Kwun Tong station

Kwun Tong (Chinese: 觀塘; Cantonese Yale: Gūntòng) is a station on the MTR Kwun Tong line in Hong Kong. The station was opened in 1979 as the eastern terminus of the first phase of the MTR network, called the "Modified Initial System", until the Eastern Harbour Crossing to Quarry Bay opened in 1989. It is located in the Kwun Tong area, between Lam Tin and Ngau Tau Kok stations.

Kwun Tong 觀塘
MTR rapid transit station
Platform 1
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	觀塘
Simplified Chinese	观塘
Jyutping	Gun1tong4
Hanyu Pinyin	Guāntáng
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Guāntáng Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Gūntòng IPA [kúːntʰɔ̏ːŋ] 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
Operated by	MTR Corporation
Line(s)	Kwun Tong line
Platforms	2 (island platform)
Connections	Bus, public light bus
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Platform levels	1
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	1 October 1979 (1979-10)
Services
Preceding station MTR Following station Ngau Tau Kok towards Whampoa Kwun Tong line Lam Tin towards Tiu Keng Leng
Track layout to Ngau Tau Kok Hoi Yuen Road Hip Wo Street 1 2 to Lam Tin
Location
Kwun Tong Location within the MTR system

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 away from most residential areas, causing many residents of Kwun Tong to take other means of transport in order to reach the station. There is a shopping centre and office tower, named apm Millennium City 5, 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

Kwun Tong station was opened when Modified Initial System was opened on 1 October 1979, and act as the terminus of the system, until Kwun Tong Line was extended to Quarry Bay in 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.

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

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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[2]

Transport connections

Public light bus routes

To Sau Mau Ping/Po Tat Estate:

• 13 (Exit A1)

To Cha Kwo Leng:

• 23B (Exit A1)

To United Christian Hospital:

• 47 (Exit D1)
• 50 (Exit A1)

To Hiu Lai Court/Upper Sau Mau Ping:

• 34M (Exit A1)

To Hong Lee Court(Crocodile Hill):

• 36A (Exit A1)

To Lok Wah Estate and Chun Wah Road:

• 22M (Exit A1)

To Tsui Ping Estate:

• 59 (Exit D1)
• 59M (Exit C3)

Bus routes

To Hing Tin Estate / Kai Tin Estate:

• 16M (Exit D1)

To Po Tat Estate / Sau Mau Ping Estate:

• 13M (Exit D1)

To Lek Yuen Estate / New Town Plaza (Sha Tin)

• 89

To Sha Kok Estate / Pok Hong Estate / Sha Tin Wai / Tai Wai

• 89B

To Sha Tin Station / City One

• 89X

References

1. "Kwun Tong Station layout" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
2. "Kwun Tong Station street map" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 25 July 2014.