West Kowloon Station

West Kowloon Station

MTR infobox
engname=West Kowloon
line=West Rail
open=late 2009
code=WKLN
type=Underground

West Kowloon is a underground MTR railway station on the HK-MTR lines|West Rail railway line in Hong Kong. It is being built by MTR Corporation, which runs part of the Hong Kong railways. It is part of a larger West Kowloon reclamation project. Construction will finish in mid-2009. It provides interchange with the Airport Express and Tung Chung line. Interchanging between the West Rail line and Airport/Tung Chung line takes about 5-8 minutes.

The surface station building is divided into two parts by Wui Cheung Road. [http://www.epd.gov.hk/eia/register/report/eiareport/eia_0982004/HTML/23573-10-index.htm] The site is currently occupied by the Canton Road Government Offices, which will be demolished.

The construction contract KDB200 (West Kowloon Station and Tunnels - Jordan Road to East Tsim Sha Tsui Station) was awarded to the Leighton-Balfour Beatty-Kumagai-John Holland Joint Venture (renamed to "Link 200 Joint Venture" on 9 August 2005) at an estimated contract sum of HK$ 2018 million. This station is part of this contract.

Neighbouring stations

External links

* [http://mtr.com.hk/eng/projects/hk_klns.html Official information from MTRC on Kowloon Southern Link]
* [http://www.epd.gov.hk/eia/register/report/eiareport/eia_0982004/HTML/23573-10-index.htm Environmental Impact Assessment Report of Kowloon Southern Link]
* [http://www.westkowloon.hk The West Kowloon Cultural Village website - NEW PROJECT!]
* [http://www.hplb.gov.hk/competition/index.html West Kowloon reclamation website]


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