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Kwun Tong station on the MTR Kwun Tong Line.
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Kwun Tong station on the MTR Kwun Tong Line.
This article is about Kwun Tong Station of the MTR. For the line of the same name, see Kwun Tong Line. For the town area, see Kwun Tong. For the district, see Kwun Tong District.

Kwun Tong (Chinese: 觀塘, Jyutping: gwun1 tong4, Pinyin: Guāntáng) is a station on the MTR Kwun Tong Line in Hong Kong. Kwun Tong station used to be the terminus of the Kwun Tong Line until Lam Tin station opened in 1989. It is located in the Kwun Tong area, between Lam Tin station and Ngau Tau Kok station. Download high resolution version (1280x960, 314 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Download high resolution version (1280x960, 314 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... The Kwun Tong Line (Chinese: 觀塘綫) is one of the seven lines of the MTR network in Hong Kong. ... The Kwun Tong Line is one of the six lines of the MTR network in Hong Kong. ... Kwun Tong (觀塘; originally 官塘; Jyutping: gwun1 tong4; Cantonese IPA: ) is an area in Kwun Tong District, New Kowloon, Hong Kong. ... Kwun Tong (觀塘區; Jyutping: gwun1 tong4 keoi1; Cantonese IPA: ) is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. ... Jyutping (Traditional Chinese: 粵拼; Simplified Chinese: 粤拼; pinyin: yuèpÄ«n; Yale: yuhtpÄ«ng; sometimes spelled Jyutpin) is a romanization system for Standard Cantonese developed by the Linguistic Society of Hong Kong (LSHK) in 1993. ... Jump to: navigation, search Pinyin (Chinese: 拼音, pÄ«nyÄ«n) literally means join (together) sounds (a less literal translation being phoneticize, spell or transcription) in Chinese and usually refers to HànyÇ” PÄ«nyÄ«n (汉语拼音, literal meaning: Han language pinyin), which is a system of romanization (phonemic notation and transcription to... This is a list of the stations of the Hong Kong metro system known as the MTR. Names are in both English and Cantonese. ... Logo of the MTR corporation Causeway Bay station on the Island Line. ... The Kwun Tong Line (Chinese: 觀塘綫) is one of the seven lines of the MTR network in Hong Kong. ... A terminal station, or terminus (plural: termini) is commonly used to describe a bus station or rail station (US: train station, UK: railway station). ... Lam Tin station, platform level. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Kwun Tong (觀塘; originally 官塘; Jyutping: gwun1 tong4; Cantonese IPA: ) is an area in Kwun Tong District, New Kowloon, Hong Kong. ... Lam Tin station, platform level. ... Ngau Tau Kok (牛頭角, Jyutping: ngau4 tau4 gok3, pinyin: NiútóujiÇŽo) is a station on the Hong Kong MTR Kwun Tong Line. ...


The station is above ground, unlike almost every other station in the system. Due to difficulties in installing platform screen doors (PSDs) in above-ground stations, the MTR has decided not to install PSDs in this station. It is located far away from most residential areas, causing many residents of Kwun Tong to take other means of transport in order to reach the station. There is a shopping centre and office tower, named APM Millennium City 5, connected to the station. The word ground has several meanings: The surface of the Earth Soil, a mixture of sand and organic material present on the surface of the Earth Ground (electricity), in electrical engineering, something that is connected to the Earth or at the voltage defined as zero (in the US, called ground... Platform screen doors are doors for screening the platform and trains at train or subway stations. ... A dwelling is a structure in which humans or other animals live. ... Kwun Tong (觀塘; originally 官塘; Jyutping: gwun1 tong4; Cantonese IPA: ) is an area in Kwun Tong District, New Kowloon, Hong Kong. ... APM Millennium City 5 Open in April 2005, APM Millennium City 5 (創紀之城 5) is a commercial property developed by Sun Hung Kai Properties. ...

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Platforms

  • Platform 1: Kwun Tong Line to Tiu King Leng
  • Platform 2: Kwun Tong Line to Yau Ma Tei

Platforms 1 and 2 share the same island platform.


Exits and Other transportations

Exits

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Stations of the MTR of Hong Kong MTR Logo
Kwun Tong Whampoa Garden | Ho Man Tin | Yau Ma Tei | Mong Kok | Prince Edward | Shek Kip Mei | Kowloon Tong | Lok Fu | Wong Tai Sin | Diamond Hill | Choi Hung | Kowloon Bay | Ngau Tau Kok | Kwun Tong | Lam Tin | Yau Tong | Tiu Keng Leng
Tsuen Wan Central | Admiralty | Tsim Sha Tsui | Jordan | Yau Ma Tei | Mong Kok | Prince Edward | Sham Shui Po | Cheung Sha Wan | Lai Chi Kok | Mei Foo | Lai King | Kwai Fong | Kwai Hing | Tai Wo Hau | Tsuen Wan
Island Kennedy Town | University | Sai Ying Pun | Sheung Wan | Central | Admiralty | Wan Chai | Causeway Bay | Tin Hau | Fortress Hill | North Point | Quarry Bay | Tai Koo | Sai Wan Ho | Shau Kei Wan | Heng Fa Chuen | Chai Wan | Siu Sai Wan
Tung Chung Tung Chung | Sunny Bay | Tsing Yi | Lai King | Nam Cheong | Olympic | Kowloon | Hong Kong | Tamar | HKCEC | Fortress Hill
Airport Express AsiaWorld-Expo | Airport | Tsing Yi | Kowloon | Hong Kong
Tseung Kwan O Tin Hau | North Point | Quarry Bay | Yau Tong | Tiu Keng Leng | Tseung Kwan O | Hang Hau | Po Lam | Pak Shing Kok | Dream City
Disneyland Resort Sunny Bay | Disneyland Resort

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Kwun Tong —— 维客(wiki) (504 words)
Kwun Tong is the most densely populated statoid in the world, with 564,700 living in 11 square kilometres with a density of 51,336 people per square kilometre.
Kwun Tong is 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 Airport (Kai Tak) runway in the west.
Kwun Tong Pier used to be a major transport hub for cross-harbour passengers until the opening of the MTR and the Eastern Cross Harbour Tunnel.
mtr - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com (3172 words)
Construction of the MTR was prompted by a government-commissioned study released in 1967.
The Kwun Tong Line was extended across the harbour to Quarry Bay, which became an interchange station for the Kwun Tong Line and the Island Line.
The MTR system in general is disabled-friendly — the trains have dedicated wheelchair space, the stations have special floor tiles to guide the blind safely on the platforms, and there are extra wide entry/exit gates for wheelchairs to pass through.
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