Hong Kong subway doors

Hong Kong subway stations, at least those in the touristy areas, have a transparent partition to prevent people from getting into the tracks. The partitions have doors whose openings line up with the subway cars' doors. No chance of some drunken guy or someone having seizure falling onto the tracks. To be correct, I was at a station, Kwai Fong on the MTR Tsuen Wan line, where there was no partition. The station was way up north of Kowloon and not far from the New Territories.

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[gundamzaku11]

what is this station called?

[qaptainqwerty]

It was the Tsim Sha Tsui station of the Tsuen Wan line (red).

[superchan7]

FYI, installed on all underground stations, but not on any surface/elevated stations. They serve a dual purpose, to decrease cost of climate control.

[qaptainqwerty]

Hi Superchan7,

Thanks for the additional info. On my last night in Hong Kong on this trip, I had dinner with relatives near the Kwai Fong station and took this picture:

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Climate control, eh? Great idea, no need to keep the tunnels cool, just the station, where passengers pass through.

[s705945d]

My Fav. STaTion is Tsim Sha Tsui

[superchan7]

To be accurate, the exposed open-air stations are the ones that have no screen doors.

[superchan7]

The original Lai King Station from the 80s was built into the hillside as part of the Tsuen Wan Line. The screen door retrofit programme of the early 2000s included this station.

The station was massively expanded to include the new Tung Chung Line in 1998. That line is fitted with screens throughout, albeit of a different type. Today's Lai King station rises above ground, but that's a technicality.

[Dribbles101]

This brings back so many memories. I was here last summer and it was so fun. Thnx for the upload! xD

[casper1119]

It's nice to have those doors for protection.Toronto subway systems are planing to have them installed sooner.

[powrof3willsetusfree]

well isn't Lai King (Tsuen wan line to tsuen wan / Tung chung line to Tung chung) platform sorta "above ground"?

they have platform screen doors.. hm..

[superchan7]

Yes, because the trains have their own climate control. Nice picture BTW, although you're quite cruel in making me decipher and type all that. =)