Kowloon station (MTR)

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.

This article is about the MTR station. For Kowloon station of intercity through trains, see Hung Hom station.

Kowloon

九龍
MTR MTR rapid transit station
Exits D2 (left) and C2 (right), in Union Square
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese九龍
Simplified Chinese九龙
Cantonese YaleGáulùng
Literal meaningNine dragons
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinJiǔlóng
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationGáulùng
IPA[kɐ̌ulʊ̏ŋ]
JyutpingGau2lung4
General information
LocationUnion Square, West Kowloon
Yau Tsim Mong District, Hong Kong
Coordinates22°18′18″N 114°09′41″E
Owned byMTR 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
AccessibleYes
ArchitectFarrells
Other information
Station codeKOW
History
Opened
  • 22 June 1998 (1998-06-22) (Tung Chung line)
  • 6 July 1998 (1998-07-06) (Airport Express)
Previous namesWest Kowloon (During planning)
Services
Preceding station MTR MTR Following station
Hong Kong
Terminus
 Airport Express Tsing Yi
towards AsiaWorld–Expo
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
Preceding station China Railway High-speed China Railway High-speed Following station
Futian
towards Guangzhou South
 Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong XRL
transfer at West Kowloon
 Terminus
Futian
towards Beijing West
 Beijing–Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong high-speed railway
transfer at West Kowloon
Track layout
to Tsing Yi
to Olympic
1
3
L4
2
4
L2
to Hong Kong
Location
Hong Kong MTR system map
Hong Kong MTR system map
Kowloon
Location within the MTR system
Hong Kong MTR system map
Hong Kong MTR system map
Kowloon
Kowloon (Hong Kong urban core)
Hong Kong MTR system map
Hong Kong MTR system map
Kowloon
Kowloon (Hong Kong Island)

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
U3 Airport Express
concourse		 Exit, Elements mall
Tung Chung line
concourse		 Exit, Elements mall, escalator to U5
G Airport 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 Airport and 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 space Reserved for East Kowloon line

[7]

Entrances and exits
Tung Chung line Concourse (G)[8]
Airport Express In-town Check In (G)[8]
  • The long escalator
    The long escalator
  • Airport Express check-in desk, from Elements
    Airport Express check-in desk, from Elements
  • Platform 1 (Airport Express)
    Platform 1 (Airport Express)
  • Airport Express Check-in Concourse
    Airport Express Check-in Concourse
  • Platform 1 (Airport Express)
    Platform 1 (Airport Express)
  • Platform 3 (Tung Chung line)
    Platform 3 (Tung Chung line)
  • Platform 3 (Tung Chung Line)
    Platform 3 (Tung Chung Line)
  • Platform 3 (Tung Chung Line)
    Platform 3 (Tung Chung Line)

References
  1. "Hong Kong / Kowloon Station Development – Transport Super City". Fundamentally Hong Kong? Delta Four 1984 - 2044. Venice Biennale (Hong Kong). Archived from the original on 16 April 2015. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
  2. Leung, Ambrose (12 September 2000). "Dickson CyberExpress, the physical mall of the online luxury shopping portal Dickson Cyber.com, is to be launched on Saturday by Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa". South China Morning Post. p. 2.
  3. Tsang, Denise (2 March 2001). "Dickson in moves to enliven its mall". South China Morning Post.
  4. "Dickson Warehouse at Kowloon Station". Archived from the original on 25 March 2004.
  5. "地鐵神秘景點".
  6. 港鐵公司. "機場快綫列車服務 - 免費服務 - 免費市區預辦登機服務" (in Chinese). 港鐵公司. Retrieved 16 May 2009.
  7. "Kowloon Station layout" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  8. "Kowloon Station street map" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
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