Kwun Tong station

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Hong Kong English Template:More citations needed Template:Infobox station Kwun Tong (Template:Zh) is a station on the MTR Template:Lnl in Hong Kong. The station opened on 1 October 1979 as the eastern terminus of the first phase of the Kwun Tong line until the Eastern Harbour Crossing to Quarry Bay opened on 6 August 1989. It is located in the Kwun Tong area, between Template:STN and Template:STN stations.

The station is elevated and open-air, unlike almost every other station on the line. Only Ngau Tau Kok and Template:STN stations are like this. Due to difficulties in installing platform screen doors (PSDs) in above ground stations, the MTR decided not to install PSDs in this station, instead installing automatic platform gates (APGs) on the station's platforms in 2011.

A shopping centre and office tower, named apm Millennium City 5, are connected to the station. Beneath the station building is a road tunnel which diverts traffic along Kwun Tong Road from the roundabout around the station.

History

The construction of the station under Contract 212 was awarded to Far East/Coignet joint venture.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Kwun Tong station was opened when the Kwun Tong line was opened on 1 October 1979, and act as the terminus of the system, until Kwun Tong line was extended to Quarry Bay on 6 August 1989.

Station layout

File:KwunTongStationTunnel.jpg

The road tunnel built beneath Kwun Tong station

Platforms 1 and 2 share the same island platform, and it is curved, so the gap is large. Before Lam Tin station was opened, platform 1 was also used for departing westbound trains. After midnight, platform 1 is the termination platform of the Kwun Tong line, so trains can return to Kowloon Bay Depot. Before 07:01, platform 2 is the boarding platform of the Kwun Tong line after trains depart from Kowloon Bay Depot.

U2 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 Kwun Tong line towards Template:STN (Template:STN)
U1	Concourse	Customer service, MTRshops
		Hang Seng Bank, vending machines, automatic teller machines
		Octopus promotion machine
G	Ground level	Exits
-	-	Kwun Tong Road Tunnel

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Entrances/exits

• A1: Yue Man Square Wheelchair user access
• A2: Millennium City 5, APM Mall Wheelchair user access
• B1: Kwun Tong Ferry Pier Harbourfront
• B2: Kwun Tong Plaza
• B3: Crocodile Center
• C1: Yuet Wah Street
• C2: Lei Yue Mun Road
• C3: Hip Wo Street
• D1: Bus Terminus
• D2: Hip Wo Street Wheelchair user access
• D3: Hoi Yuen Road
• D4: Kwun Tong Industrial Centre<ref>Template:MTRsource</ref>

Gallery

• Kwun Tong station platforms (2022)
  Kwun Tong station platforms (2022)
• Station concourse (2022)
  Station concourse (2022)
• Exit A (2021)
  Exit A (2021)
• Exit B (2020)
  Exit B (2020)
• Exit C (2020)
  Exit C (2020)
• Exit D (2020)
  Exit D (2020)
• Footbridge access to the station. (2010) The MTR station name on the side of the footbridge has since been removed.
  Footbridge access to the station. (2010) The MTR station name on the side of the footbridge has since been removed.
• Platform 1 of Kwun Tong station (2014)
  Platform 1 of Kwun Tong station (2014)