Kowloon Bay station explained

Style:MTR
Kowloon Bay
Native Name:九龍灣
Native Name Lang:zh-Hant
Mlanguage:
L:Nine Dragons Bay
Showflag:jp
P:Jiǔlóngwān
Y:Gáulùngwāan
J:Gau2lung4waan1
Address:Kwun Tong Road near Telford Gardens, Kowloon Bay
Borough:Kwun Tong District, Hong Kong
Coordinates:22.3235°N 114.2141°W
Connections:
Structure:Elevated
Platform:2 (1 island platform)
Levels:1
Tracks:2
Electrified: (Overhead line)
Accessible:yes
Code:KOB
Operator:MTR Corporation
Map Type:Hong Kong MTR
Map Alt:Hong Kong MTR system map
Map State:expanded

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

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.

History

John Lok & Partners was chosen to construct the station and adjacent line sections.

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

Station layout

Platforms 1 and 2 share the same island platform.

U2
Platforms
Platform 1 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 PlazaExit C
U1ConcourseExits, Telford Plaza, Telford Gardens
Customer service, MTRshops
Hang Seng Bank, vending machines, automatic teller machines
"iCentre" free internet access
GDepotExits, MTR Kowloon Bay Depot

Entrances/exits