Traditional Chinese 九龍塘 Cantonese Yale Gáulùngtòng Hanyu Pinyin Address Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong | Simplified Chinese 九龙塘 Hanyu Pinyin Yale Romanization Gáulùngtòng Level 2 | |
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Similar Lo Wu Station, Prince Edward Station, Kowloon Bay Station, Kwun Tong Station, Hung Hom Station | ||
Mtr kowloon tong station
Kowloon Tong (Chinese: 九龍塘; Cantonese Yale: Gáulùngtòng) is a station on MTR's Kwun Tong Line and East Rail Line in New Kowloon, Hong Kong. The station serves Kowloon Tong and its vicinity, including Yau Yat Tsuen, the Festival Walk shopping centre, City University of Hong Kong and Hong Kong Baptist University.
Contents
- Mtr kowloon tong station
- Hong kong trains metro cammel emu kowloon tong station on east rail line
- Station layout
- Entrances and exits
- Transport connections
- References
This station serves as one of the two interchange stations for the East Rail Line, leading up to the New Territories and entry point to mainland China. Therefore, it is one of the busiest stations in the system. The load of Kowloon Tong station was heavily reduced, when a new interchange station was built at Tsim Sha Tsui/East Tsim Sha Tsui. It is because, prior to the commissioning of the KCR East Rail extension to East Tsim Sha Tsui station, Kowloon Tong station was the only station offering such interchange to passengers.
A new concourse for East Rail Line was opened on 15 April 2004 to increase its capacity.
On 28 September 2008, turnstiles separating the respective concourse of Kwun Tong Line and East Rail Line were removed.
Hong kong trains metro cammel emu kowloon tong station on east rail line
Station layout
There is a reserved space for a track connecting the East Rail Line and the Kwun Tong Line in the westbound tunnel just outside Kowloon Tong station towards Shek Kip Mei. The space was originally designed to allow Metro-Cammells to be transferred to the Kwun Tong Line when they were unloaded at Hung Hom, but the track was never built as the MTR decided to use lorries to carry all of its train carriages to the Kowloon Bay Depot.
Note that the platforms for both the East Rail Line and the Kwun Tong Line are called platforms 1 and 2.
Entrances and exits
A pedestrian walkway connects the station with Festival Walk, a major shopping centre.
Exit H is also accessible from the East Rail Line northern concourse. It is possible to walk between Exit A and E in the vicinity of the station without entering the paid area. The same goes for Exit B, C, F and H.
Transport connections
To Academic Community Hall/Broadcast Drive/Baptist University:
To Beacon Hill:
To Kowloon City:
To Baptist University:
To World Wide Gardens:
To Hin King Estate/ Sun Tin Wai Estate:
To Sui Wo Court: