Tsuen Wan Transport Complex () was a large transport hub in Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong. There was a bus terminus and taxi stand on the ground floor; on top sat a multi-storey car park.
Location Tsuen Wan Transport Complex was located at No. 98 Tai Ho Road, in South Tsuen Wan, near the shore. When it was completed in 1986, it was located next to the Tsuen Wan Town Hall (completed in 1980) and the Tsuen Wan Ferry Pier (demolished in 2000 and rebuilt further south following land reclamation) in an otherwise mostly undeveloped zone of Tsuen Wan New Town. The surrounding area has since then undergone development, and the building later sat next to Clague Garden Estate (1989), Tsuen Wan West station (2003) and Nina Tower (2007).
History Construction of the Complex started in 1983. The multi-storey car park opened in April 1986.Transport Department: Parking Statistics, October 2011 Starting from 1 May 1997, the multi-storey car park was managed by Wilson Parking, taking over from Metropark, a Wharf subsidiary.Transport Department: Car Park Operators A driving school operated on the 9th and 10th floors of the building since 1999.Transport Department: New driving school to be provided in Tsuen Wan, 16 October 1999 As of 2009, the Complex was planned for demolition or partial demolition under the MTR Corporation's TW5 property development project.Agreement No. CE 1/2009 (HY). Draft Brief (13.3.2009) A case in 2010 about environment nuisances caused by street sleepers dwelling in the Complex, highlighted the fact that it had been unclear since 1986, which Government Department held management responsibility for the Complex.Government Secretariat, The Government Minute in Response to the 22nd Annual Report of the Ombudsman 2010. Case No. 2008/3649 : Mishandling a complaint about street sleepers at a Government complex, 8 December 2010. pp. 42-44 As of February 2012, most of the bus routes using the Complex had relocated their termini elsewhere, and most of the building had fallen into disuse.
Features With 778 parking spaces for private cars, the multi-storey car park was, as at December 2011, the second largest Transport Department multi-storey car park after Rumsey Street Car Park.Transport Department: Carparks
Demolition The building was of little use in recent years, especially following the relocation of bus stops in the complex to the new bus terminus not long after the completion of Tsuen Wan West station. As the building occupied the site of further planned residential development (known as the TW5 project, and part of the Tsuen Wan West station property development plan), it was due to be closed on 5 February 2013. The remaining minibus services moved out of the building to the nearby Nina Tower bus / minibus station on 27 January 2013.
The multi-storey car park was closed with effect from 1 February 2013,Transport Department: "Permanent Closure of Tsuen Wan Transport Complex Car Park" and the transport complex was subsequently demolished. The site will become host to a new private housing estate called "Cityside", developed by Chinachem Group.
See also Murray Road Multi-storey Car Park Building Yau Ma Tei Car Park Building
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