Kowloon Tong Station

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Kowloon Tong
九龍塘
Kuwn Tong Line platform

Kuwn Tong Line platform
Line Kwun Tong
East Rail
Code KOT
Service hours 0604/0111
Connections Bus, Minibus
District Kowloon City
Area Kowloon Tong
Map MTR Website
Opened October 1, 1979 (Kwun Tong Line) /
May 4, 1982 (East Rail Line)
Type of station Underground/Ground Level
Type of platforms Island/Side
No. of platforms 4
No. of exits 10
No. of escalators 24
No. of lifts 7
Kowloon Tong Station
Traditional Chinese: 九龍塘
Simplified Chinese: 九龙塘
Entrance to Kowloon Tong station.
Entrance to Kowloon Tong station.
View of the East Rail Line platform
View of the East Rail Line platform

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, the City University of Hong Kong and the 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.

Contents

[edit] Station layout

U Overlying Buildings Education Bureau Kowloon Education Service Centre
G
Platforms
(Ground)		 Exit H Exit, customer service, MTR Shops
Side platform, doors will open on the left
Platform 1 East Rail Line towards Lo Wu and Lok Ma Chau
Platform 2 East Rail Line towards East Tsim Sha Tsui
Side platform, doors will open on the left
Exit G Exit, transport interchange, taxi stand
Customer service, MTR Shops
Kwun Tong Line
concourse		 Exits, Transport Interchange
C
Concourse		 East Rail Line
north 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
south concourse		 Customer service, toilets, MTR Shops
Automatic teller machines
Platforms Platform 1 Kwun Tong Line towards Tiu Keng Leng
Island platform, doors will open on the right
Platform 2 Kwun Tong Line towards Yau Ma Tei

If one carefully looks out from the while moving towards the direction of Shek Kip Mei, there is a reserved space for a track connecting the East Rail Line and the Kwun Tong Line. This 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.

[edit] Entrances/Exits

A pedestrian walkway connects Kowloon Tong MTR Station with Festival Walk, a major shopping centre.

  • A1: Suffolk Road (Bus Terminus)
  • A2: Suffolk Road (Minibus Stop)
  • B: Suffolk Road (Bus Terminus)
  • C1/C2: Festival Walk (Exits C1 and C2)
  • D: Southern Concourse of East Rail Line
  • E: Kowloon Tong Education and Manpower Bureau Center
  • F: Kent Road
  • G: To Fuk Road
  • H: City University of Hong Kong

[edit] Transport Connections

[edit] 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)

[edit] Kowloon Tong MTR Station Bus Terminus (Exits A1 or B2)

To City One Shatin:

  • 82M

To Hin King Estate:

  • 88M

To Kwong Yuen Estate/Prince of Wales Hospital:

  • 82M

To Sui Wo Court:

  • 80M

To Sun Tin Wai Estate:

  • 81M

[edit] Neighbouring stations

Wikimedia Commons has media related to:
Preceding station   MTR   Following station
towards Yau Ma Tei
 Kwun Tong Line
East Rail Line
towards Lo Wu or Lok Ma Chau
v • d • e
Hong Kong MTR and Light Rail stations
East Rail Line

Admiralty ■■ • Exhibition • East Tsim Sha Tsui ■ • Hung Hom • Mong Kok East • Kowloon Tong ■ • Tai Wai ■ • Sha Tin • Fo Tan • Racecourse • University • Science Park • Tai Po Market • Tai Wo • Fanling • Sheung Shui • Lo Wu • Kwu Tung • Chau Tau • Lok Ma Chau
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
South Island Line
(east section)
East-west Line
Light Rail
Fare zone 1

Lung Mun • LRT Depot • Butterfly • Melody Garden • Ferry Pier • Siu Hei • Tuen Mun Swimming Pool • Goodview Garden • Siu Lun • Sam Shing
Fare zone 2

Shek Pai • Ming Kum • Kin On • Ho Tin • Choy Yee Bridge • Affluence • Ngan Wai • Tai Hing South • Tai Hing North • Shan King North • Shan King South • Tsing Wun • Tsing Shan Tsuen • Tuen Mun ■ • Town Centre • On Ting • Yau Oi • Prime View • San Hui • Ho Fuk Tong • Pui To
Fare zone 3

Siu Hong ■ • Kei Lun • Tsing Chung • Kin Sang • Tin King • Leung King • San Wai • Tuen Mun Hospital • Fung Tei • Chung Uk Tsuen • Nai Wai • Lam Tei
Fare zone 4

Ping Shan • Tong Fong • Hung Shui Kiu • Hang Mei Tsuen • Tin Yiu • Locwood • Tin Shui • Chestwood • Tin Wing • Ginza • Tin Wu • Tin Tsz • Tin Shui Wai ■
Fare zone 5A

Tin Yuet • Tin Sau • Wetland Park • Tin Heng • Tin Yat • Tin Fu • Chung Fu
Fare zone 5

Yuen Long ■ • Tai Tong Road • Hong Lok Road • Fung Nin Road • Shui Pin Wai

1 Taking up Island Line stations east of Fortress Hill   2 Taking up Island Line stations west of Tin Hau
3 Connecting Ma On Shan Line   4 Connecting West Rail Line

Lines and stations that are proposed, under planning or under construction are shown in italics.

Coordinates: 22°20′13.56″N, 114°10′37.92″E

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