Kowloon (MTR)

Kowloon 九龍
MTR rapid transit station
Exits C2 (right) and D2 (left), in Union Square
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	九龍
Simplified Chinese	九龙
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Jiǔlóng Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization gau2 lung4 IPA [kɐ̌ulʊ̏ŋ] Jyutping gau2 lung4
General information
Location	Union Square, West Kowloon Yau Tsim Mong District, Hong Kong
Coordinates	22°18′18″N 114°09′41″E / 22.3049°N 114.1615°E / 22.3049; 114.1615Coordinates: 22°18′18″N 114°09′41″E / 22.3049°N 114.1615°E / 22.3049; 114.1615
Operated by	MTR Corporation
Line(s)	Tung Chung Line      Airport Express
Platforms	4 (island platform and 2 side platforms)
Connections	Bus, public light bus
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Platform levels	2
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	KOW
History
Opened	22 June 1998 (1998-06-22) (Tung Chung Line) 6 July 1998 (1998-07-06) (Airport Express)
Services
Preceding station   MTR   Following station Hong Kong Terminus Airport Express Tsing Yi towards AsiaWorld–​Expo Tung Chung Line Olympic towards Tung Chung
Location
Kowloon Location within the MTR system

Kowloon (Chinese: 九龍) is a station on the Tung Chung Line and the Airport Express of Hong Kong's MTR. The station provides in-town check-in service for passengers departing from the 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 a kilometre west of Jordan Station on the Tsuen Wan Line.

Escalators link Elements directly with the station concourse.

The station was designed by TFP Farrells. During the planning stage, it was called West Kowloon Station (Chinese: 西九龍站).

On 16 September 2000, the new shopping mall "Dickson CyberExpress" (Chinese: 迪生數碼世界) was opened by Dickson Poon. The size was 70,000 square feet (6,500 m²) 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 its size. The mall 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 Austin Station on the West Rail Line. In the future, the station will be connected to West Kowloon Terminus of the Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong Express Rail Link Hong Kong section.