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{{short description|Hong Kong MTR station}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2017}}
{{Use Hong Kong English|date=March 2017}}
{{Infobox station
| name               = Po Lam
| native_name        = 寶琳
| native_name_lang   = zh-Hant
| style              = MTR
| style2             = Tseung Kwan O
| symbol_location    = hk
| symbol             = MTR
| type               = [[MTR]] [[rapid transit]] station
| image              = Po Lam Station Exterior 201405.jpg
| image_caption      = Exterior of Po Lam station in 2014
| mlanguage          = {{Infobox Chinese/Chinese|t=寶琳|s=宝林|l=Pauline}}
| address            = Mau Yip Road, [[Po Lam]]
| borough            = [[Tseung Kwan O]], [[Sai Kung District]]
| country            = Hong Kong
| coordinates        = {{coord|22.3224|114.258|region:HK|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| elevation          = 
| line               = {{rcb|MTR|Tseung Kwan O|croute}}
| connections        = 
| distance           = 
| structure          = At-grade, fully covered
| platform           = 1 [[side platform]])<ref name = layout>{{cite web |title=Po Lam Station Layout |url=http://www.mtr.com.hk/archive/ch/services/layouts/poa.pdf |publisher=[[MTR Corporation]] |format=PDF |accessdate=29 February 2020 |archivedate=27 August 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200827065245/http://www.mtr.com.hk/archive/ch/services/layouts/poa.pdf}}</ref>
| depth              = 
| levels             = 1<ref name = layout/>
| architect          = RMJM Hong Kong Ltd.
| tracks             = 1<ref name = layout/>
| parking            = 
| bicycle            = 
| opened             = {{start date and age|df=y|2002|8|18}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Commissioning of Tseung Kwan O Line and Tseung Kwan O Line Fares |url=https://www.legco.gov.hk/yr01-02/english/panels/tp/papers/tp0712cb1-2202-2e.pdf |publisher=[[Legislative Council|Legislative Council of Hong Kong]] Panel on Transport |accessdate=27 August 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200827063556/https://www.legco.gov.hk/yr01-02/english/panels/tp/papers/tp0712cb1-2202-2e.pdf |archivedate=27 August 2020}}</ref>
| opening            = 
| closed             = 
| rebuilt            = 
| electrified        = 
| accessible         = {{URL|1=https://www.mtr.com.hk/en/customer/services/free_search.php?query_type=search&station=52|2=Yes}}
| code               = POA
| owned              = [[MTR Corporation]]
| operator           = MTR Corporation
| zone               = 
| former             = 
| passengers         = 
| pass_year          = 
| pass_percent       = 
| pass_system        = 
| mpassengers        = 
| last               = 
| services           = {{Adjstn|system=MTR
|line=Tseung Kwan O|left=Hang Hau}}
| map_type           = Hong Kong MTR
| map_alt            = Hong Kong MTR system map
| map_caption        = Location within the [[MTR]] system
| route_map          = {{Routemap
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|legend=track
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'''Po Lam''' ({{zh|t=寶琳}}; [[Yale romanization of Cantonese|Cantonese Yale]]: Bóulàhm) is the northern [[Train station#Terminus|terminus]] [[MTR]] [[List of MTR stations|station]] of the {{lnl|MTR|tko}}. It is located on Mau Yip Road, [[Po Lam]], in the [[New Territories]] of Hong Kong, sandwiched by Phases 1 to 3 of [[Metro City (Hong Kong)|Metro City]]. Built by [[Maeda Corporation]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Maeda Corporation |url=http://asce.webhost.ust.hk/database/contractor/maeda.htm |publisher=[[Hong Kong University of Science and Technology]] |accessdate=29 February 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200823123058/http://asce.webhost.ust.hk/database/contractor/maeda.htm |archivedate=23 August 2020}}</ref> it opened on 18 August 2002. The name of the station is taken from the nearby Po Lam Road North.

==Station layout==
{|border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3
| rowspan="4" style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray; border-top:solid 1px gray; vertical-align:top;width:50px;"|'''U1'''
| rowspan="2" style="border-top:solid 1px gray; border-bottom:solid 1px gray; vertical-align:top;width:100px;"|Footbridge<br />(Exit A1, B2)
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray; vertical-align:top;width:500px;"|[[Metro City (Hong Kong)|Metro City Phases 1 and 3]]
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|[[Vending machines]], [[Automated teller machine|ATMs]], MTR Shops
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|Footbridge<br />(Exit A2, B1)
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|[[Metro City (Hong Kong)|Metro City Phase 2]], Transport interchange, Footbridges to [[Po Lam Estate]], [[Po Lam Estate#Yan Ming Court|Yan Ming Court]]
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|Footbridge<br />(Exit B3)
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|Footbridges to rooftop garden, [[The Pinnacle, Hong Kong|The Pinnacle]], [[King Lam Estate]]<br />[[List of libraries in Hong Kong|Tseung Kwan O Public Library]], Tseung Kwan O Swimming Pool
|-
| rowspan="5" style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray; vertical-align:top;"|'''G<br />Concourse/<br />Platforms'''
|Platform {{MTR platform|TKO|1}}
| ←{{rcb|MTR|tko|yes}} towards [[North Point station|North Point]] <small>([[Hang Hau station|Hang Hau]])</small> 
|-
|style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;text-align:center;" colspan=2|<small>[[Side platform]], doors will open on the left</small>
|-
| rowspan="3" style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray; vertical-align:top;"|Concourse
|Exit C, Customer service, MTR Shops
|-
|Vending machines
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|[[Octopus card]] promotion machines
|}
[[File: MTR TKL Opening Commemoration Plaque.JPG |right|thumb|250px|Commemorative plaque for the opening of [[Tseung Kwan O line]] is at Po Lam station]]
[[File:Po Lam Station 2013.JPG|thumb|right|250px|The concourse in 2013]]
[[File:Po Lam MTR Station Exit A.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Exit A in 2006]]
[[File:Po Lam Station 2013 08 part2.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Exit B in 2013]]
[[File:Po Lam Station 2014 03 part2.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Exit C in 2014]]

Unlike most [[MTR]] [[train station|stations]] and unique in the {{lnl|MTR|tko}}, the concourse, gates and platform of Po Lam station are on the same level. [[Track (rail transport)|Tracks]] ascend from underground to ground level at the southern end of the station, along [[King Lam Estate]]. A park is located on top of the tracks to cover them.

