Kowloon Tong (MTR)

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Kowloon Tong Station
九龍塘站

Kowloon Tong station sign

Line	Kwun Tong
Code	KOT
Service hours	0604/0111
Connections	Bus, Minibus

District	Kowloon City
Area	Kowloon Tong

Map	MTR Website
Coordinates	to be added

Opened	October 1979
Type of station	Underground
Type of platforms	Island
No. of platforms	2
No. of entrances/exits	9
No. of escalators	to be added
No. of lifts	to be added
No. of shops	to be added

Kowloon Tong (Chinese: 九龍塘, Cantonese IPA: /kɐʊ₃₅ ləʊŋ₁₁ tʰɔŋ₁₁/; Jyutping: gau2 lung4 tong4, Mandarin Pinyin: Jiǔlóngtáng) is a station on MTR's Kwun Tong Line in New Kowloon, Hong Kong.

Kowloon Tong Station serves Kowloon Tong and its vicinity, including Yau Yat Tsuen, the Festival Walk shopping centre, the City University of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Baptist University.

This station serves as one of the two interchange stations for the KCR East Rail (see Kowloon Tong Station, East Rail), leading up to the New Territories and entry point to mainland 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.

View of the Kowloon Tong Station, Platform level.

1 Entrances/Exits
2 Platforms
3 Transport Connections
- 3.1 Minibus Routes
- 3.2 Kowloon Tong MTR Station Bus Terminus (Exits A1 or B2)
4 Neighbouring stations

[edit] Entrances/Exits

A pedestrian walkway connects Kowloon Tong MTR Station with Festival Walk, a major shopping centre.

A1/B2: Suffolk Road (Bus Terminus)
A2: Suffolk Road (Minibus Stop)
B1/B3: Northern Concourse of Kowloon Tong KCR Station
C1/C2: Festival Walk (Exits C1 and C2)
D: Southern Concourse of Kowloon Tong KCR Station
E: Tim Fuk Road

[edit] Platforms

Platform 1: Kwun Tong Line to Tiu King Leng
Platform 2: Kwun Tong Line to Yau Ma Tei

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 KCR and MTR. This was originally designed to allow MTR Metro-Cammell s 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.

[edit] Transport Connections

[edit] 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)

[edit] Kowloon Tong MTR Station Bus Terminus (Exits A1 or B2)

To City One Shatin:

82M

To Hin King Estate:

88M

To Kwong Yuen Estate/Prince of Wales Hospital:

82M

To Sui Wo Court:

80M

To Sun Tin Wai Estate:

81M

[edit] Neighbouring stations

Preceding station		Following station
Kowloon Tong Station (MTR)
Shek Kip Mei	Kwun Tong Line	Lok Fu
Kowloon Tong Station (KCR)
Mong Kok	East Rail	Tai Wai

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Hong Kong MTR stations

Kwun Tong	Whampoa Garden \| Ho Man Tin \| Yau Ma Tei ■ \| Mong Kok ■ \| Prince Edward ■ \| Shek Kip Mei \| Kowloon Tong ¹ \| Lok Fu \| Wong Tai Sin \| Diamond Hill \| Choi Hung \| Kowloon Bay \| Ngau Tau Kok \| Kwun Tong \| Lam Tin \| Yau Tong ■ \| Tiu Keng Leng ■
Tsuen Wan	Central ■■■ \| Admiralty ■ \| Tsim Sha Tsui ¹ \| Jordan \| Yau Ma Tei ■ \| Mong Kok ■ \| Prince Edward ■ \| Sham Shui Po \| Cheung Sha Wan \| Lai Chi Kok \| Mei Foo ² \| Lai King ■ \| Kwai Fong \| Kwai Hing \| Tai Wo Hau \| Tsuen Wan
Island	Kennedy Town \| University \| Sai Ying Pun \| Sheung Wan \| Central ■■■ \| Admiralty ■ \| Wan Chai \| Causeway Bay \| Tin Hau \| Fortress Hill \| North Point ■ \| Quarry Bay ■ \| Tai Koo \| Sai Wan Ho \| Shau Kei Wan \| Heng Fa Chuen \| Chai Wan
Tung Chung	³Fortress Hill \| Exhibition \| Tamar \| Hong Kong ■■■ \| Kowloon ■ \| Olympic \| Nam Cheong ² \| Lai King ■ \| Tsing Yi ■ \| Sunny Bay ■ \| Tung Chung
Airport Express	Hong Kong ■■■ \| Kowloon ■ \| Tsing Yi ■ \| Airport \| AsiaWorld-Expo
Tseung Kwan O	⁴Tin Hau \| North Point ■ \| Quarry Bay ■ \| Yau Tong ■ \| Tiu Keng Leng ■ \| Tseung Kwan O \| Hang Hau \| Po Lam \| Tseung Kwan O South
Disneyland Resort	Sunny Bay ■ \| Disneyland Resort
1) Interchange with KCR East Rail 2) Interchange with KCR West Rail 3) Taking up Island Line stations east of Fortress Hill 4) Taking up Island Line stations west of Tin Hau Lines and stations that are proposed, under planning or under construction are shown in italics.