- Kowloon Tong Station
MTR infobox
livery=0088DD
namecolour=white
line=Kwun Tong
line2=East Rail
caption=Kuwn Tong Line platform
district=Kowloon City
area=Kowloon Tong
open=October 1, 1979 (Kwun Tong Line)
open2=May 4, 1982 (East Rail Line)
type=Underground/Ground Level
platformtype=Island/Side
platformno=4
exitno=10
liftno=7
escalatorno=24
code=KOT
hours=0604/0111
connections= Bus, Minibus
engname=Kowloon Tong
chiname=九龍塘 Chinese
t=九龍塘
s=九龙塘
i=IPA|/kɐʊ35 ləʊŋ11 tʰɔŋ11/
j=gau2 lung4 tong4
y=gau2 lung4 tong4
p=Jiǔlóng TángKowloon Tong is a station on
MTR 's HK-MTR lines|Kwun Tong and HK-MTR lines|East Rail inNew Kowloon ,Hong Kong .Kowloon Tong Station serves
Kowloon Tong and its vicinity, including Yau Yat Tsuen, theFestival Walk shopping centre, theCity University of Hong Kong and theHong Kong Baptist University .This station serves as one of the two interchange stations for the HK-MTR lines|East Rail, leading up to the
New Territories and entry point tomainland China . Therefore, it is one of the busiest stations in the system. Originally being the only such interchange station, its load was heavily reduced when a new interchange station was built at Tsim Sha Tsui/East Tsim Sha Tsui.A new concourse for HK-MTR lines|East Rail was opened on
15 April ,2004 in order to increase its capacity.In the end of September 2008, the HK-MTR lines|Kwun Tong and HK-MTR lines|East Rail interchanging gates were cancelled.
tation layout
If one carefully looks out from the while moving towards the direction of Shek Kip Mei, there is a reserved space for a track connecting the East Rail Line and the Kwun Tong Line. This was originally designed to allow Metro-Cammells to be transferred to the Kwun Tong Line when they are unloaded at Hung Hom. But the track was never built as the MTR decided to use lorries to carry all of its cars to the Kowloon Bay Depot.
Entrances/Exits
A pedestrian walkway connects Kowloon Tong MTR Station with Festival Walk, a major shopping centre.
*A1: Suffolk Road (Bus Terminus)
*A2: Suffolk Road (Minibus Stop)
*B: Suffolk Road (Bus Terminus)
*C1/C2: Festival Walk (Exits C1 and C2)
*D: Southern Concourse of East Rail Line
*E: Kowloon Tong Education and Manpower Bureau Center
*F: Kent Road
*G: To Fuk Road
*H:City University of Hong Kong Transport Connections
Minibus Routes
To Academic Community Hall/Broadcast Drive/Baptist University:
*29A (Exit A2)To Beacon Hill:
*29B (Exit A2)To Kowloon City:
*25M (Exit B2)To World Wide Gardens:
*61M (Exit A2)Kowloon Tong MTR Station Bus Terminus (Exits A1 or B2)
To City One Shatin:
*82MTo Hin King Estate:
*88MTo Kwong Yuen Estate/Prince of Wales Hospital:
*82MTo Sui Wo Court:
*80MTo Sun Tin Wai Estate:
*81MNeighbouring stations
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