/exits A1: Lai King Hill Road A2: Yin Lai Court A3: Lai King Estate B: Kwai Chung Container Terminal C: HKEAA Lai King Assessment Centre
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