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Hung Hom station

Hung Hom
紅磡
China Railway
MTR
MTR rapid transit station
Hung Hom Station 2014 04 part1.JPG
Platform 1
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese 紅磡
Simplified Chinese 红磡
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)
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 Railways.svg China Railway   Following station
towards Beijing West
Beijing–Kowloon Railway Terminus
Preceding station   MTR logo.svg MTR   Following station
Terminus East Rail Line
towards Lo Wu or Lok Ma Chau
Terminus West Rail Line
towards Tuen Mun
towards Zhaoqing
Guangdong Through Train Terminus
towards Beijing West
Beijing–Kowloon Through Train Terminus
towards Shanghai
Shanghai–Kowloon Through Train Terminus
  Future  
towards Admiralty
North South Corridor
towards Lo Wu or Lok Ma Chau
towards Wu Kai Sha
East West Corridor
towards Tuen Mun
Location
Hong Kong MTR system map
Hong Kong MTR system map
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.


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