Hung Hom Station

Hung Hom 紅磡
MTR rapid transit station
Platform 1
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	紅磡
Simplified Chinese	红磡
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Hóngkàn Yue: Cantonese Jyutping hung4 ham3
General information
Location	Cheong Wan Road, Hung Hom Yau Tsim Mong District, Hong Kong
Coordinates	22°18′10″N 114°10′54″E / 22.3029°N 114.1816°E / 22.3029; 114.1816Coordinates: 22°18′10″N 114°10′54″E / 22.3029°N 114.1816°E / 22.3029; 114.1816
Owned by	Kowloon–Canton Railway Corporation
Operated by	MTR Corporation
Line(s)	East Rail Line      West Rail Line
Platforms	7 (3 island platforms and 1 side platform)
Tracks	7
Connections	Bus, public light bus
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Platform levels	1
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	HUH
History
Opened	30 November 1975 (1975-11-30) (East Rail Line and Through Train) 16 August 2009 (2009-08-16) (West Rail Line)
Electrified	1983
Services
Preceding station   China Railway   Following station Shenzhen towards Beijing West Beijing–Kowloon Railway Terminus Preceding station   MTR   Following station Terminus East Rail Line Mong Kok East towards Lo Wu or Lok Ma Chau Terminus West Rail Line East Tsim Sha Tsui towards Tuen Mun Changping towards Zhaoqing Guangdong Through Train Guangshen Railway Terminus Guangzhou East towards Beijing West Beijing–Kowloon Through Train Guangshen Railway Terminus Guangzhou East towards Shanghai Shanghai–Kowloon Through Train Guangshen Railway Terminus   Future   Exhibition towards Admiralty North South Corridor of the Sha Tin to Central Link Mong Kok East towards Lo Wu or Lok Ma Chau Ho Man Tin towards Wu Kai Sha East West Corridor of the Sha Tin to Central Link East Tsim Sha Tsui towards Tuen Mun
Location
Hung Hom Location within the MTR system

Hung Hom (Chinese: 紅磡), referred to by China Railway as Kowloon (Chinese: 九龍車站), is a station on the East Rail Line and West Rail Line in Hong Kong. It is currently Hong Kong's only station serving cross-border trains to Mainland China. Cross-border services to Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou call the "Kowloon station", and Hung Hom Station is the terminal station of Guangzhou-Kowloon Through Train.

The station is located in Yau Tsim Mong District, Kowloon, next to the Cross-Harbour Tunnel's northern entrance. Hung Hom is one of the three Hong Kong ports of entry on the MTR network; the others are Lo Wu and Lok Ma Chau.

The old Kowloon Station in Tsim Sha Tsui began operation in 1910. After decades of economic growth in Hong Kong, the station, situated at the seafront of Victoria Harbour, became too small and had no room for expansion. A new Kowloon Station (the current Hung Hom Station), situated to the east, was officially inaugurated by Governor Denys Roberts on 24 November 1975 as the new terminus of the Kowloon–Canton Railway. However, it did not start operating until a few days later. The old terminal at Tsim Sha Tsui was closed on 29 November 1975. The first passenger train pulled out of the new station the following morning at 8:26 am. On 5 May 1975, Queen Elizabeth II unveiled a plaque commemorating the opening of the new terminal. The new station cost HK$150 million and offered modern new facilities including a spacious waiting hall, a restaurant, a bar, a bookstore, a bank, escalators, and closed circuit television. It was built along with a bus terminus and a multi-storey car park.