Kowloon (KCR)
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- For the Kowloon Station in Hung Hom after 1974, see Hung Hom Station.
Kowloon Station (九龍車站), located in Tsim Sha Tsui on the present site of the Hong Kong Cultural Centre, was the former southern terminus of the Kowloon-Canton Railway (KCR).
The first Kowloon station was a temporary structure built near the Post Office on Salisbury Road in 1909 and served until the permanent station was completed in 1910. Regular service began at the second station on the 1st October, 1910. The building consisted of a two storey L shaped terminal building with a clock tower. On the north end of the station was a covered walkway which lead to a two covered elevated platforms. A mile north of the station is a freight station.
After its relocation to Hung Hom (also replacing the old Hung Hum station) in 1974, it had been the name of present-day Hung Hom Station, the new southern terminus of the railway, now renamed KCR East Rail.
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[edit] Relocation
Owing to lacking of space for expansion, the southern terminus of the railway was moved from Tsim Sha Tsui to a new station of the same name on the new reclaimed land from Hung Hom Bay in 1974. The new Kowloon Station was renamed to its present name, Hung Hom, in late 1990s.
[edit] Clock Tower
- Main article Clock Tower, Hong Kong
The Clock Tower is the only part of the old station in Tsim Sha Tsui remains at its own site. Six pillars of the station building were moved to the Urban Council Centenary Garden in Tsim Sha Tsui East, and a big bell is kept at East Rail depot at Ho Tung Lau.
[edit] See also
[edit] Neighbouring stations
| Preceding station | KCR | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| old Hung Hum Station | Kowloon-Canton Railway (British Section) | None | ||
