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Yau Tong station
Yau Tong (Chinese: 油塘; Jyutping: jau4 tong4; Cantonese Yale: Yàutòng) is a station on the Hong Kong MTR Kwun Tong line and the Tseung Kwan O line. It is the only station of the Tseung Kwan O line located in Kowloon. The livery of the station is golden 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.
Yau Tong station was originally built as a part of the MTR Tseung Kwan O extension to make a cross-platform interchange between Kwun Tong line and the newly built Tseung Kwan O line, and to provide nearby residents in Lei Yue Mun and Sze Shan (Chinese: 四山; lit. 'Mount Four') 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.
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.
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Yau Tong station
Yau Tong (Chinese: 油塘; Jyutping: jau4 tong4; Cantonese Yale: Yàutòng) is a station on the Hong Kong MTR Kwun Tong line and the Tseung Kwan O line. It is the only station of the Tseung Kwan O line located in Kowloon. The livery of the station is golden 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.
Yau Tong station was originally built as a part of the MTR Tseung Kwan O extension to make a cross-platform interchange between Kwun Tong line and the newly built Tseung Kwan O line, and to provide nearby residents in Lei Yue Mun and Sze Shan (Chinese: 四山; lit. 'Mount Four') 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.
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.