Nathan Road

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Main street in Kowloon, Hong Kong

title: "Nathan Road" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["roads-in-kowloon", "tsim-sha-tsui", "yau-ma-tei", "mong-kok", "shopping-districts-and-streets-in-hong-kong"] description: "Main street in Kowloon, Hong Kong" topic_path: "general/roads-in-kowloon" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Road" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Main street in Kowloon, Hong Kong ::

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nameNathan Road
native_name彌敦道
imageNathan Road Jordan Section 201301.jpg
captionJordan section of Nathan Road, at its intersection with Austin Road
former_namesRobinson Road, Katori-dori (during Japanese Occupation, 1942-1945)
namesakeSir Matthew Nathan
direction_aSouth
terminus_aSalisbury Road
direction_bNorth
terminus_bBoundary Street
locationKowloon, Hong Kong
coordinates
mapframe-wikidatayes
mapframe-zoom12
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| name = Nathan Road | native_name = 彌敦道 | image = Nathan Road Jordan Section 201301.jpg | caption =Jordan section of Nathan Road, at its intersection with Austin Road | former_names = Robinson Road, Katori-dori (during Japanese Occupation, 1942-1945)

| namesake = Sir Matthew Nathan

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History

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a7/Nathan_Road_1910.jpg" caption="Nathan Road in the 1920s ([[Cameron Road]] on right)"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/df/St_Andrew's_Church_2017.jpg" caption="Saint Andrew's Church"] ::

The first section of the road was completed in 1861. It was the first road built in Kowloon, after the land was ceded by the Qing dynasty government to the United Kingdom and made part of the crown colony in 1860. The road was originally named Robinson Road, after Sir Hercules Robinson, the 5th governor of Hong Kong. To avoid confusion with the Robinson Road on Hong Kong Island, the name was changed to Nathan Road in 1909, after Sir Matthew Nathan, the 13th governor who served between 1904 and 1907.

The road started at Mody Road in Tsim Sha Tsui, ending northward at Austin Road. When Sha Tsui Wan was reclaimed in the late 1800s, Salisbury Road was extended east, and Nathan Road was extended south to meet it. Nathan was extended northward in the 1920s. The section of the road from Gascoigne Road to Argyle Street was originally named Coronation Road (加冕道), in honour of the coronation of King George V in 1911. The road was renamed as part of Nathan Road in 1926, after works joining the road and Nathan Road was completed. The section of Tai Po Road south of Boundary Street was also renamed as part of the road.

The early Nathan Road was largely residential, with colonial-style houses with arched verandahs and covered archways. It was home to the Whitfield Barracks, which later became Kowloon Park. Saint Andrew's Church, the oldest Anglican church in Kowloon, has been located there since its completion in 1906.

In 1996, the Garley Building fire broke out, killing 41 people. In 2008, the Cornwall Court fire broke out, involving more than 200 firefighters, killing 4 people, including 2 fire fighters.

Landmarks

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0b/Chung_king_mansions.jpg" caption="[[Chungking Mansions"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/Nathan_Road_TST_Section_Trees_201007.jpg" caption="The old trees along the former [[Kowloon British School"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/21/HK_Nathan_Road_Jordan_Section_2009.jpg" caption="Jordan]] section."] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2a/Nathan_Road_during_Umbrella_Movement_2014.jpg" caption="2014 Umbrella Movement"] ::

Public transport

Five stations of the Mass Transit Railway (MTR) are built directly underneath Nathan Road, where the Tsuen Wan Line runs parallel with. These stations are, from north to south:

The road is heavily trafficked by numerous bus routes, such as buses 1, 1A, 2, 3C, 6, 203E, 270A among many others. Many bus stops line the road.

Gallery

Image:Nathan Road south end (deep blue sky).jpg|The southern end section of Nathan Road Image:KMB-E500.JPG|KMB Enviro500 serving Route 1 on Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui. File:Entrance and exit A1 of Tsim Sha Tsui Station after renovation.jpg|Exit A1 of Tsim Sha Tsui station on Nathan Road. File:HK Kowloon Masjid and Islamic Centre.jpg|Kowloon Masjid and Islamic Centre. File:HK Parklane Avenue.jpg|Park Lane Shopper's Boulevard. File:Tsim Sha Tsui - 2008 Summer Olympics torch relay in Hong Kong - 2008-05-02 10h38m10s SN207070.jpg|2008 Summer Olympics torch relay in front of the Former Kowloon British School. File:HK Nathan Road Mong Kok Section.jpg|Nathan Road, near Mong Kok. File:HK Prince Edward Nathan Road Ling Kee Mongkok Police Station.JPG|Nathan Road, in the Prince Edward area.

References

References

  1. [http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/g1909/11841.pdf ''The Hong Kong Government Gazette'', March 19, 1909]
  2. (2008-01-01). "建成之道: 戰後香港的道路發展". Hong Kong University Press.
  3. RTHK. "[http://gbcode.rthk.org.hk/han3/2/1/1/0/0/0/0/www.rthk.org.hk/rthk/tv/thepulse/20080815.html RTHK gbcode] {{Webarchive. link. (16 October 2008 ." ''Cornwall Court Fire Tragedy; Bill Gates in Hong Kong; Shopaholics .'' Retrieved on 28 September 2008.)
  4. Yahoo. "[http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/latest/4881016/dead-hk-nightclub-spreads Yahoo.com]{{dead link. (February 2018)
  5. "Hong Kong Police Force: Address of Tsim Sha Tsui Division".
  6. "HSBC Business Centres: Address for Mongkok Branch".

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