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Kwun Tong station

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

觀塘
MTR MTR rapid transit station
Platforms 1 and 2 (2021)
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
JyutpingGun1tong4
Hanyu PinyinGuāntáng
Literal meaningPondview
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinGuāntáng
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationGūntòhng
IPA[kun˥tʰɔŋ˩]
JyutpingGun1tong4
General information
LocationKwun Tong Road Interchange, Kwun Tong
Kwun Tong District, Hong Kong
Coordinates22°18′44″N 114°13′35″E / 22.3121°N 114.2265°E / 22.3121; 114.2265
Operated byMTR Corporation
Line(s)Kwun Tong line
Platforms2 (1 island platform)
Tracks2
Connections
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Platform levels1
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station codeKWT
History
Opened1 October 1979; 45 years ago (1979-10-01)
Electrified1,500 V DC (Overhead line)
Services
Preceding station MTR MTR Following station
Ngau Tau Kok
towards Whampoa
Kwun Tong line Lam Tin
Kwun Tong line
Trains after midnight
Terminus
Track layout
to ‹See TfM›Ngau Tau Kok
Hoi Yuen Road
Hip Wo Street
1
2
Location
Hong Kong MTR system map
Hong Kong MTR system map
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 ‹See TfM›Lam Tin and ‹See TfM›Ngau Tau Kok stations.

The station is elevated and open-air, unlike almost every other station on the line. Only Ngau Tau Kok and ‹See TfM›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

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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

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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 ‹See TfM›Tiu Keng Leng (‹See TfM›Lam Tin)

     Kwun Tong line termination platform→

Island platform, doors will open on the right
Platform 2      Kwun Tong line towards ‹See TfM›Whampoa (‹See TfM›Ngau Tau Kok)
U1 Concourse Customer service, MTRshops
Hang Seng Bank, vending machines, automatic teller machines
Octopus promotion machine
G Ground level Exits
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- Kwun Tong Road Tunnel

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Entrances/exits

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  • A1: Yue Man Square Wheelchair user access
  • A2: Millennium City 5, APM Mall Wheelchair user access
  • 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 Wheelchair user access
  • D3: Hoi Yuen Road
  • D4: Kwun Tong Industrial Centre[3]
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References

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