Wong Tai Sin station
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Wong Tai Sin (Template:Zh) is a station on the Hong Kong MTR Template:Lnl. It is named after the Wong Tai Sin Temple, which is managed by Taoist organisation Sik Sik Yuen.
Livery
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History
Hip Hing Construction Limited won Contract 204 for the station's construction.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Wong Tai Sin station opened simultaneously with the Kwun Tong line on 1 October 1979.
Station layout
Platforms 1 and 2 share the same island platform.
| G | Ground level | Exits |
| L1 Concourse |
Concourse | Customer service, MTRshops, vending machines |
| Hang Seng Bank, automatic teller machines | ||
| L2 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) | |
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Entrances/exits
- A/E: Lung Cheung Road (West Exit)
- B1/B2: Lung Cheung Road (East Exit)
- B3: Wong Tai Sin Temple, Temple Mall North Wheelchair user access
- C1: Ching Tak Street/Lung Cheung Road Junction
- C2: Ching Tak Street Wheelchair user access
- D1: San Po Kong Wheelchair user access
- D2: Ching Tak Street, Bus Terminus
- D3: Temple Mall South<ref>Template:MTRsource</ref>
Incidents
On 7 September 2023, the station experienced severe flooding due to a torrential rainstorm, causing most of the Kwun Tong Line to be temporarily suspended.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Gallery
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Platforms 1 (right) and 2 (left), 2022
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Lift access for Exit D (2020)
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Paid area of the concourse (2020)
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Concourse, near Exit A (2019)
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Platform 1 of Wong Tai Sin station (2014)
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Wong Tai Sin station Concourse (2008)
