Po Lam station

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Po Lam (Template:Zh; Cantonese Yale: Bóulàhm) is the northern terminus MTR station of the Template:Lnl. It is located on Mau Yip Road, Po Lam, in the New Territories of Hong Kong, sandwiched by Phases 1 to 3 of Metro City. Built by Maeda Corporation,[2] it opened on 18 August 2002. The name of the station is taken from the nearby Po Lam Road North.

Station layout

U1 Footbridge
(Exit A1, B2) 		Metro City Phases 1 and 3
Vending machines, ATMs, MTR Shops
Footbridge
(Exit A2, B1) 		Metro City Phase 2, Transport interchange, Footbridges to Po Lam Estate, Yan Ming Court
Footbridge
(Exit B3) 		Footbridges to rooftop garden, The Pinnacle, King Lam Estate
Tseung Kwan O Public Library, Tseung Kwan O Swimming Pool
G
Concourse/
Platforms 		Platform Template:MTR platform ←Template:Rcb towards North Point (Hang Hau)
Side platform, doors will open on the left
Concourse Exit C, Customer service, MTR Shops
Vending machines
Octopus card promotion machines
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Commemorative plaque for the opening of Tseung Kwan O line is at Po Lam station
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The concourse in 2013
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Exit A in 2006
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Exit B in 2013
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Exit C in 2014

Unlike most MTR stations and unique in the Template:Lnl, the concourse, gates and platform of Po Lam station are on the same level. Tracks ascend from underground to ground level at the southern end of the station, along King Lam Estate. A park is located on top of the tracks to cover them.

Platforms

There is only one side platform (Platform 1) from which trains depart, in the same direction as they arrive. Trains, as a result, halt on their way from Hang Hau station for another train to depart at the station. Trains also stay here for a shorter period before departing than at other MTR terminals. The single-track design (and the consequent longer train turnback time) limits the maximum train service frequency of the Tseung Kwan O line.[3][4]

Across from the platform and north of the point where the tracks merge to one, there is a siding that splits from the running line for parking trains. Trains cannot access the platform from the siding, nor can they access the siding from the platform.[5]

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Platform 1 in July 2017
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The concourse in August 2017
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Entrances/exits

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Station artwork

Name Artist Location Completion date
File:POA Station art.jpg City of Towers Kacey Wong Entrance A1 & B2 August 2002

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Future development

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References

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External links

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