Mei Foo station

Mei Foo (Chinese: 美孚) (formerly named Lai Wan until 31 May 1985) is an MTR station on the Tsuen Wan Line and the Tuen Ma line. It is located under Mei Foo Sun Chuen, Lai Chi Kok, New Kowloon in Hong Kong. When not counting the out-of-system transfer between Tsim Sha Tsui and East Tsim Sha Tsui stations, Mei Foo is the only interchange station between those two lines. The station is situated between Lai Chi Kok and Lai King stations on the Tsuen Wan Line and Nam Cheong and Tsuen Wan West stations on the Tuen Ma Line. Opened on 17 May 1982, Mei Foo station's colour scheme is blue, but white for the Tuen Ma Line. The Tsuen Wan Line part of the station is a simple through station with a central island platform, located under Mount Sterling Mall, a pedestrian-only street between the rows of residential buildings in the Mei Foo Sun Chuen housing estate. The station is designed to facilitate the transport needs of the residents of Mei Foo Sun Chuen housing estate, consisting of 132 buildings and several schools, and the point of transfer between the Kowloon urban area and the new town of Tsuen Wan. If there is heavy traffic on Kwai Chung Road, the main road into urban Kowloon, many commuters transfer from buses to trains here to continue to Kowloon and Central on Hong Kong Island.