Kowloon Tong station
Kowloon Tong station | |
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| Underground/Ground Level | |
 East Rail Line Platform 1 | |
| General information | |
| Line(s) | Kwun Tong |
| Connections | Bus, Minibus |
| Other information | |
| Station code | KOT |
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| Traditional Chinese | 九龍塘 | ||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 九龙塘 | ||||||||||||||
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Kowloon Tong is a station on MTR's Kwun Tong Line and East Rail Line in New Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Kowloon Tong 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.
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. Originally being the only such interchange station, its load was heavily reduced when a new interchange station was built at Tsim Sha Tsui/East Tsim Sha Tsui.
A new concourse for East Rail Line was opened on 15 April 2004 in order to increase its capacity.
On 28 September 2008, the Kwun Tong Line and East Rail Line interchanging gates were removed.
Station layout
| U | Overlying Buildings | Education Bureau Kowloon Education Service Centre |
| Footbridge | East Rail Line platforms |
footbridge connecting East Rail Line platforms, Festival Walk, Suffolk Road |
| G Platforms (Ground) |
Exit H | Exit, customer service, MTR Shops |
| Platform 1 | Template:HK-MTR box towards Lo Wu/Lok Ma Chau | |
| Platform 2 | Template:HK-MTR box towards Hung Hom | |
| Exit G | Exit, transport interchange, taxi stand | |
| Customer service, MTR Shops | ||
| Kwun Tong Line concourse |
Exits, Transport Interchange | |
| C Concourse |
East Rail Line Northern concourse |
Customer service, MTR Shops, toilets |
| Vending machines, ATMs | ||
| Kwun Tong Line concourse |
Customer Service, Vending machines, ATMs | |
| MTR Shops, Octopus Promotion Machine | ||
| iCentre free internet service | ||
| East Rail Line Southern concourse |
Customer service, toilets, MTR Shops | |
| Automatic teller machines | ||
| Platforms | Platform 1 | Template:HK-MTR box towards Tiu Keng Leng |
| Platform 2 | Template:HK-MTR box towards Yau Ma Tei | |
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 are unloaded at Hung Hom. But the track was never built as the MTR decided to use lorries to carry all of its cars to the Kowloon Bay Depot.[1]
Entrances/Exits
A pedestrian walkway connects Kowloon Tong MTR Station with Festival Walk, a major shopping centre.
- Kwun Tong Line Concourse
- A1: Suffolk Road
- A2: Waterloo Road
- B: Suffolk Road
- C1: Festival Walk
- C2: City University of Hong Kong
- E: Kowloon Tong Education and Manpower Bureau Center
- East Rail Line Southern Concourse
- D: Public Transport Interchange
- East Rail Line Northern Concourse
- F: Kent Road
- East Rail Line Platform No. 2 (Ground Level)
- G1: To Fuk Road
- G2: Festival Walk
- East Rail Line Platform No. 1 (Ground Level)
Transport Connections
- Minibus Routes
To Academic Community Hall/Broadcast Drive/Baptist University:
- 29A (Exit A2)
To Beacon Hill:
- 29B (Exit A2)
To Kowloon City:
- 25M (Exit B2)
To World Wide Gardens:
- 61M (Exit A2)
- Kowloon Tong Railway Station Bus Terminus (Exits A1 or B2)
To City One Shatin:
- 82M
To Hin King Estate/ Sun Tin Wai Estate:
- 281M
To Kwong Yuen Estate/ Prince of Wales Hospital:
- 82M
To Sui Wo Court:
- 80M
Neighbouring stations
