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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.

Kowloon Tong

九龍塘
MTR rapid transit station
Ground level of Kowloon Tong station in February 2009
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese九龍
Simplified Chinese九龙
JyutpingGau2lung4tong4
Hanyu PinyinJiǔlóngtáng
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinJiǔlóngtáng
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationGáulùngtòng
IPA[kɐ̌ulȍŋtʰɔ̏ːŋ]
JyutpingGau2lung4tong4
General information
LocationSuffolk Road / To Fuk Road, Kowloon Tong
Kowloon City District, Hong Kong
Coordinates22°20′13″N 114°10′34″E
Owned by
  •   Kwun Tong line: MTR Corporation
  •   East Rail line: KCR Corporation
Operated byMTR Corporation
Line(s)
  • Kwun Tong line
  • East Rail line
Platforms4 (1 island platform on Kwun Tong line and 2 side platforms on East Rail line)
Tracks4
Connections
  • Bus, minibus
Construction
Structure type
  •   Kwun Tong line: Underground
  •   East Rail line: At-grade
Platform levels2
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Station codeKOT
History
Opened
  •   Kwun Tong line: 1 October 1979; 43 years ago (1979-10-01)
  •   East Rail line: 4 May 1982; 40 years ago (1982-05-04)
Electrified  East Rail line: 6 May 1982; 40 years ago (1982-05-06)
Services
Preceding station MTR Following station
Shek Kip Mei
towards Whampoa
Kwun Tong line Lok Fu
Mong Kok East
towards Admiralty
East Rail line Tai Wai
towards Lo Wu or Lok Ma Chau
Track layout
Legend
Tai Wai
Beacon Hill
Tunnel
Lok Fu
Shek Kip Mei
Mong Kok East
Location
Kowloon Tong
Location within the MTR system

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 (another interchange Tsim Sha Tsui/East Tsim Sha Tsui is less convenient).


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 Modified Initial System opened to the public, including Kowloon Tong station. When the Tsuen Wan line opened, the Modified Initial System was split into two lines, and Kowloon Tong become a station of the newly designated Kwun Tong line.

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 subway linking to the MTR concourse (meaning the station now has two subways for transferring passengers). The new 1,800-square-metre 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 become 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)[lower-alpha 1]
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)

[6]

  1. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, cross-border traffic on the East Rail line are suspended: Lo Wu station remains in limited service for registered village residents only, and Lok Ma Chau station is temporarily closed from public usage.

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
East Rail line northern concourse
East Rail line platform 2 (ground level)
East Rail line platform 1 (ground level)

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.


References


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



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