Kowloon Bay station

Kowloon Bay is a station on the Hong Kong MTR Kwun Tong Line. It is located between Choi Hung station and Ngau Tau Kok station in Kowloon East. The station was opened in 1979.

Kowloon Bay

九龍灣
MTR rapid transit station
Both platforms
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese九龍灣
Simplified Chinese九龙湾
JyutpingGau2lung4waan1
Hanyu PinyinJiǔlóngwān
Literal meaningNine Dragons Bay
General information
LocationKwun Tong Road near Telford Gardens, Kowloon Bay
Kwun Tong District Kowloon East, Hong Kong
Coordinates22°19′25″N 114°12′51″E
Operated byMTR Corporation
Line(s)
Platforms2 (island platform)
ConnectionsBus, public light bus
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Platform levels1
Disabled accessYes
History
Opened
  • 1 October 1979 (1979-10)
Services
Preceding station MTR Following station
Choi Hung
towards Whampoa
 Kwun Tong line Ngau Tau Kok
towards Tiu Keng Leng
Track layout
to Choi Hung
1
2
to Ngau Tau Kok
Location
Kowloon Bay
Location within the MTR system

Kowloon Bay Station is one of the five MTR stations on the Kwun Tong Line located above ground level, and one of three to be elevated and open-air (the other two being Ngau Tau Kok and Kwun Tong). 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. In 2011, the MTR also changed the hue of Kowloon Bay Station from black to red.

The headquarters of the MTR Corporation and the depot for the Kwun Tong Line are both located at this station. Also located above the depot is Telford Gardens, the first residential property to be developed by the MTR Corporation. Kowloon Bay station is connected to Telford Plaza, a shopping mall located next to Telford Gardens.

History

Kowloon Bay station was opened when Modified Initial System was opened on 1 October 1979.

Station layout
Kowloon Bay station concourse
Kowloon Bay Station before platform gates are installed.

Platforms 1 and 2 share the same island platform.

P
Platforms		 Platform 1 →      Kwun Tong line towards Tiu Keng Leng (Ngau Tau Kok) →
Island platform, doors will open on the right
Platform 2 ←      Kwun Tong line towards Whampoa (Choi Hung)
C Concourse Exit, Telford Plaza, Telford Garden
Customer service, MTRshops
Hang Seng Bank, vending machines, automatic teller machines
"iCentre" free internet access
G Depot Exits, MTR Kowloon Bay Depot

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Entrances/exits
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References
  1. "Kowloon Bay Station layout" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
  2. "Kowloon Bay Station street map" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 25 July 2014.


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