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Kwun Tong station - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 22°18′44″N 114°13′35″E / 22.3121°N 114.2265°E

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Kwun Tong

觀塘

MTR rapid transit station

Platforms 1 and 2 (2021)

Chinese name

觀塘

观塘

Gun1tong4

Guāntáng

Literal meaning

Pondview

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Guāntáng
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	Gūntòhng
IPA	[kun˥tʰɔŋ˩]
Jyutping	Gun1tong4

General information

Location

Kwun Tong Road Interchange, Kwun Tong
Kwun Tong District, Hong Kong

Coordinates

22°18′44″N 114°13′35″E / 22.3121°N 114.2265°E

Operated by

MTR Corporation

Line(s)

Kwun Tong line

Platforms

2 (1 island platform)

Tracks

Connections

Bus, minibus

Construction

Structure type

Elevated

Platform levels

Accessible

Yes

Other information

Station code

KWT

History

Opened

1 October 1979; 45 years ago

Electrified

1,500 V DC (Overhead line)

Services

Preceding station	MTR			Following station
Ngau Tau Kok towards Whampoa		Kwun Tong line		Lam Tin towards Tiu Keng Leng
Ngau Tau Kok towards Whampoa		Kwun Tong line Trains after midnight		Terminus

Track layout

Legend

		to Ngau Tau Kok



Hoi Yuen Road		Hip Wo Street
	1
	2




		to Lam Tin

Location
Kwun Tong Location within the MTR system

Kwun Tong (Chinese: 觀塘; Cantonese Yale: Gūntòhng) is a station on the MTR Kwun Tong line in Hong Kong. The station opened on 1 October 1979 as the eastern terminus of the first phase of the Kwun Tong line until the Eastern Harbour Crossing to Quarry Bay opened on 6 August 1989. It is located in the Kwun Tong area, between Lam Tin and Ngau Tau Kok stations.

The station is elevated and open-air, unlike almost every other station on the line. Only Ngau Tau Kok and Kowloon Bay stations are like this. Due to difficulties in installing platform screen doors (PSDs) in above ground stations, the MTR decided not to install PSDs in this station, instead installing automatic platform gates (APGs) on the station's platforms in 2011.

It is located far from most residential areas, causing many residents of Kwun Tong to take other means of transport in order to reach the station. A shopping centre and office tower, named apm Millennium City 5, are connected to the station.

Beneath the station building is a road tunnel which diverts traffic along Kwun Tong Road from the roundabout around the station.

History

The construction of the station under Contract 212 was awarded to Far East/Coignet joint venture.^[1]

Kwun Tong station was opened when the Kwun Tong line was opened on 1 October 1979, and act as the terminus of the system, until Kwun Tong line was extended to Quarry Bay on 6 August 1989.

Station layout

The road tunnel built beneath Kwun Tong station

Platforms 1 and 2 share the same island platform, and it is curved, so the gap is large. Before Lam Tin station was opened, platform 1 was also used for departing westbound trains. After midnight, platform 1 is the termination platform of the Kwun Tong line, so trains can return to Kowloon Bay Depot. Before 07:01, platform 2 is the boarding platform of the Kwun Tong line after trains depart from Kowloon Bay Depot.

U2 Platforms	Platform 1	→ Kwun Tong line towards Tiu Keng Leng (Lam Tin) → ← Kwun Tong line termination platform→
	Island platform, doors will open on the right
	Platform 2	← Kwun Tong line towards Whampoa (Ngau Tau Kok)
U1	Concourse	Customer service, MTRshops
		Hang Seng Bank, vending machines, automatic teller machines
		Octopus promotion machine
G	Ground level	Exits
-	-	Kwun Tong Road Tunnel

^[2]

Entrances/exits

A1: Yue Man Square
A2: Millennium City 5, APM Mall
B1: Kwun Tong Ferry Pier Harbourfront
B2: Kwun Tong Plaza
B3: Crocodile Center
C1: Yuet Wah Street
C2: Lei Yue Mun Road
C3: Hip Wo Street
D1: Bus Terminus
D2: Hip Wo Street
D3: Hoi Yuen Road
D4: Kwun Tong Industrial Centre^[3]

Gallery

Kwun Tong station platforms (2022)
Station concourse (2022)
Exit A (2021)
Exit B (2020)
Exit C (2020)
Exit D (2020)
Footbridge access to the station. (2010) The MTR station name on the side of the footbridge has since been removed.
Platform 1 of Kwun Tong station (2014)

References

^ 地下鐵路首日通車紀念特刊. 地下鐵路公司. 1979.
^ "Kwun Tong Station layout" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
^ "Kwun Tong Station street map" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 25 July 2014.

Kwun Tong District

Areas

Landmarks

Transport

MTR stations	Kowloon Bay Kwun Tong Lam Tin Ngau Tau Kok Yau Tong
Water	Kwun Tong Ferry Pier

Education

History

Death of Chan Yin-lam

This list is incomplete.

Kwun Tong line

Stations

Rolling stock

History

Kwun Tong line extension
Former stations	Chater Admiralty Tsim Sha Tsui Jordan Quarry Bay North Point