Kowloon_Tong_station

Kowloon Tong station

Kowloon Tong station

MTR interchange station in Kowloon, Hong Kong

Kowloon Tong is a station on MTR's Kwun Tong line and East Rail line in New Kowloon, Hong Kong. The station serves Kowloon Tong and its vicinity, including Yau Yat Tsuen, the Festival Walk shopping centre, City University of Hong Kong and Hong Kong Baptist University.

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The station straddles the boundary between Kowloon City District and Sham Shui Po District.[1][2]

This station serves as one of four interchange stations for the East Rail line, leading up to the New Territories and entry point to mainland China. Therefore, it is one of the busiest stations in the system.

History

On 1 October 1910, the KCR British Section opened, including Beacon Hill Tunnel, but without any station at Kowloon Tong. Kowloon Tong station on the KCR opened on 4 May 1982, serving as an interchange point with the MTR.

On 1 October 1979, the first phase of the MTR's Kwun Tong line opened to the public, including Kowloon Tong station.

A new underground southern concourse for the East Rail line was opened on 15 April 2004 to increase the station's capacity. The project included a new 60-metre (196 ft 10 in) subway linking to the MTR concourse (meaning the station now has two subways for transferring passengers). The new 1,800-square-metre (19,375 sq ft) concourse also included a new entrance (entrance D) on To Fuk Road. A passenger lift was also installed at entrance E at this time.[3][4]

On 2 December 2007, the MTR–KCR merger took place, and Kowloon Tong became solely operated by MTR, but the turnstiles separating the respective concourse of the Kwun Tong line and East Rail line were not removed until 28 September 2008.

Layout

Kwun Tong line concourse in March 2014
Kwun Tong line platforms in April 2014
Decorations in East Rail line platforms in October 2008
East Rail line platforms in April 2014

There is a reserved space for a track connecting the East Rail line and the Kwun Tong line in the westbound tunnel just outside Kowloon Tong station towards Shek Kip Mei. The space was originally designed to allow the Metro Cammell EMUs to be transferred to the Kwun Tong line when they were unloaded at Hung Hom, but the track was never built as the MTR decided to use lorries to carry all of its train carriages to the Kowloon Bay Depot.[5]

Note that the platforms for both the East Rail line and the Kwun Tong line are called platforms 1 and 2.

U1 overlying buildings Education Bureau Kowloon Education Service Centre
footbridge East Rail line platforms footbridge connecting East Rail line platforms, Festival Walk, Suffolk Road
G Exit H exit, customer service centre, shops
side platform
Platform 1 →      East Rail line towards Lo Wu or Lok Ma Chau (Tai Wai) →
Platform 2 ←      East Rail line towards Admiralty (Mong Kok East)
side platform
Exit G exit, transport interchange, taxi stand, customer service centre, shops
Kwun Tong line concourse exits, transport interchange
C/L1/B East Rail line northern concourse customer service centre, shops, toilets, vending machines, automatic teller machines
Kwun Tong line concourse customer service centre, vending machines, automatic teller machines, shops, Octopus promotion machine, iCentre free internet service
East Rail line southern concourse customer service centre, toilets, shops, automatic teller machines
L2 Platform 1 →      Kwun Tong line towards Tiu Keng Leng (Lok Fu) →
island platform
Platform 2 ←      Kwun Tong line towards Whampoa (Shek Kip Mei)

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    Entrances and exits

    A pedestrian walkway connects the station with Festival Walk, a major shopping centre.[7]

    Kwun Tong line concourse
    East Rail line southern concourse
    • D: Public Transport Interchange Wheelchair user access[7]
    East Rail line northern concourse
    • F: Kent Road Wheelchair user access[7]
    East Rail line platform 2 (ground level)
    • G1: To Fuk Road Wheelchair user access
    • G2: Festival Walk[7]
    East Rail line platform 1 (ground level)
    • H: Hong Kong Productivity Council Wheelchair user access[7]

    Exit H is also accessible from the East Rail line northern concourse. It is possible to walk between Exit A and E in the vicinity of the station without entering the paid area. The same goes for Exit B, C, F and H.

    • Kwun Tong line platforms (2022)
    • Kwun Tong line Platforms 2 (left) and 1 (right) (2021)
    • East Rail line northern concourse (2021)
    • Exterior of Exit F (2021)
    • Paid area of the Kwun Tong line side concourse (2021)
    • Transfer passage way between the Kwun Tong and East Rail line platforms (2021)
    • East Rail line southern concourse (2021)
    • Exit C1 entrance (2021)
    • Exit C2 entrance (2021)
    • Exit E entrance (2021)
    • Exit D entrance (2021)
    • Ground level of Kowloon Tong station in February 2009

    References

    1. [1]
      "Kowloon City District" (PDF). Electoral Affairs Commission. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
    2. [2]
      "Sam Shui Po District" (PDF). Electoral Affairs Commission. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
    3. [3]
      "New KCR / MTR interchange subway at Kowloon Tong Station opens tomorrow". Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation. 14 April 2004.
    4. [4]
      "Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation Annual Report 2004". Hong Kong Public Libraries. Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation. 2005.
    5. [5]
      地鐵神秘景點 – Hong Kong Railway Engineering Centre.
    6. [6]
      "Kowloon Tong Station layout" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
    7. [7]
      "Kowloon Tong Station street map" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
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