Kowloon station (MTR)

Kowloon is a station on the Template:Lnl and the Template:Lnl of Hong Kong's MTR. It is one of the two Airport Express stations providing in-town check-in services for passengers departing from Hong Kong International Airport and free shuttle bus services to most major hotels in the Tsim Sha Tsui and Yau Ma Tei areas.

The station is located less than two hundred meters west of the Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong Express Rail Link Hong Kong section West Kowloon Terminus, five hundred meters west of Template:STN on the Template:Lnl and a kilometre west of Jordan station on the Template:Lnl.

Escalators link Elements directly with the station concourse.

History

The station was designed by TFP Farrells.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> During the planning stage, it was called West Kowloon station (Template:Zh). The construction contract (Contract 503C) was awarded to a joint venture of Kumagai Gumi, Entrecanales y Tavora, and Cubiertas y MZOV (both later merged to form Acciona) on 28 November 1994.

On 16 September 2000, the new shopping mall "Dickson CyberExpress" (Template:Zh) was opened by Dickson Poon. The size was Template:Convert spread over four levels of the station with six shopping areas.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> However, the mall did not have the expected volume of customers and business was weak. After half a year, the mall shrank in size. The mall's management company planned to decrease the level of the mall from 4 levels to 3 levels and to combine some of the shopping areas.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Business remained poor due to sparse population near the station and a recession at that time. The mall finally closed its operation in 2005.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The station was proposed as the terminus of the unbuilt East Kowloon line; the proposal indicated using a reserved confined space under the Tung Chung line platforms.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The station is connected via footbridges to Template:STN on the Tuen Ma line. The station is connected to West Kowloon Terminus of the Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong Express Rail Link Hong Kong section.

Station layout

As in other Airport Express stations, the Airport Express and the Tung Chung line have separated paid areas. Platform 2 is only used for disembarking passengers from Hong Kong International Airport or Template:STN, except during morning rush hours from Monday to Saturday for boarding passengers traveling on the line to Hong Kong station with a Morning Express Ticket.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

U5	Residential and commercial area	Exits, Union Square, The Waterfront, Sorrento
		The Harbourside, The Arch, International Commerce Centre, The Cullinan
U4	Tung Chung line concourse	Exit, Elements mall
U3	Airport Express concourse
	Tung Chung line concourse	Exit, Elements mall, escalator to U5
G	Airport Express check-in	Customer service, drop-off area, in-town check-in, left luggage
		MTRshops, vending machines, toilets, police post
	Tung Chung line concourse	Exits, customer service, car park, toilet
		Airport Express shuttle bus, public transport interchange
		MTRshops, Hang Seng Bank, automatic teller machines
L2 Platforms	Airport Express concourse	Customer service, drop-off area, toilets
	Side platform, doors will open on the left
	Platform Template:MTR platform	Template:0 Template:Rcb towards Template:STN (Template:STN) →
	Platform Template:MTR platform	← Template:Rcb Airport Express towards Template:STN (Terminus)
	Side platform, doors will open on the left
	Airport Express concourse	Customer service, taxi stand, MTRshops, toilets
L3	Confined space	Reserved for East Kowloon line
L4 Platforms	Platform Template:MTR platform	Template:0 Template:Rcb towards Template:STN (Template:STN) →
	Island platform, doors will open on the right
	Platform Template:MTR platform	← Template:Rcb Tung Chung line towards Hong Kong (Terminus)
-	Confined space	Reserved for East Kowloon line

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Entrances and exits

Tung Chung line Concourse (G)<ref name=map />

• A - Station Car Park Wheelchair user access
• B - Airport Express Shuttle Bus Wheelchair user access
• C and D - Elements mall(ELEMENTS)
  • C1 - High Speed Rail, Hong Kong West Kowloon Station, Tuen Ma Line, Austin Station, Public transport interchange, Cross Boundary Coach Terminus, Elements, International Commerce Centre(ICC), Xiqu Centre, Kwun Chung Spotrs Centre, Kowloon Park Wheelchair user access
  • C2 - Sorrento, The Arch, The Harbourside, The Waterfront Wheelchair user access
  • D1 - Elements mall
  • D2 - Sorrento, International Commerce Centre, The Arch, The Harbourside, The Waterfront

Airport Express In-town Check In (G)<ref name=map>Template:MTRsource</ref>

• E1-E5 - West Kowloon Cultural District, West Kowloon Waterfront Promenade, Western Harbour Crossing bus stops

Gallery

• The long escalator
  The long escalator
• Airport Express check-in desk, from Elements
  Airport Express check-in desk, from Elements
• Platform 1 (Airport Express)
  Platform 1 (Airport Express)
• Airport Express Check-in Concourse
  Airport Express Check-in Concourse
• Platform 1 (Airport Express)
  Platform 1 (Airport Express)
• Platform 3 (Tung Chung line)
  Platform 3 (Tung Chung line)
• Platform 3 (Tung Chung Line)
  Platform 3 (Tung Chung Line)
• Platform 3 (Tung Chung Line)
  Platform 3 (Tung Chung Line)

External links

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