Kowloon station (MTR)

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

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.

Kowloon 九龍
MTR rapid transit station
Exits D2 (left) and C2 (right), in Union Square
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	九龍
Simplified Chinese	九龙
Cantonese Yale	Gáulùng
Literal meaning	Nine dragons
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Jiǔlóng Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Gáulùng IPA [kɐ̌ulʊ̏ŋ] Jyutping Gau2lung4
General information
Location	Union Square, West Kowloon Yau Tsim Mong District, Hong Kong
Coordinates	22°18′18″N 114°09′41″E / 22.3049°N 114.1615°E
Owned by	MTR Corporation
Operated by	MTR Corporation
Line(s)	Tung Chung line Airport Express
Platforms	4 (1 island platform on Tung Chung line and 2 side platforms on Airport Express)
Tracks	4
Connections	Austin (out-of-station interchange):     Tuen Ma line West Kowloon Bus, minibus
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Platform levels	2
Accessible	Yes
Architect	Farrells
Other information
Station code	KOW
History
Opened	22 June 1998; 26 years ago (Tung Chung line) 6 July 1998; 26 years ago (Airport Express)
Previous names	West Kowloon (During planning)
Services
Preceding station 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 Following station Futian towards Guangzhou South Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong XRL transfer at West Kowloon Terminus
Track layout Legend to Tsing Yi to Olympic 1 3 L4 2 4 L2 to Hong Kong
Location Kowloon Location within the MTR system Kowloon Kowloon (Hong Kong urban core) 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.

The station was designed by TFP Farrells.^[1] During the planning stage, it was called West Kowloon station (西九龍站). The construction contract (Contract 503C) was awarded to a joint venture of Kumagai Gumi, Entrecanales y Tavora, and Cubiertas y MZOV (both later merged to form Acciona) on 28 November 1994.

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.

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]

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Tung Chung line Concourse (G)^[8]

• A - Station Car Park  
• B - Airport Express Shuttle Bus  
• C and D - Elements mall
  • C1 - Public transport interchange, Cross Boundary Coach Terminus, Elements, International Commerce Centre  
  • C2 - Sorrento, The Arch, The Harbourside, The Waterfront  
  • D1 - Elements mall
  • D2 - Sorrento, International Commerce Centre, The Arch, The Harbourside, The Waterfront

Airport Express In-town Check In (G)^[8]

• E1-E5 - West Kowloon Cultural District, West Kowloon Waterfront Promenade, Western Harbour Crossing bus stops

• The long escalator

• Airport Express check-in desk, from Elements

• Platform 1 (Airport Express)

• Airport Express Check-in Concourse

• Platform 1 (Airport Express)

• Platform 3 (Tung Chung line)

• Platform 3 (Tung Chung Line)

• Platform 3 (Tung Chung Line)

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