Hung Hom station

Hung Hom 紅磡
MTR rapid transit station
Platform 1
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	紅磡
Simplified Chinese	红磡
Jyutping	Hung4ham3
Hanyu Pinyin	Hóngkàn
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Hóngkàn Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Hùngham IPA [hoŋ˩hɐm˧] Jyutping Hung4ham3
General information
Other names	Kowloon / Jiulong (China Railway)
Location	Cheong Wan Road, Hung Hom Yau Tsim Mong District, Hong Kong
Coordinates	22°18′10″N 114°10′54″E
Owned by	Kowloon–Canton Railway Corporation
Operated by	MTR Corporation
Line(s)	Template:HK-MTR box Template:HK-MTR box
Platforms	7 (3 island platforms and 1 side platform)
Tracks	7
Connections	Bus, public light bus
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Platform levels	1
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	HUH
History
Opened	30 November 1975 (1975-11-30) (East Rail Line and Through Train) 16 August 2009 (2009-08-16) (West Rail Line)
Electrified	1983
Services
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Location Hung Hom Location within the MTR system

Hung Hom (Chinese: 紅磡; Cantonese Yale: Hùngham), referred to by China Railway as Kowloon (Chinese: 九龍車站; Cantonese Yale: Gáulùng Chējaahm), is a station on the East Rail Line and West Rail Line in Hong Kong. It is currently Hong Kong's only station serving cross-border trains to Mainland China. Cross-border services to Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou including Guangzhou-Kowloon Through Train terminate here.

The station is located in Yau Tsim Mong District, Kowloon, next to the Cross-Harbour Tunnel's northern entrance. Hung Hom is one of the three Hong Kong ports of entry on the MTR network; the others are Lo Wu and Lok Ma Chau.

History

The old Kowloon Station in Tsim Sha Tsui began operation in 1910. After decades of economic growth in Hong Kong, the station, situated at the seafront of Victoria Harbour, became too small and had no room for expansion. A new Kowloon Station (the current Hung Hom Station), situated to the east, was officially inaugurated by Governor Denys Roberts on 24 November 1975 as the new terminus of the Kowloon–Canton Railway. However, it did not start operating until a few days later. The old terminal at Tsim Sha Tsui was closed on 29 November 1975. The first passenger train pulled out of the new station the following morning at 8:26 am. On 5 May 1975, Queen Elizabeth II unveiled a plaque commemorating the opening of the new terminal. The new station cost HK$150 million and offered modern new facilities including a spacious waiting hall, a restaurant, a bar, a bookstore, a bank, escalators, and closed circuit television. It was built along with a bus terminus and a multi-storey car park.

The controversial demolition of the old station commenced on 7 June 1978; a new complex of a concert hall and museums were built on Kowloon Station's original site, but the clock tower was preserved as a Declared Monument.

The new station was renamed Hung Hom Station around February or March 1996. The Kowloon-Canton Railway was renamed KCR East Rail in 1996, and subsequently the East Rail Line upon the merger of MTRC (metro services) and KCRC (suburban train services) in December 2007.

A HK$1.3 billion expansion of Hung Hom Station began on 16 March 1995, which included a new concourse designed by Foster and Partners. The expansion was completed in 1998. The passenger terminal now hosts ticket offices, waiting areas, shops and restaurants.

After decades of being the terminus station of the East Rail Line, Hung Hom temporarily became an intermediate station when the East Rail was extended to East Tsim Sha Tsui Station in 2004. This symbolic return to Tsim Sha Tsui of the then-Kowloon–Canton Railway was followed by the inauguration of a westward Kowloon Southern Link to complete the West Rail Line. On 16 August 2009, East Tsim Sha Tsui was transferred to the West Rail Line. Hung Hom regained its status of terminus station, now of both railways.

The old Hung Hom Station

An old Hung Hom station existed on Chatham Road South before the relocation of then-Kowloon Station in 1975. It was situated next to the former coastline of Hung Hom Bay, at the southeastern corner of the Gun Club Hill Barracks (between the current-day Chung Sze Yuen Building A of Hong Kong Polytechnic University and the Hong Kong History Museum).

This old Hung Hom Station, a temporary wooden structure, began operation from the first day of Kowloon-Canton Railway on 1 October 1910 to 15 September 1921, but was later demolished.

Future development

Platform 2

Currently an interchange station between the West Rail Line and East Rail Line, Hung Hom station would be an intermediate stop on the Sha Tin to Central Link, a suburban railway line connecting Sha Tin to Hong Kong Island.

In the latest recommendations by the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, the East Rail Line would be extended to Hong Kong Island to form a North South Corridor, whereas the West Rail Line, the Ma On Shan Line, and the planned East Kowloon Link would be connected as an East West Corridor.

Station layout

Loft	-	MTRShops
U3	Intercity Through Train Concourse/ Exit C Concourse	Exit C, a transport interchange
		ticketing office, Customer Service Centre, toilets, Hong Kong Immigration Department and Customs and Excise Department checkpoints (for intercity train passengers)
		MTRShops, vending machines
		ATMs, lockers
U2	Exit A & B Concourse	Exit A, B, footbridge, public transport interchange
		Customer Service
	Exit D Concourse	Exit D, footbridge, Customer Service
	Footbridges	to Cross-Harbour Tunnel, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Tsim Sha Tsui East, Hong Kong Museum of History, Hong Kong Science Museum, Hung Hom
P Platforms	Platform 1	→ Template:HK-MTR box towards Lo Wu or Lok Ma Chau (Mong Kok East) →
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Platform 2	← Template:HK-MTR box towards Tuen Mun (East Tsim Sha Tsui)
	Platform 3	← Template:HK-MTR box towards Tuen Mun (East Tsim Sha Tsui)
	Island platform, doors will open on the right
	Platform 4	→ Template:HK-MTR box towards Lo Wu or Lok Ma Chau (Mong Kok East) →
	Platform 5	→ Intercity Through Train towards Zhaoqing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, or Beijing →
	Island platform
	Platform 6	→ Intercity Through Train towards Zhaoqing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, or Beijing →
	Platform 7	→ Disused freight platform
	Side platform, restricted access

Exits

An interchange for buses (lower level) and public light buses and taxis (upper level) is located outside the station building. The lower-level bus station is situated at the Kowloon entrance of the Cross-Harbour Tunnel. Elevated walkways connect the station to the Hong Kong Coliseum; Hong Kong Polytechnic University; the residential area of Hung Hom; and tourist attractions in eastern Tsim Sha Tsui, such as the Science Museum and the Avenue of Stars along Victoria Harbour.

• A1 – Hong Kong Polytechnic University
• A2 – Bus terminus on On Wan Road
• A3 – Northeast side of station
• B1 – Bus terminus on eastern side; walkway to Hung Hom
• B2 – Walkway to Exit C Concourse
• C1 – Bus Terminal; cross-harbour taxi stand
• C2 – Airport Express shuttle stand; walkway to Harbour Plaza Metropolis, Fortune Metropolis, Metropolis Residence, Metropolis Tower
• C3 – Taxi stand on Cheong Wan Road; Hong Kong Coliseum
• D1 – Walkway to Tsim Sha Tsui East and Hong Kong Polytechnic University
• D2, D3, D4 – Hong Kong Coliseum
• D5 – Tsim Sha Tsui Promenade
• D6 – Walkway to Exit C Concourse

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  Intercity Through Train Concourse/Exit C Concourse
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  Hung Hom Station Exit B1 passageway

View of the concourse

External links

• MTR Intercity Through Train e-Ticketing Services