Kowloon Tong station

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The station straddles the boundary between Kowloon City District and Sham Shui Po District.[1][2]

This station serves as one of four interchange stations for the Template:Lnl, leading up to the New Territories and entry point to mainland China. Therefore, it is one of the busiest stations in the system.

History

On 1 October 1910, the KCR British Section opened, including Beacon Hill Tunnel, but without any station at Kowloon Tong. Kowloon Tong station on the KCR opened on 4 May 1982, serving as an interchange point with the MTR.

On 1 October 1979, the first phase of the MTR's Kwun Tong line opened to the public, including Kowloon Tong station. Kumagai Gumi is the main contractor under Contract 205.[3]

A new underground southern concourse for the Template:Lnl was opened on 15 April 2004 to increase the station's capacity. The project included a new Script error: No such module "convert". subway linking to the MTR concourse (meaning the station now has two subways for transferring passengers). The new Script error: No such module "convert". concourse also included a new entrance (entrance D) on To Fuk Road. A passenger lift was also installed at entrance E at this time.[4][5]

On 2 December 2007, the MTR–KCR merger took place, and Kowloon Tong became solely operated by MTR, but the turnstiles separating the respective concourse of the Template:Lnl and Template:Lnl were not removed until 28 September 2008.

Station layout

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Note that the platforms for both the East Rail line and the Kwun Tong line are called platforms 1 and 2.

U1 overlying buildings Education Bureau Kowloon Education Service Centre
footbridge East Rail line platforms footbridge connecting East Rail line platforms, Festival Walk, Suffolk Road
G Exit H exit, customer service centre, shops
side platform
Platform Template:MTR platform Template:Rcb towards Template:STN or Template:STN (Template:STN) →
Platform Template:MTR platform ← Template:Rcb East Rail line towards Template:STN (Template:STN)
side platform
Exit G exit, transport interchange, taxi stand, customer service centre, shops
Kwun Tong line concourse exits, transport interchange
C/L1/B East Rail line northern concourse customer service centre, shops, toilets, vending machines, automatic teller machines
Kwun Tong line concourse customer service centre, vending machines, automatic teller machines, shops, Octopus promotion machine, iCentre free internet service
East Rail line southern concourse customer service centre, toilets, shops, automatic teller machines
L2 Platform Template:MTR platform Template:Rcb towards Template:STN (Template:STN) →
island platform
Platform Template:MTR platform ← Template:Rcb Kwun Tong line towards Template:STN (Template:STN)

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Entrances and exits

A pedestrian walkway connects the station with Festival Walk, a major shopping centre.[8]

Kwun Tong line concourse
East Rail line southern concourse
East Rail line northern concourse
East Rail line platform 2 (ground level)
East Rail line platform 1 (ground level)

Exit H is also accessible from the East Rail line northern concourse. It is possible to walk between Exit A and E in the vicinity of the station without entering the paid area. The same goes for Exit B, C, F and H.

Gallery

References

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