Kowloon Bay station

Kowloon Bay is a station on the Hong Kong MTR Kwun Tong line. It is located between Choi Hung and Ngau Tau Kok stations in Kowloon East. The station was opened in 1979.

Kowloon Bay

九龍灣
MTR MTR rapid transit station
Station Platform (2021)
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese九龍灣
Simplified Chinese九龙湾
JyutpingGau2lung4waan1
Hanyu PinyinJiǔlóngwān
Literal meaningNine Dragons Bay
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinJiǔlóngwān
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationGáulùngwāan
IPA[kɐu˧˥loŋ˩waːn˥]
JyutpingGau2lung4waan1
General information
LocationKwun Tong Road near Telford Gardens, Kowloon Bay
Kwun Tong District, Hong Kong
Coordinates22°19′25″N 114°12′51″E
Operated byMTR Corporation
Line(s)Kwun Tong line
Platforms2 (1 island platform)
Tracks2
Connections
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Platform levels1
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station codeKOB
History
Opened1 October 1979 (1979-10-01)
Electrified1,500 V DC (Overhead line)
Services
Preceding station MTR MTR Following station
Choi Hung
towards Whampoa
 Kwun Tong line Ngau Tau Kok
towards Tiu Keng Leng
Track layout
to Choi Hung
1
2
to Ngau Tau Kok
Location
Hong Kong MTR system map
Hong Kong MTR system map
Kowloon Bay
Location within the MTR system

Kowloon Bay station is one of the five MTR stations on the Kwun Tong line located above ground level, and one of three to be elevated and open-air (the other two being Ngau Tau Kok and Kwun Tong). 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. In 2011, the MTR also changed the hue of Kowloon Bay station from black to red.

The headquarters of the MTR Corporation and the depot for the Kwun Tong line are both located at this station. Also located above the depot is Telford Gardens, the first residential property to be developed by the MTR Corporation. Kowloon Bay station is connected to Telford Plaza, a shopping mall located next to Telford Gardens.

History

Kowloon Bay station was opened when the Kwun Tong line was opened on 1 October 1979.

Station layout
Kowloon Bay station concourse

Platforms 1 and 2 share the same island platform.

U2
Platforms		 Platform 1 →      Kwun Tong line towards Tiu Keng Leng (Ngau Tau Kok) →
Island platform, doors will open on the right
Platform 2 ←      Kwun Tong line towards Whampoa (Choi Hung)
Telford Plaza Exit C
U1 Concourse Exits, Telford Plaza, Telford Gardens
Customer service, MTRshops
Hang Seng Bank, vending machines, automatic teller machines
"iCentre" free internet access
G Depot Exits, MTR Kowloon Bay Depot

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Entrances/exits
  • Exterior of station (2021)
    Exterior of station (2021)
  • Platforms 1 and 2 (2021)
    Platforms 1 and 2 (2021)
  • Exit A (2020)
    Exit A (2020)
  • Exit B with access to Telford Plaza on the right (2020)
    Exit B with access to Telford Plaza on the right (2020)
  • Exit C (2020)
    Exit C (2020)
  • Free internet access in the station concourse (2021)
    Free internet access in the station concourse (2021)
  • Station concourse (2020)
    Station concourse (2020)
  • Both platforms (2014)
    Both platforms (2014)
  • Platforms prior to the installation of half-height platform gates (2009)
    Platforms prior to the installation of half-height platform gates (2009)

References
  1. "Kowloon Bay Station layout" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
  2. "Kowloon Bay Station street map" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
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