===Platforms===
There is only one [[side platform]] (Platform 1) from which trains depart, in the same direction as they arrive. Trains, as a result, halt on their way from [[Hang Hau station]] for another train to depart at the station. Trains also stay here for a shorter period before departing than at other MTR [[Train station#Terminus|terminals]]. The single-track design (and the consequent longer train turnback time) limits the maximum train service frequency of the Tseung Kwan O line.<ref name=layout/><ref>{{cite web|title=Supplementary Information on Tseung Kwan O Extension (Phase II) Service|url=http://www.legco.gov.hk/yr08-09/english/panels/tp/papers/tp0424cb1-2364-1-e.pdf|publisher=[[Legislative Council of Hong Kong|Legislative Council Panel on Transport]]|format=PDF|date=July 2009|accessdate=4 March 2020}}</ref>

Across from the platform and north of the point where the tracks merge to one, there is a [[siding (rail)|siding]] that splits from the running line for parking trains. Trains cannot access the platform from the siding, nor can they access the siding from the platform.<ref>{{cite web |title=MTR Track Diagram |url=http://mtr.hk365day.com/Railway/Special/track/MTR_track_diagram_full.pdf |website=mtr.hk365day.com |accessdate=3 March 2020 |format=PDF |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200303165205/http://mtr.hk365day.com/Railway/Special/track/MTR_track_diagram_full.pdf |archivedate=3 March 2020}}</ref>

[[File:Po Lam Station 2017 07 part3.jpg|center|thumb|800px|{{center|Platform 1 in July 2017}}]]
[[File: Po Lam Station 2017 part2.jpg |center|thumb|800px|{{center|The concourse in August 2017}}]]

==Entrances/exits==
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The main exit is on Mau Yip Road, where five pedestrian [[footbridges]] link the station to a public transport interchange, shopping malls and residential buildings. There is direct access to [[Metro City (Hong Kong)|Metro City]] and [[The Pinnacle, Hong Kong|The Pinnacle]] from the concourse. Another footbridge crosses Po Fung Road and leads to [[Po Lam Estate]], [[Po Lam Estate#Yan Ming Court|Yan Ming Court]] and [[Verbena Heights]].
*'''A1''': [[Metro City (Hong Kong)#Shopping centre|Metro City Plaza III]] {{access icon|15px|Wheelchair user access}}
*'''A2''': [[Metro City (Hong Kong)#Shopping centre|Metro City Plaza II]] {{access icon|15px|Wheelchair user access}}
*'''B1''': [[Metro City (Hong Kong)#Shopping centre|Metro City Plaza II]]
*'''B2''': [[Metro City (Hong Kong)#Shopping centre|Metro City Plaza I]]
*'''B3''': [[King Lam Estate]]
*'''C''': Mau Yip Road {{access icon|15px|Wheelchair user access}}

==Station artwork==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! !!Name!!Artist!!Location!!Completion date
|-
|[[File:POA Station art.jpg|200px]]||City of Towers||[[Kacey Wong]]||Entrance A1 & B2||August 2002
|}<ref>{{cite web |title=Art in station architecture: City of Towers |url=http://www.mtr.com.hk/en/customer/community/art_archi_city_of_towers.html |publisher=MTR Corporation |accessdate=6 March 2020}}</ref>

==Future development==
{{main|East Kowloon line}}
The [[Government of Hong Kong|government]] proposed in the Railway Development Strategy 2014 that East Kowloon line will connect Po Lam and [[Diamond Hill station|Diamond Hill]] stations, passing through [[Po Tat station|Po Tat]], [[Sau Mau Ping station|Sau Mau Ping]], [[Shun Tin station|Shun Tin]] and [[Choi Wan station|Choi Wan]] stations. It will serve as an alternative route to reach {{lnl|MTR|kt}} in case of disruption on the {{lnl|MTR|tko}}, and is expected to open in 2025.<ref>{{cite web |title=Railway Development Strategy 2014 |url=https://www.thb.gov.hk/eng/psp/publications/transport/publications/rds2014.pdf |publisher=[[Transport and Housing Bureau]] |format=PDF| date=September 2014| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210817011748/https://www.thb.gov.hk/eng/psp/publications/transport/publications/rds2014.pdf| archive-date= 2021-08-17|accessdate=6 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Fung |first1=Fanny |last2=Siu |first2=Phila |title=Surprise new MTR line planned for Kwun Tong |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1594877/surprise-new-mtr-line-planned-kwun-tong |accessdate=6 March 2020 |publisher=[[South China Morning Post]] |date=18 September 2014}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Commons category-inline|Po Lam Station}}
{{Sai Kung District}}
{{Tseung Kwan O Line navbox}}
{{East Kowloon Line navbox}}

[[Category:MTR stations in the New Territories]]
[[Category:Tseung Kwan O line]]
[[Category:Po Lam]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Hong Kong opened in 2002]]