Kowloon Tong Station
Kowloon Tong 九龍塘 | ||||||||||||||||
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| MTR rapid transit station | ||||||||||||||||
 Platform 1 (East Rail Line) | ||||||||||||||||
| Location |
Suffolk Road / To Fuk Road, Kowloon Tong Kowloon City District, Hong Kong | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 22°20′13″N 114°10′34″E / 22.3370°N 114.1762°ECoordinates: 22°20′13″N 114°10′34″E / 22.3370°N 114.1762°E | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | MTR Corporation (Kwun Tong), Kowloon–Canton Railway Corporation (East Rail) | |||||||||||||||
| Operated by | MTR Corporation | |||||||||||||||
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| Platforms | 4 (island platform (Kwun Tong), side platforms (East Rail)) | |||||||||||||||
| Connections | Bus, public light bus | |||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Underground (Kwun Tong), at-grade (East Rail) | |||||||||||||||
| Platform levels | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes | |||||||||||||||
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| Electrified | 1983 (East Rail Line) | |||||||||||||||
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  Kowloon Tong Location within the MTR system | ||||||||||||||||
| Kowloon Tong Station | |||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 九龍塘 | ||||||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 九龙塘 | ||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Pond of nine dragons | ||||||||||||||
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Kowloon Tong is a station on MTR's Kwun Tong Line and East Rail Line in New Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Kowloon Tong 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.
This station serves as one of the two 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. The load of Kowloon Tong station was heavily reduced, when a new interchange station was built at Tsim Sha Tsui/East Tsim Sha Tsui. It is because, prior to the commissioning of the KCR East Rail extension to East Tsim Sha Tsui station, Kowloon Tong station was the only station offering such interchange to passengers.
A new concourse for East Rail Line was opened on 15 April 2004 to increase its capacity.
On 28 September 2008, turnstiles separating the respective concourse of Kwun Tong Line and East Rail Line were removed.
Timetable
| Line | Destination | First train | Last train | |
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| Kwun Tong Line | Tiu Keng Leng | 06:21 | 00:51 | |
| Kwun Tong | 01:11 | |||
| Yau Ma Tei | 06:04 | 00:42 | ||
| East Rail Line | Lo Wu | 05:36 | 23:13 | |
| Lok Ma Chau | 05:30 | 21:41 | ||
| Sheung Shui | 00:31 | |||
| Hung Hom | 05:45 | 01:04 | ||
| Source: MTR[1] | ||||
Station layout
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 Metro-Cammells 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.[2]
Note that the platforms for both the East Rail Line and the Kwun Tong Line are called platforms 1 and 2.
| U | Overlying Buildings | Education Bureau Kowloon Education Service Centre |
| Footbridge | East Rail Line platforms |
footbridge connecting East Rail Line platforms, Festival Walk, Suffolk Road |
| G Platforms (Ground) |
Exit H | Exit, customer service, MTR Shops |
| Platform 1 | → East Rail Line towards Lo Wu or Lok Ma Chau (Tai Wai) → | |
| Platform 2 | ← East Rail Line towards Hung Hom (Mong Kok East) | |
| Exit G | Exit, transport interchange, taxi stand | |
| Customer service, MTR Shops | ||
| Kwun Tong Line concourse |
Exits, Transport Interchange | |
| C Concourse |
East Rail Line Northern concourse |
Customer service, MTR Shops, toilets |
| Vending machines, ATMs | ||
| Kwun Tong Line concourse |
Customer Service, Vending machines, ATMs | |
| MTR Shops, Octopus promotion machine | ||
| iCentre free internet service | ||
| East Rail Line Southern concourse |
Customer service, toilets, MTR Shops | |
| Automatic teller machines | ||
| Platforms | Platform 1 | → Kwun Tong Line towards Tiu Keng Leng (Lok Fu) → |
| Platform 2 | ← Kwun Tong Line towards Yau Ma Tei (Shek Kip Mei) | |
Entrances and exits
A pedestrian walkway connects the station with Festival Walk, a major shopping centre.[4]
- Kwun Tong Line concourse
- A1: Suffolk Road
- A2: Hong Kong Baptist Hospital
- B: Suffolk Road
- C1: Festival Walk
- C2: City University of Hong Kong
- E: EDB Education Services Centre[4]
- East Rail Line southern concourse
- D: Public Transport Interchange [4]
- East Rail Line northern concourse
- F: Kent Road [4]
- East Rail Line platform 2 (ground level)
- G1: To Fuk Road
- G2: Festival Walk[4]
- 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.
Transport connections
- Minibus Routes
To Academic Community Hall/Broadcast Drive/Baptist University:
- 29A (Exit A2)
To Beacon Hill:
- 29B (Exit A2)
To Kowloon City:
- 25M (Exit B2)
To World Wide Gardens:
- 61M (Exit A2)
- Kowloon Tong Railway Station Bus Terminus (Exits A1 or B2)
To Hin King Estate/ Sun Tin Wai Estate:
- 281M
To Sui Wo Court:
- 80M
References
- ↑ "Kowloon Tong Station timetable" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
- ↑ 地鐵神秘景點 – Hong Kong Railway Engineering Centre.
- ↑ "Kowloon Tong Station layout" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Kowloon Tong Station street map" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
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