Kowloon (MTR)

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Kowloon 九龍

Kowloon Station at Tung Chung Line Platform Level.

Line Tung Chung Airport Express Code KOW Service hours 0604/0107 Connections Bus, Minibus

District Yau Tsim Mong Area West Kowloon/Tsim Sha Tsui

Map MTR Website Coordinates to be added

Opened June 1998 Type of station Underground Type of platforms Side (Airport Express) / Island (Tung Chung Line) No. of platforms 4 No. of entrances/exits 4 No. of escalators to be added No. of lifts to be added No. of shops to be added

Kowloon (Chinese: 九龍站; Cantonese IPA: /kɐʊ₃₅ ləʊŋ₁₁ tsɑm₂₂/; Jyutping: gau2 lung4 zaam5; Mandarin Pinyin: Jiǔlóng Zàn) is a station on Tung Chung Line and the Airport Express of Hong Kong's MTR. Only about 10,000 passengers use this station daily due to its inconvenient location west of the heart of Kowloon, making it one of the least used stations in the MTR system.

This station provides an in-town Check In service for the Hong Kong International Airport and free shuttle bus services to most major hotels in the Tsim Sha Tsui and Yau Ma Tei areas. The station is located less than a kilometre west of Jordan (MTR) station of the Tsuen Wan Line.

Contents 1 Platforms 2 Entrances/Exits 3 Transport Connections 3.1 Bus Routes 3.2 Cross Harbour Buses (Exit D2) 4 Neighbouring stations

[edit] Platforms

Upper Level

• Platform 1: Airport Express to Airport and Asia-World Expo
• Platform 2: Airport Express to Hong Kong (alight only)

Lower Level

• Platform 3: Tung Chung Line to Tung Chung and Disneyland Resort Line
• Platform 4: Tung Chung Line to Hong Kong

As with other Airport Express stations, the Airport Express and Tung Chung line are separated by different concourses and different levels. Platform 2 is only used to allow travellers coming from the Hong Kong International Airport to alight except when you buy a Morning Express Ticket to Hong Kong and use Platform 2 on Mondays to Saturdays.

[edit] Entrances/Exits

There are 4 exits in Kowloon Station. They are exits A, B, D1 and D2. Since there is basically nothing but some newly developed apartment blocks around the station, it doesn't really matter which exit you go out of. Disabled access is available at Exit B.

[edit] Transport Connections

[edit] Bus Routes

To To Kwa Wan:

• 11 (Exit A)

To Tsim Sha Tsui:

• 8 (Exit A)

[edit] Cross Harbour Buses (Exit D2)

Kowloon Station is located in proximity to the Kowloon entrance/exit of the Western Harbour Tunnel. There, you can find bus stops with routes that go towards different parts of Kowloon and the New Territories. The bus stop can be reached through Exit D2 and then by walking across a footbridge above the toll plaza. Commuters can also get onto the buses that lead to Hong Kong Island, but that is not recommended since it costs more to change between modes of transport.

[edit] Neighbouring stations

Previous station		MTR		Next station
Hong Kong		Airport Express		Tsing Yi
Hong Kong		Tung Chung Line		Olympic

[edit] Hong Kong MTR stations

Kwun Tong Line Whampoa Garden | Ho Man Tin | Yau Ma Tei ■ | Mong Kok ■ | Prince Edward ■ | Shek Kip Mei | Kowloon Tong 1 | Lok Fu | Wong Tai Sin | Diamond Hill | Choi Hung | Kowloon Bay | Ngau Tau Kok | Kwun Tong | Lam Tin | Yau Tong ■ | Tiu Keng Leng ■ Tsuen Wan Line Central ■■■ | Admiralty ■ | Tsim Sha Tsui 1 | Jordan | Yau Ma Tei ■ | Mong Kok ■ | Prince Edward ■ | Sham Shui Po | Cheung Sha Wan | Lai Chi Kok | Mei Foo 2 | Lai King ■ | Kwai Fong | Kwai Hing | Tai Wo Hau | Tsuen Wan Island Line Kennedy Town | University | Sai Ying Pun | Sheung Wan | Central ■■■ | Admiralty ■ | Wan Chai | Causeway Bay | Tin Hau | Fortress Hill | North Point ■ | Quarry Bay ■ | Tai Koo | Sai Wan Ho | Shau Kei Wan | Heng Fa Chuen | Chai Wan Tung Chung Line 3Fortress Hill | Exhibition | Tamar | Hong Kong ■■■ | Kowloon ■ | Olympic | Nam Cheong 2 | Lai King ■ | Tsing Yi ■ | Sunny Bay ■ | Tung Chung Airport Express Hong Kong ■■■ | Kowloon ■ | Tsing Yi ■ | Airport | AsiaWorld-Expo Tseung Kwan O Line 4Tin Hau | North Point ■ | Quarry Bay ■ | Yau Tong ■ | Tiu Keng Leng ■ | Tseung Kwan O | Hang Hau | Po Lam | Tseung Kwan O South Disneyland Resort Line Sunny Bay ■ | Disneyland Resort 1) Interchange with KCR East Rail   2) Interchange with KCR West Rail   3) Taking up Island Line stations east of Fortress Hill   4) Taking up Island Line stations west of Tin Hau Lines and stations that are proposed, under planning or under construction are shown in italics.