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Yau Tong station

MTR interchange station in Kowloon, Hong Kong

Field	Value
name	Yau Tong
native_name	油塘
native_name_lang	zh-Hant
style	MTR
style2	Kwun Tong, Tseung Kwan O
symbol_location	hk
symbol	MTR
type	MTR rapid transit station
image	Yau Tong Station platforms 2022 11 part3.jpg
image_caption	Platform 3 of Yau Tong station in November 2022
mlanguage
address	Cha Kwo Ling Road, Yau Tong
borough	Kwun Tong District, Hong Kong
coordinates
line	{{plainlist
connections	{{plainlist
structure	At-grade
platform	4 (2 island platforms)
levels	2
tracks	4
opened
accessible
code	YAT
owned	MTR Corporation
operator	MTR Corporation
services	{{Adjstn	system=MTR
line1	Kwun Tong	left1=Lam Tin	right1=Tiu Keng Leng
line2	Tseung Kwan O
left2	Quarry Bay	right2=Tiu Keng Leng	to-right2=Po Lam or LOHAS Park }}
map_type	Hong Kong MTR#Hong Kong Island
map_alt	Hong Kong MTR system map
map_caption	Location within the MTR system
route_map
map_state	expanded

Bus, minibus Yau Tong () is a station on the Hong Kong MTR and the . It is the only station of the Tseung Kwan O line located in Kowloon. The livery of the station is yellow.

The train platforms are constructed above ground level, which are sealed from the outside with concrete walls to prevent the noise of trains disturbing the nearby residents of Yau Tong Estate.

History

Yau Tong station was originally built as a part of the MTR Tseung Kwan O extension to make a cross-platform interchange between and the newly built Tseung Kwan O line, and to provide nearby residents in Lei Yue Mun and Sze Shan () convenient access to the MTR system. The construction project was awarded to Kumagai Gumi and was valued at HK$457 million.

There was discussions over whether the interchange should be built in a new station by redirecting the original route, or by utilising existing stations such as Lam Tin or Kwun Tong. Ultimately the interchanges were built in two new stations, Yau Tong and Tiu Keng Leng. This resulted in certain routings needing to change trains twice when crossing the Victoria Harbour.

The station opened on 4 August 2002. The new station extended travel times between Lam Tin and Quarry Bay by four minutes.

The station was built without public toilets, like most other MTR stations at the time. New toilets and a babycare room were commissioned at the station on 29 May 2019.

Station layout

Yau Tong station has three main levels: the concourse, the upper platforms, and the lower platforms.

The upper platform level consists of Platforms 2 and 3. Passengers crossing the harbour on the Tseung Kwan O line towards the Kowloon side can cross over to Platform 2 to change to the Kwun Tong line to get to most destinations in East Kowloon.

The lower platform level contains Platforms 1 and 4. Passengers travelling on the Kwun Tong line travelling towards Tiu Keng Leng can cross over to Platform 4 to change to the Tseung Kwan O line to cross the harbour to North Point.

G	Exits	Exit A2, B2

Entrances and exits

A1: Yau Tong Estate, Domain, Lei Yue Mun Plaza, Lei Yue Mun Estate, Tseung Kwan O Chinese Permanent Cemetery, public transport interchange
A2: Lei Yue Mun Municipal Services Building, Jockey Club Lei Yue Mun Plus
B1: Yau Lai Estate, St. Antonius Primary School
B2: Cha Kwo Ling Road

Nearby facilities

A new shopping centre, Domain, opened on in 2012. It was the second shopping mall in Yau Tong. The first one was Lei Yue Mun Plaza, which opened in 2001.

On 2 July 2012, Yau Tong Public Transport Interchange was opened; bus and public light bus routes serving the previous Yau Tong Station Temporary Bus Terminus were moved to the new location. The transport interchange can be accessed via exit A2.

References

(April 2001). "Tseung Kwan O Extension - smooth sailing on a voyage of discovery". The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers.
(28 May 2019). "New Toilet and Babycare Room Commissioned at Yau Tong Station". MTR Corporation.
{{MTRsource. layout. yat. Yau Tong. 14 February 2015
{{MTRsource. map. yat. Yau Tong. 14 February 2015

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