Tai Koo Station
Tai Koo (Chinese: 太古) is a station on the Island Line of the Hong Kong MTR system. The station is located in Kornhill on Hong Kong Island and serves the area of Kornhill, including Kornhill Gardens, and Taikoo Shing. Tai Koo has a unique colour scheme; its livery is crimson. Tai Koo station is one of the busiest stations in the system.
The Chinese name of the station can mean Archean. However, the station was named after Taikoo Shing, which was built on the former site of Taikoo Docks. The docks were in turn named after Swire, which its Chinese name also being 太古.
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