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Kowloon station (MTR)

MTR interchange station in Kowloon, Hong Kong

Field	Value
name	Kowloon
native_name	九龍
native_name_lang	zh-Hant
former	West Kowloon (During planning)
style	MTR
style2	Tung Chung, Airport Express
symbol_location	hk
symbol	MTR
symbol2	ael
type	MTR rapid transit station
image	Kowloon Station Podium 2025 07 part1.jpg
image_caption	Exits C2 (left) and D2 (right), in Union Square
mlanguage
address	Union Square, West Kowloon
borough	Yau Tsim Mong District, Hong Kong
coordinates
line	{{plainlist
connections	{{plainlist
structure	Underground
platform	4 (1 island platform on Tung Chung line and 2 side platforms on Airport Express)
levels	2
tracks	4
opened	{{Plainlist	1=
* {{start date and age	df	y	1998	6	22}} (Tung Chung line)
* {{start date and age	df	y	1998	7	6}} (Airport Express)
architect	Farrells
accessible
code	KOW
owned	MTR Corporation
operator	MTR Corporation
services	{{Adjstn	system=MTR
line1	Airport Express	left1=Hong Kong	right1=Tsing Yi
line2	Tung Chung	left2=Hong Kong	right2=Olympic
header3	Transfer at
line3	Tuen Ma	to-left3=Tuen Mun	left3=Nam Cheong	right3=East Tsim Sha Tsui	to-right3=Wu Kai Sha	transfer3=Austin
header4	Transfer at
system5	CRH
line5	Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong	left5=Futian	transfer5=West Kowloon
map_type	Hong Kong MTR#Hong Kong urban core#Hong Kong Island
map_alt	Hong Kong MTR system map
map_caption	Location within the MTR system
route_map	{{Routemap
inline	1
legend	track
utPSTR(R)!~c1\utPSTR(L)\cd!~utPSTR(L)!~POINTERf@gq\c!~d3__align	l\utPSTR(R)!~POINTERg@fq~~ ~~ ~~ L4
utPSTR(R)!~POINTERg@fq\cd!~utPSTR(L)!~POINTERf@gq\c!~c2\cd!~utPSTR(L)\c!~d4__align	r\utPSTR(R)~~ ~~ ~~ L2
map_state	expanded

Note

the MTR station

(out-of-station interchange):
Bus, minibus
(Tung Chung line)
(Airport Express) utSTR!~MFADEg\utSTR!~MFADEg\~~ ~~ ~~ to utSTR\utSTR\utSTR!~MFADEg\utSTR!~MFADEg~~ ~~ ~~ to utSTRg\utSTRf\utSTRg\utSTRf utSTR\utSTR\utKRWgl\utKRWg+r utPSTR(R)!~c1\utPSTR(L)\cd!~utPSTR(L)!~POINTERf@gq\c!~d3__align=l\utPSTR(R)!~POINTERg@fq~~ ~~ ~~ L4 utPSTR(R)!~POINTERg@fq\cd!~utPSTR(L)!~POINTERf@gq\c!~c2\cd!~utPSTR(L)\c!~d4__align=r\utPSTR(R)~~ ~~ ~~ L2 utPSTR(R)\utPSTR(L)\utPSTR(L)\utPSTR(R) utABZg2!~utÜWu2\utABZ23\utSTR3!~utÜWu3!~utSTRc2\utSTR3 utABZg+1\utABZ+14!~utÜWu4!~utÜWu1\utABZ+14\utSTRc4 utSTR\utSTR\utSTR
utSTR\utSTR\utSTR
utENDEe\utSTRg\utSTRf
utSTR!~MFADEf\utSTR!~MFADEf~~ ~~ ~~ to }}

Kowloon is a station on the and the 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.

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 on the and a kilometre west of Jordan station on the .

Escalators link Elements directly with the station concourse.

History

The station was designed by TFP Farrells. During the planning stage, it was called West Kowloon station (). 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" () was opened by Dickson Poon. The size was 70000 ft2 spread over four levels of the station with six shopping areas. 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. Business remained poor due to sparse population near the station and a recession at that time. The mall finally closed its operation in 2005.

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.

The station is connected via footbridges to 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.

Station layout

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 , 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.

L5	Confined space	Reserved for East Kowloon line

Entrances and exits

;Tung Chung line Concourse (G)

A - Station Car Park
B - Airport Express Shuttle Bus
C and D - Elements mall(ELEMENTS)
- C1 - High Speed Rail, Hong Kong West Kowloon Station, Tuen Ma Line, Austin Station, Public transport interchange, Cross Boundary Coach Terminus, Elements, International Commerce Centre(ICC), Xiqu Centre, Kwun Chung Spotrs Centre, Kowloon Park
- 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)
E1-E5 - West Kowloon Cultural District, West Kowloon Waterfront Promenade, Western Harbour Crossing bus stops

Gallery

HKMTR KOW Elevator 20070922.jpg|The long escalator Airport Express from Elements.jpg|Airport Express check-in desk, from Elements Kowloon Station 2013 08 part1.JPG|Platform 1 (Airport Express) Kowloon Station 2020 06 part7.jpg|Airport Express Check-in Concourse Kowloon Station Airport Express platforms 2022 06 part3.jpg|Platform 1 (Airport Express) Kowloon Station 2013 05.JPG|Platform 3 (Tung Chung line) Kowloon Station 2020 06 part1.jpg|Platform 3 (Tung Chung Line) Kowloon Station Tung Chung Line platforms 2022 06 part3.jpg|Platform 3 (Tung Chung Line)

References

"Hong Kong / Kowloon Station Development – Transport Super City". Venice Biennale (Hong Kong).
(12 Sep 2000). "Dickson CyberExpress, the physical mall of the online luxury shopping portal Dickson Cyber.com, is to be launched on Saturday by Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa". South China Morning Post.
(2 March 2001). "Dickson in moves to enliven its mall". South China Morning Post.
"Dickson Warehouse at Kowloon Station".
"地鐵神秘景點".
港鐵公司. "機場快綫列車服務 - 免費服務 - 免費市區預辦登機服務". 港鐵公司.
{{MTRsource. layout. kow. Kowloon. 29 March 2015
{{MTRsource. map. kow. Kowloon. 29 March 2015

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