Traditional Chinese 何文田 Hanyu Pinyin Yale Romanization Hòmàntìn Opened 23 October 2016 | Cantonese Yale Hòmàntìn Hanyu Pinyin IPA [hɔ̭ːmɐ̭ntʰi̭ːn] | |
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Address Chung Hau St, 老龍坑 Hong Kong Similar Whampoa Station, Yau Ma Tei Station, Kwun Tong Station, Diamond Hill Station, Tiu Keng Leng Station | ||
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Ho Man Tin (Chinese: 何文田; Cantonese Yale: Hòmàntìn) is an underground MTR rapid transit station on the Kwun Tong Line. Located beneath Valley Road in Lo Lung Hang, it will become an interchange station for the East West Corridor as part of the Sha Tin to Central Link project, which is under construction. The station's lower platforms (serving Kwun Tong Line trains) opened on 23 October 2016 along with Whampoa Station as part of the Kwun Tong Line Extension, but the upper platforms will remain closed and boarded up until the completion of the East West Corridor.
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Contrary to its name, the station is located in Lo Lung Hang at the extreme south of Ho Man Tin. Walking to the central part of Ho Man Tin from this station would take approximately 15–20 minutes. The MTR has been accused of ignoring the existing place name, Lo Lung Hang, thus contributing to the erosion of community identity and local history.
Station layout
The station is located between Chung Hau Street and Chatham Road North. While the East West Corridor platforms are boarded up, they are used as a passageway between the concourse and the Kwun Tong Line platforms.
During peak hours, some westbound Kwun Tong Line trains terminate at platform 2 and proceed eastbound past the scissors crossover to a reversing siding. The remaining trains continue to Whampoa Station, the next station westbound as well as the line's western terminus. This arrangement exists due to the limited capacity of the single terminating track at Whampoa, which cannot turn all of the Kwun Tong Line's trains during rush hours.