Kowloon Tong station

Location
	Kowloon Tong Location within the MTR system

Track layout
	Legend
	Beacon Hill
	Tunnel

Kowloon Tong

九龍塘
Kowloon Tong; 九龍塘
MTR rapid transit station
	East Rail line Platforms 1 and 2 (2022)
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	九龍塘
Simplified Chinese	九龙塘
Jyutping	Gau2lung4tong4
Hanyu Pinyin	Jiǔlóngtáng
Literal meaning	Nine Dragons Pond
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Jiǔlóngtáng
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	Gáulùngtòng
IPA	[kɐw˧˥lʊŋ˩tʰɔŋ˩]
Jyutping	Gau2lung4tong4
General information
Location	Suffolk Road / To Fuk Road, Kowloon Tong; Kowloon City District, Hong Kong
Coordinates	22°20′13″N 114°10′34″E / 22.3370°N 114.1762°E
Owned by	Kwun Tong line: MTR Corporation; East Rail line: KCR Corporation;
Operated by	MTR Corporation
Line(s)	Kwun Tong line; East Rail line;
Platforms	4 (1 island platform on Kwun Tong line and 2 side platforms on East Rail line)
Tracks	4
Connections	Bus, minibus;
Construction
Structure type	Kwun Tong line: Underground; East Rail line: At-grade;
Platform levels	2
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	KOT
History
Opened	Tsuen Wan line: 1 October 1979; 45 years ago; East Rail line: 4 May 1982; 42 years ago;
Electrified	East Rail line
Services
Track layout
Track layout
	Legend
	Beacon Hill
	Tunnel
Location
Location
	Kowloon Tong Location within the MTR system

Kowloon Tong is a station on MTR's Kwun Tong line and East Rail line in New Kowloon, Hong Kong. The station serves Kowloon Tong and its vicinity, including Yau Yat Tsuen, the Festival Walk shopping centre, City University of Hong Kong and Hong Kong Baptist University.

The station straddles the boundary between Kowloon City District and Sham Shui Po District.^[1]^[2]

This station serves as one of four interchange stations for the East Rail line, leading up to the New Territories and entry point to mainland China. Therefore, it is one of the busiest stations in the system.

History

On 1 October 1910, the KCR British Section opened, including Beacon Hill Tunnel, but without any station at Kowloon Tong. Kowloon Tong station on the KCR opened on 4 May 1982, serving as an interchange point with the MTR.

On 1 October 1979, the first phase of the MTR's Kwun Tong line opened to the public, including Kowloon Tong station. Kumagai Gumi is the main contractor under Contract 205.^[3]

A new underground southern concourse for the East Rail line was opened on 15 April 2004 to increase the station's capacity. The project included a new 60-metre (196 ft 10 in) subway linking to the MTR concourse (meaning the station now has two subways for transferring passengers). The new 1,800-square-metre (19,375 sq ft) concourse also included a new entrance (entrance D) on To Fuk Road. A passenger lift was also installed at entrance E at this time.^[4]^[5]

On 2 December 2007, the MTR–KCR merger took place, and Kowloon Tong became solely operated by MTR, but the turnstiles separating the respective concourse of the Kwun Tong line and East Rail line were not removed until 28 September 2008.

Layout

Kwun Tong line concourse in March 2014

Kwun Tong line platforms in April 2014

Decorations in East Rail line platforms in October 2008

East Rail line platforms in April 2014

There is a reserved space for a track connecting the East Rail line and the Kwun Tong line in the westbound tunnel just outside Kowloon Tong station towards Shek Kip Mei. The space was originally designed to allow the Metro Cammell EMUs to be transferred to the Kwun Tong line when they were unloaded at Hung Hom, but the track was never built as the MTR decided to use lorries to carry all of its train carriages to the Kowloon Bay Depot.^[6]

Note that the platforms for both the East Rail line and the Kwun Tong line are called platforms 1 and 2.

U1	overlying buildings	Education Bureau Kowloon Education Service Centre
footbridge	East Rail line platforms	footbridge connecting East Rail line platforms, Festival Walk, Suffolk Road
G	Exit H	exit, customer service centre, shops
	side platform
	Platform 1	→ East Rail line towards Lo Wu or Lok Ma Chau (Tai Wai) →
	Platform 2	← East Rail line towards Admiralty (Mong Kok East)
	side platform
	Exit G	exit, transport interchange, taxi stand, customer service centre, shops
	Kwun Tong line concourse	exits, transport interchange
C/L1/B	East Rail line northern concourse	customer service centre, shops, toilets, vending machines, automatic teller machines
	Kwun Tong line concourse	customer service centre, vending machines, automatic teller machines, shops, Octopus promotion machine, iCentre free internet service
	East Rail line southern concourse	customer service centre, toilets, shops, automatic teller machines
L2	Platform 1	→ Kwun Tong line towards Tiu Keng Leng (Lok Fu) →
	island platform
	Platform 2	← Kwun Tong line towards Whampoa (Shek Kip Mei)

^[7]

Entrances and exits

A pedestrian walkway connects the station with Festival Walk, a major shopping centre.^[8]

Kwun Tong line concourse

A1: Suffolk Road
A2: Hong Kong Baptist Hospital/Hong Kong Baptist University
B: Suffolk Road
C1: Hong Kong Productivity Council
C2: Festival Walk/City University of Hong Kong
E: EDB Education Services Centre^[8]

East Rail line southern concourse

D: Public Transport Interchange ^[8]

East Rail line northern concourse

F: Kent Road ^[8]

East Rail line platform 2 (ground level)

G1: To Fuk Road
G2: Festival Walk^[8]

East Rail line platform 1 (ground level)

H: Hong Kong Productivity Council ^[8]

Exit H is also accessible from the East Rail line northern concourse. It is possible to walk between Exit A and E in the vicinity of the station without entering the paid area. The same goes for Exit B, C, F and H.