Kwun Tong station

Kwun Tong

觀塘
MTR MTR rapid transit station
Platforms 1 and 2 (2021)
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
JyutpingGun1tong4
Hanyu PinyinGuāntáng
Literal meaningPondview
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinGuāntáng
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationGūntòhng
IPA[kun˥tʰɔŋ˩]
JyutpingGun1tong4
General information
LocationKwun Tong Road Interchange, Kwun Tong
Kwun Tong District, Hong Kong
Coordinates22°18′44″N 114°13′35″E / 22.3121°N 114.2265°E / 22.3121; 114.2265
Operated byMTR Corporation
Line(s)Kwun Tong line
Platforms2 (1 island platform)
Tracks2
Connections
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Platform levels1
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station codeKWT
History
Opened1 October 1979; 45 years ago (1979-10-01)
Electrified1,500 V DC (Overhead line)
Services
Preceding station MTR MTR Following station
Ngau Tau Kok
towards Whampoa
Kwun Tong line Lam Tin
Kwun Tong line
Trains after midnight
Terminus
Track layout
Hoi Yuen Road
Hip Wo Street
1
2
Location
Hong Kong MTR system map
Hong Kong MTR system map
Kwun Tong
Location 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.

It is located far from most residential areas, causing many residents of Kwun Tong to take other means of transport in order to reach the station. 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.