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Kwun Tong 觀塘
MTR rapid transit station
Platforms 1 and 2 (2021)
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	觀塘
Simplified Chinese	观塘
Jyutping	Gun1tong4
Hanyu Pinyin	Guāntáng
Literal meaning	Pondview
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Guāntáng Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Gūntòhng IPA 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 / 22.3121°N 114.2265°E / 22.3121; 114.2265
Operated by	MTR Corporation
Line(s)	Kwun Tong line
Platforms	2 (1 island platform)
Tracks	2
Connections	Bus, minibus
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Platform levels	1
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	KWT
History
Opened	1 October 1979; 45 years ago (1979-10-01)
Electrified	1,500 V DC (Overhead line)
Services
Preceding station MTR Following station Ngau Tau Koktowards Whampoa Kwun Tong line Lam Tintowards Tiu Keng Leng Kwun Tong lineTrains after midnight Terminus
Track layout Legend to Ngau Tau Kok Hoi Yuen Road Hip Wo Street 1 2 to Lam Tin
Location Kwun TongLocation within the MTR system

Kwun Tong (Chinese: 觀塘; Cantonese Yale: Gūntòhng) is a station on the MTR Kwun Tong line in Hong Kong. The station opened on 1 October 1979 as the eastern terminus of the first phase of the Kwun Tong line until the Eastern Harbour Crossing to Quarry Bay opened on 6 August 1989. It is located in the Kwun Tong area, between Lam Tin and Ngau Tau Kok stations.

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.

A shopping centre and office tower, named apm Millennium City 5, are 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

The construction of the station under Contract 212 was awarded to Far East/Coignet joint venture.

Kwun Tong station was opened when the Kwun Tong line was opened on 1 October 1979, and act as the terminus of the system, until Kwun Tong line was extended to Quarry Bay on 6 August 1989.

Station layout

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. Before 07:01, platform 2 is the boarding platform of the Kwun Tong line after trains depart from Kowloon Bay Depot.

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

Gallery

• Kwun Tong station platforms (2022)
• Station concourse (2022)
• Exit A (2021)
• Exit B (2020)
• Exit C (2020)
• Exit D (2020)
• Footbridge access to the station. (2010) The MTR station name on the side of the footbridge has since been removed.
• Platform 1 of Kwun Tong station (2014)

References

1. 地下鐵路 首日通車紀念特刊. 地下鐵路公司. 1979.
2. "Kwun Tong Station layout" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
3. "Kwun Tong Station street map" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 25 July 2014.

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• Railway stations in Hong Kong opened in 1979
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