Kowloon Tong station

Template:Short description Template:More citations needed Template:EngvarB Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox station Kowloon Tong is a station on MTR's Template:Lnl and Template:Lnl 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.

The station straddles the boundary between Kowloon City District and Sham Shui Po District.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

This station serves as one of four interchange stations for the Template:Lnl, 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. Kumagai Gumi is the main contractor under Contract 205.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

A new underground southern concourse for the Template:Lnl was opened on 15 April 2004 to increase the station's capacity. The project included a new Template:Convert subway linking to the MTR concourse (meaning the station now has two subways for transferring passengers). The new Template:Convert concourse also included a new entrance (entrance D) on To Fuk Road. A passenger lift was also installed at entrance E at this time.<ref name="newsubway">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="2004kcr">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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 Template:Lnl and Template:Lnl were not removed until 28 September 2008.

Station layout

Template:Multiple image 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.<ref>地鐵神秘景點 – Hong Kong Railway Engineering Centre.</ref>

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 Template:MTR platform	Template:0 Template:Rcb towards Template:STN or Template:STN (Template:STN) →
	Platform Template:MTR platform	← Template:Rcb East Rail line towards Template:STN (Template:STN)
	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 Template:MTR platform	Template:0 Template:Rcb towards Template:STN (Template:STN) →
	island platform
	Platform Template:MTR platform	← Template:Rcb Kwun Tong line towards Template:STN (Template:STN)

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Entrances and exits

A pedestrian walkway connects the station with Festival Walk, a major shopping centre.<ref name=map>Template:MTRsource</ref>

Kwun Tong line concourse

• A1: Suffolk Road
• A2: Hong Kong Baptist Hospital/Hong Kong Baptist University
• B: Suffolk Road
• C1: Hong Kong Productivity Council
• C2: Festival Walk/City University of Hong Kong Wheelchair user access
• E: EDB Education Services Centre<ref name=map /> Wheelchair user access

East Rail line southern concourse

• D: Public Transport Interchange Wheelchair user access<ref name=map />

East Rail line northern concourse

• F: Kent Road Wheelchair user access<ref name=map />

East Rail line platform 2 (ground level)

• G1: To Fuk Road Wheelchair user access
• G2: Festival Walk<ref name=map />

East Rail line platform 1 (ground level)

• H: Hong Kong Productivity Council Wheelchair user access<ref name=map />

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.

Gallery

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