Tai Koo (MTR)

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Tai Koo ([[w:Traditional Chinese character|Chinese]]: 太古; [[w:Standard Cantonese|Cantonese]] IPA: [tʰɑɪ₃₃ ku₃₅], [[w:Yale romanization#Cantonese|Yale]]: taai gú, [[w:Jyutping|Jyutping]]: taai3 gu2; [[w:Standard Mandarin|Mandarin]] [[w:Pinyin|Pinyin]]: Tàigǔ) is an underground station on the MTR on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. The livery is crimson.

It serves the vicinity of Kornhill, Kornhill Gardens, Taikoo Shing, Nam Fung Sun Chuen, etc. in Quarry Bay. The station is one of the busiest stations in the system.

It is famous for its dome-shaped rooftop. It was built by explosion and the world's largest underground space was created.

Contents

1 Platforms
2 Shops
3 Entrances/exits
4 Transport Connections

4.1 Minibus
4.2 Bus

5 Neighbouring stations

Platforms

Platform 1: Island Line towards Chai Wan
Platform 2: Island Line towards Sheung Wan

Platforms 1 and 2 share the same island platform.

Shops

7-Eleven
Circle K Mini-store
Hang Seng Bank (with ATMs)
Hang Seng Bank ATMs
Maxim's Cakes
Okashi Land
Saint Honore Cake Shop
Starbucks Coffee
TCBY
Bank of China (Hong Kong) ATMs
An automatic photo machine (Max Sight Photo-Me)
2 vending machines (Swire Coca-Cola)

Entrances/exits

A1 Kornhill Gardens (Blocks 1 to 4)
A2 Kornhill Plaza (North)
B Kornhill (Blocks N to R), Nam Fung Sun Chuen
C Kornhill (Blocks A to M), Jusco, Kornhill Plaza South
D1 Cityplaza (G/F)
D2 Taikoo Shing Road
E1 Cityplaza (2/F)
E2 Kornhill Gardens (Blocks 5 and 6)
E3 Kornhill Gardens (Blocks 7 to 10)

Transport Connections

Minibus

To Kornhill

33M (at exit C)

To Mount Parker Lodge

32A (at exit B, E2 or E3)

Bus

To Tsz Wan Shan (Central)

116 (at exit B)

Neighbouring stations

Preceding station	MTR			Following station
Quarry Bay		Island Line		Sai Wan Ho

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