Kowloon station (MTR)

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Kowloon

九龍
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Exits D2 (left) and C2 (right), in Union Square
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese 九龍
Simplified Chinese 九龙
Cantonese Yale Gáulùng
Literal meaningNine dragons
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin Jiǔlóng
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization Gáulùng
IPA [kɐ̌ulʊ̏ŋ]
Jyutping Gau2lung4
General information
Location Union Square, West Kowloon
Yau Tsim Mong District, Hong Kong
Coordinates 22°18′18″N114°09′41″E / 22.3049°N 114.1615°E / 22.3049; 114.1615
Owned by MTR Corporation
Operated byMTR Corporation
Line(s)
Platforms4 (1 island platform on Tung Chung line and 2 side platforms on Airport Express)
Tracks4
Connections
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Platform levels2
Accessible Yes
Architect Farrells
Other information
Station codeKOW
History
Opened
  • 22 June 1998;25 years ago (1998-06-22) (Tung Chung line)
  • 6 July 1998;25 years ago (1998-07-06) (Airport Express)
Previous namesWest Kowloon (During planning)
Services
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Hong Kong
Terminus
Airport Express Tsing Yi
Tung Chung line Olympic
towards Tung Chung
Transfer at Austin
Nam Cheong
towards Tuen Mun
Tuen Ma line
transfer at Austin
East Tsim Sha Tsui
towards Wu Kai Sha
Transfer at West Kowloon
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Futian Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong XRL
transfer at West Kowloon
Terminus
Track layout
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Location
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Kowloon
Location within the MTR system
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Kowloon is a station on the Tung Chung line and the Airport Express of Hong Kong's MTR. It is one of the two Airport Express stations providing in-town check-in services for passengers departing from Hong Kong International Airport and free shuttle bus services to most major hotels in the Tsim Sha Tsui and Yau Ma Tei areas.

Contents

The station is located less than two hundred meters west of the Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong Express Rail Link Hong Kong section West Kowloon Terminus, five hundred meters west of Austin on the Tuen Ma line and a kilometre west of Jordan station on the Tsuen Wan line.

Escalators link Elements directly with the station concourse.

History

The station was designed by TFP Farrells. [1] During the planning stage, it was called West Kowloon station (西九龍站).

On 16 September 2000, the new shopping mall "Dickson CyberExpress" (迪生數碼世界) was opened by Dickson Poon. The size was 70,000 square feet (6,500 m2) spread over four levels of the station with six shopping areas. [2] However, the mall did not have the expected volume of customers and business was weak. After half a year, the mall shrank in size. The mall's management company planned to decrease the level of the mall from 4 levels to 3 levels and to combine some of the shopping areas. [3] Business remained poor due to sparse population near the station and a recession at that time. The mall finally closed its operation in 2005. [4]

The station was proposed as the terminus of the unbuilt East Kowloon line; the proposal indicated using a reserved confined space under the Tung Chung line platforms. [5]

The station is connected via footbridges to Austin on the Tuen Ma line. The station is connected to West Kowloon Terminus of the Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong Express Rail Link Hong Kong section.

Station layout

As in other Airport Express stations, the Airport Express and the Tung Chung line have separated paid areas. Platform 2 is only used for disembarking passengers from Hong Kong International Airport or AsiaWorld–Expo , except during morning rush hours from Monday to Saturday for boarding passengers traveling on the line to Hong Kong station with a Morning Express Ticket. [6]

U5
Residential and
commercial area
Exits, Union Square, The Waterfront, Sorrento
The Harbourside, The Arch, International Commerce Centre, The Cullinan
U4
Tung Chung line
concourse
Exit, Elements mall
U3Airport Express
concourse
Exit, Elements mall
Tung Chung line
concourse
Exit, Elements mall, escalator to U5
GAirport Express
check-in
Customer service, drop-off area, in-town check-in, left luggage
MTRshops, vending machines, toilets, police post
Tung Chung line
concourse
Exits, customer service, car park, toilet
Airport Express shuttle bus, public transport interchange
MTRshops, Hang Seng Bank, automatic teller machines
L2
Platforms
Airport Express
concourse
Customer service, drop-off area, toilets
Side platform, doors will open on the left
Platform 1      Airport Express towards AsiaWorld–Expo (Tsing Yi )
Platform 2     Airport Express towards Hong Kong (Terminus)
Side platform, doors will open on the left
Airport Express
concourse
Customer service, taxi stand, MTRshops, toilets
L4
Platforms
Platform 3      Tung Chung line towards Tung Chung (Olympic )
Island platform, doors will open on the right
Platform 4     Tung Chung line towards Hong Kong (Terminus)
-Confined spaceReserved for East Kowloon line

[7]

Entrances and exits

Tung Chung line Concourse (G) [8]
Airport Express In-town Check In (G) [8]

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