Kwun Tong Station

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Kwun Tong
觀塘
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Kwun Tong station on the MTR Kwun Tong Line.

Kwun Tong station on the MTR Kwun Tong Line.
Line Kwun Tong
Code KWT
Service hours 0600/0114
Connections Bus, Minibus
District Kwun Tong
Area Kwun Tong
Map MTR Website
Coordinates 22°18′44″N 114°13′35″E / 22.312149°N 114.226497°E / 22.312149; 114.226497Coordinates: 22°18′44″N 114°13′35″E / 22.312149°N 114.226497°E / 22.312149; 114.226497
Opened October 1, 1979
Type of station Elevated
Type of platforms Island
No. of platforms 2
No. of exits 12

Station location

Hong Kong MTR system map
Kwun Tong Station
Traditional Chinese 觀塘
Simplified Chinese 观塘
Literal meaning Sighting Pond
The road tunnel built beneath Kwun Tong station

Kwun Tong is a station on the MTR Kwun Tong Line in Hong Kong. Kwun Tong station used to be the terminus of the Kwun Tong Line until Lam Tin station opened in 1989. It is located in the Kwun Tong area, between Lam Tin station and Ngau Tau Kok station.

The station is above ground, unlike almost every other station in the system. Due to difficulties in installing platform screen doors (PSDs) in above ground stations, the MTR decided not to install PSDs in this station. However due to recent accidents of falling into the tracks, the MTR may consider putting screen doors on this station and many other stations without PSDs and remodel the station or add platform gates similar to those found at Sunny Bay Station. It is located far away from most residential areas, causing many residents of Kwun Tong to take other means of transport in order to reach the station. There is a shopping centre and office tower, named apm Millennium City 5, connected to the station.

Beneath the station building is a road tunnel which diverts traffic along Kwun Tong Road from the roundabout around the station.

Contents

[edit] Station layout

P
Platforms		 Platform 1 Kwun Tong Line towards Tiu Keng Leng
Island platforms, doors will open on the right
Platform 2 Kwun Tong Line towards Yau Ma Tei
C
Concourse		 Concourse Customer service, MTRshops
Hang Seng Bank, vending machines, automatic teller machines
Octopus promotion machine
G
Ground		 - Exits

Platforms 1 and 2 share the same island platform, and it is also curve, so the gap is large. During the Modified Initial System, platform 1 is used for trains to go to Shek Kip Mei (now Yau Ma Tei) before Lam Tin Station was built. At midnight, platform 1 is the termination platform of the Kwun Tong Line, so trains can return to Kowloon Bay Depot.

[edit] Entrances/Exits

  • A1: Yue Man Square Wheelchair user access
  • A2: Millennium City V APM Mall
  • B1: Kwun Tong Plaza
  • B2: Hoi Yuen Road
  • B3: How Ming Street
  • C1:Yuet Wah Street
  • C2/C3: Hip Wo Street
  • D1: Lei Yue Mun Road
  • D2/D3: Kwun Tong Road
  • D4: Kwun Tong Industrial Centre

[edit] Transport connections

[edit] Minibus routes

To Cha Kwo Leng:

  • 23B (Exit A1)

To United Christian Hospital:

  • 50 (Exit A1)

To Hiu Lai Court/Upper Sau Mau Ping:

  • 34M (Exit A1)

To Hong Lee Court(Crocodile Hill):

  • 36A (Exit A1)

To Lok Wah Estate:

  • 22M (Exit A1)

To Tsui Ping Estate:

  • 59M (Exit C3)

[edit] Bus routes

To Hing Tin Estate / Kai Tin Estate:

  • 16M (Exit D1)

To Po Tat Estate / Sau Mau Ping Estate:

  • 13M (Exit D1)

To Lek Yuen Estate (Sha Tin)

  • 89

To Sha Kok Estate/ Pok Hong Estate/ Sha Tin Wai (Sha Tin)

  • 89B

To Sha Tin Railway Station

  • 89X

[edit] Neighbouring stations

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Preceding station   MTR   Following station
towards Yau Ma Tei
 Kwun Tong Line
v • d • e
Hong Kong MTR stations and Light Rail stops
East Rail Line
Kwun Tong Line
Tsuen Wan Line
Island Line
Tung Chung Line
Airport Express
Tseung Kwan O Line
West Rail Line
Ma On Shan Line
Disneyland Resort Line
Light Rail
(System of 11 routes)
Fare zone 1
Fare zone 2
Fare zone 3
Fare zone 4
Fare zone 5A
Fare zone 5
 
Lines under planning / proposed
South Island Line (east) (Planning)
East-west Line1 after
Sha Tin to Central Link is built (Planning)
North-south Line2 after
Sha Tin to Central Link is built (Planning)
South Island Line (west) (Proposed)
Tung Chung Line3 after
North Island Line plan (Proposed)
Tseung Kwan O Line4 after
North Island Line plan (Proposed)
Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong
Express Rail Link (Hong Kong Section)5

West Kowloon ■■ · (to and from Shenzhen, Dongguan and Guangzhou)

1 If East-west Line proposal is implemented, this will use the existing tracks of Ma On Shan Line, the track of Sha Tin to Central Link which is under construction and the existing West Rail Line
2 If North-south proposal is implemented, this will use the existing tracks of East Rail Line and the track of Sha Tin to Central Link which is under construction.
3 If North Island Line proposal is implemented, it will take up Island Line stations east of Fortress Hill
4 If North Island Line proposal is implemented, it will take up Island Line stations west of Tin Hau
5 Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link ‎(Hong Kong Section) will be commissioned in 2014.
Stations or station extensions that are proposed, under planning or under construction are shown in italics.
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