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 rapid transit station
Station Platform (2021)
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese九龍
Simplified Chinese九龙
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 Following station
Choi Hung
towards Whampoa
Kwun Tong line Ngau Tau Kok
towards Tiu Keng Leng
Track layout
1
2
to Ngau Tau Kok
Location
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 at 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.

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