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Tai Po Kau railway station

Tai Po Kau

大埔滘
KCR station
The station as seen in 1968
General information
LocationTai Po Railway Pier,[1] Tai Po Road — Tai Po Kau, Tai Po Kau
Tai Po District, Hong Kong
Coordinates22°26′27″N 114°10′58″E / 22.44083°N 114.18278°E / 22.44083; 114.18278
Owned byKowloon-Canton Railway Corporation
Operated byKowloon-Canton Railway Corporation
Line(s)  Kowloon–Canton Railway (British Section)
Platforms2 (side platforms)
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus, public light bus, kai-to
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Platform levels1
History
Opened1 October 1910; 114 years ago (1910-10-01)
Closed2 May 1983; 41 years ago (1983-05-02)
Services
Preceding station KCR Following station
University
towards Kowloon
KCR British section Tai Po Market
towards Lo Wu
Location
Hong Kong MTR system map
Hong Kong MTR system map
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]

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