Kwun Tong is a station on the MTR

MTR

Mass Transit Railway is the rapid transit railway system in Hong Kong. Originally opened in 1979, the system now includes 211.6 km of rail with 155 stations, including 86 railway stations and 69 light rail stops...

 Kwun Tong Line in Hong Kong

Hong Kong

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. The station was used to be the original terminus

Terminal Station

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 of the line until Lam Tin

Lam Tin (MTR)

Lam Tin is a station on the Hong Kong MTR Kwun Tong Line built as a part of the extension to Quarry Bay. The station is linked to the hillside community of the Lam Tin area by a series of escalators.-History:...

 station opened in 1989. It is located in the Kwun Tong

Kwun Tong

Kwun Tong is an area in Kwun Tong District, situated at the eastern part of the Kowloon Peninsula, and its boundary stretches from Lion Rock in the north to Lei Yue Mun in the south, and from the winding paths of Kowloon Peak in the east to the north coast of the former Kai Tak Airport runway in...

 area, between Lam Tin

Lam Tin (MTR)

Lam Tin is a station on the Hong Kong MTR Kwun Tong Line built as a part of the extension to Quarry Bay. The station is linked to the hillside community of the Lam Tin area by a series of escalators.-History:...

 station and Ngau Tau Kok

Ngau Tau Kok (MTR)

Ngau Tau Kok is a station on the Hong Kong MTR Kwun Tong Line. It is located in the Ngau Tau Kok area, between Kwun Tong and Kowloon Bay stations. It was opened in 1979....

 station.

The station is above ground

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, unlike almost every other station in the system. Due to difficulties in installing platform screen doors

Platform screen doors

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 (PSDs) in above ground stations, the MTR decided not to install PSDs in this station. However due to recent accidents of falling into the tracks, the MTR may consider putting screen doors on this station and many other stations without PSDs and remodel the station or add platform gates similar to those found at Sunny Bay Station. It is located far away from most residential

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 areas, causing many residents of Kwun Tong

Kwun Tong

Kwun Tong is an area in Kwun Tong District, situated at the eastern part of the Kowloon Peninsula, and its boundary stretches from Lion Rock in the north to Lei Yue Mun in the south, and from the winding paths of Kowloon Peak in the east to the north coast of the former Kai Tak Airport runway in...

 to take other means of transport

Public transport

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 in order to reach the station. There is a shopping centre and office tower, named apm Millennium City 5

Apm Millennium City 5

apm is a shopping mall in Kwun Tong, Hong Kong, which opened in April 2005. It is located within Millennium City 5, a commercial property developed by Sun Hung Kai Properties. Together with Millennium Cities 1, 2, 3, and 6, they are commercial properties situated along Kwun Tong Road. apm is next...

, connected to the station.

Beneath the station building is a road tunnel which diverts traffic along Kwun Tong Road

Kwun Tong Road

Kwun Tong Road is a major road in Kwun Tong of New Kowloon in Hong Kong. It starts at the junction with Prince Edward Road East, Clear Water Bay Road and Lung Cheung Road in Ngau Chi Wan...

 from the roundabout around the station.

Station layout

P Platforms	Platform 1	towards Tiu Keng Leng Tiu Keng Leng (MTR) Tiu Keng Leng Station is an MTR station located in Tiu Keng Leng. The station features cross-platform interchange between the Tseung Kwan O Line and the Kwun Tong Line, where it serves as an eastern terminal station for the Kwun Tong Line. It is between Tseung Kwan O and Yau Tong stations...
	Island platforms, doors will open on the right
	Platform 2	towards Yau Ma Tei Yau Ma Tei (MTR) Yau Ma Tei, formerly named Waterloo after Waterloo Road, is an MTR station located in Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon. It is the western terminus of the Kwun Tong Line, and is also located on the Tsuen Wan Line....
C Concourse	Concourse	Customer service, MTRshops
		Hang Seng Bank Hang Seng Bank Hang Seng Bank Limited is the second largest bank in Hong Kong. It is a listed company but it is majority owned by the HSBC Group via The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. Hang Seng is also one of the constituent shares of the Hang Seng Index... , vending machines, automatic teller machines
		Octopus promotion machine
G Ground	-	Exits

Platforms 1 and 2 share the same island platform, and it is also curved, so the gap is large. During the Modified Initial System, platform 1 was used for trains to go to Shek Kip Mei (now Yau Ma Tei) before Lam Tin Station was built. At midnight, platform 1 is the termination platform of the , so trains can return to Kowloon Bay Depot.

Entrances/Exits

• A1: Yue Man Square
• A2: Millennium City V APM Mall
• B1: Kwun Tong Plaza
• B2: Hoi Yuen Road
• B3: How Ming Street
• C1:Yuet Wah Street
• C2/C3: Hip Wo Street
• D1: Lei Yue Mun Road
• D2/D3: Kwun Tong Road
• D4: Kwun Tong Industrial Centre

Minibus routes

To Cha Kwo Leng:

• 23B (Exit A1)

To United Christian Hospital:

• 50 (Exit A1)

To Hiu Lai Court/Upper Sau Mau Ping:

• 34M (Exit A1)

To Hong Lee Court(Crocodile Hill):

• 36A (Exit A1)

To Lok Wah Estate

Lok Wah Estate

Lok Wah Estate is a public housing estate located in Ngau Tau Kok, Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong....

:

• 22M (Exit A1)

To Tsui Ping Estate:

• 59M (Exit C3)

Bus routes

To Hing Tin Estate / Kai Tin Estate:

• 16M (Exit D1)

To Po Tat Estate / Sau Mau Ping Estate:

• 13M (Exit D1)

To Lek Yuen Estate (Sha Tin)

• 89

To Sha Kok Estate/ Pok Hong Estate/ Sha Tin Wai (Sha Tin)

• 89B

To Sha Tin Railway Station

• 89X

Neighbouring stations