Cheung Sha Wan Road (長沙灣道) is a major throughfare in Sham Shui Po District, Kowloon, which extends from Lai Chi Kok Bridge in Mei Foo to the junction with Boundary Street and Nathan Road, and is used by the most number of routes in the district.
Cheung Sha Wan Road has a shape, with the section between Mei Foo and Kom Tsun Street being one-way eastbound, and that between Kom Tsun Street and Kwong Cheung Street being two-way east-westbound, and the remaining parts being two-way north-southbound. KMB categorises it as a north-southbound road.
History[]
Construction for Cheung Sha Wan Road began in the 1920s, and was named Cheung Sha Wan Road with its terminus located at Cheung Sha Wan waterside near Yen Chow Street, which was gazetted on 23 September 1923.[2]
With the expansions underwent in the 1950s, Cheung Sha Wan Road was extended to Mei Foo in late 1960s to connect with Lai Chi Kok Flyover, replacing Un Chau Street and Castle Peak Road as the major arterial road in Sham Shui Po District.
Cheung Sha Wan Road generally reflects the industrial activities in the area, spanning the Cheung Sha Wan industrial area, clothes retail in Sham Shui Po Central, to the Mei Foo Sun Chuen, public housing estates and single block residential buildings - all along one road.
Structure and usage situation[]
Cheung Sha Wan Road is served by more bus routes than other parallel roads (e.g. Castle Peak Road, Lai Chi Kok Road, Un Chau Street, etc.), having a very busy traffic. Sham Shui Po section of Tsuen Wan Line was also built along Cheung Sha Wan Road.
Cheung Sha Wan Road generally runsin a north-southbound direction. However, due to structural problems, the section between Mei Foo and Kom Tsun Street has a one-way eastbound traffic while the section between Kom Tsun Street and Kwong Cheung Street has a two-way east-westbound traffic, rendering an unusual southbound indication for north-northeastern stops between Kom Tsun Street and Kwong Cheung Street by KMB. The section east of Kwong Cheung Street tuns in a northeastern-southwestern direction on both bounds.
Bus stops[]
| Bus stops alonh Cheung Sha Wan Road (from north to south) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Northbound stop | Southbound stop | Brief location | Remarks |
| Lai Chi Kok | Lai Chi Kok Bridge ( Kwai Chung Road) (southbound only)
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| ／ | Mei Foo Station | Opposite to Mei Foo Public Transport Interchange | Named "Mei Foo" by Citybus Bus stop for the opposite direction located on Lai Chi Kok Road | |
| Mei Lai Road (southbound, straight on traffic only) | ||||
| ／ | Mei Foo Station | Outside substation | ||
| Butterfly Valley Road (accessible to Lai Chi Kok Road or Castle Peak Road)
| ||||
| Cheung Sha Wan | Cheung Shun Street (northbound, accessible to Cheung Sha Wan Bus Terminus) (U-turn slip road at northbound lane for returning to southbound; eastbound/southbound west of this point) | |||
| Kom Tsun Street (southbound, straight-on traffic only) | ||||
| Cheung Shun Street Playground | / | Off Cheung Sha Wan Road/Cheung Shun Street Playground | ||
| Flyover (accessible to Mei Foo, Castle Peak Road or Kwai Chung Road)
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| Tung Chau West Street (southbound, accessible to Castle Peak Road) | ||||
| Cheung Lai Street Cheung Sha Wan | Lai Chi Kok Station | Between Cheung Lai Street and flyover | ||
| Cheung Lai Street (northbound, straight on traffic only) | ||||
| Lai Chi Kok Station | Outside Lai Chi Kok Station | Northbound stop named "Cheung Sha Wan Plaza" by Citybus | ||
| Tai Nan West Street (slip road located ahead on southbound road, no right turn; straight ahead only for northbound) | ||||
| Cheung Sha Wan Path | Near Cheung Sha Wan Path | |||
| Kwong Cheung Street Cheung Sha Wan | ||||
| Kwong Cheung Street (southbound, exit to Cheung Sha Wan Post Office) (east-westbound/north-southbound bend) | ||||
| Hing Wah Street Cheung Sha Wan | Cheung Wah Street | Off former Cheung Sha Wan Post Office | ||
| Cheung Wah Street (straight-on traffic only) | ||||
| Hing Wah Street Cheung Sha Wan | Outside Cheung Sha Wan Sports Centre | |||
| Hing Wah Street | ||||
| Trade Squarr | Cheung Sha Wan Station | Between Cheung Sha Wan Station Exit C2 and Cheung Sha Wan Fire Station | ||
| Fat Tseung Street (northbound, no right turn allowed) | ||||
| Cheung Sha Wa Playground | Un Chau Estate | Between Un Chau Estate Garden and Cheung Sha Wan Playground | ||
| Wing Lung Street (southbound, straight-on traffic only) | ||||
| Tonkin Street Cheung Sha Wan | Near Tonkin Street | |||
| Tonkin Street (no right turn from southbound allowed) | ||||
| Sham Shui Po | Lai Kok Estate | / | Outside Lai Kok Shopping Centre | |
| Yee Kok Court | Kowloon Technical School | Between Yee Kok Court and Kowloon Technical School | ||
| Yee Ching Court | Kiu Kiang Street Sham Shui Po | Outside CLP Sham Shui Po Centre | Southbound stop named "Yee Kok Court" by Citybus | |
| Kiu Kiang Street (southbound, vehicles to Yen Chow Street must pass through Kiu Kiang Street and Fuk Wa Street [except franchised buses]) | ||||
| ／ | Yen Chow Street Sham Shui Po | Opposite to Cheung Sha Wan Government Offices | ||
| Yen Chow Street (no left turn for southbound traffic, southbound right turn only for franchised buses; no left turn for northbound traffic) | ||||
| Yen Chow Street Sham Shui Po | Near Sham Shui Po Station Exits C1 and D1 | |||
| Pei Ho Street Sham Shui Po | Near Sham Shui Po Station Exits A1 and B1 | |||
| Pei Ho Street Sham Shui Po | Sham Shui Po Station | Near Sham Shui Po Station Exit B1 | ||
| Nam Cheong Street (no right turn for northbound traffic) | ||||
| / | Near Nam Cheong Street | |||
| Shek Kip Mei Street (straight on traffic only on both bounds) | ||||
| Wong Chuk Street | Near Wong Chuk Street | |||
| Wong Chuk Street (straight on traffic only on both bounds, with vehicular flyover from southbound road to Boundary Street) | ||||
| Maple Street Sham Shui Po | Near Maple Street | |||
| Maple Street | ||||
| Maple Street Sham Shui Po | After Maple Street | |||
| Tai Po Road (southbound) | ||||
| Boundary Street, Nathan Road | ||||
Galle eu[]
Related information archives[]
Archived on EBTHK
Related articles[]
- Lai Chi Kok Road
Notes and references[]
- ↑ G. N. 4780: Street Naming, HKSAR Government Gazette Vol. 23, Issue 30, 26 July 2019.
- ↑ G.N. 411, 23 September 1923