Lam Tin Station

Lam Tin 藍田
MTR rapid transit station
Platform 1
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Cantonese Yale	Làamtìn
Hanyu Pinyin	Lántián
Literal meaning	Blue field
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Lántián Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Làamtìn IPA [la̭ːmtʰi̭ːn] Jyutping Laam4tin4
General information
Location	Lei Yue Mun Road, Lam Tin Kwun Tong District, Hong Kong
Coordinates	22°18′24″N 114°13′59″E / 22.3068°N 114.2330°E / 22.3068; 114.2330Coordinates: 22°18′24″N 114°13′59″E / 22.3068°N 114.2330°E / 22.3068; 114.2330
Operated by	MTR Corporation
Line(s)	Kwun Tong Line
Platforms	2 (island platform)
Connections	Bus, public light bus
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Platform levels	1
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	LAT
History
Opened	1 October 1989 (1989-10)
Services
Preceding station   MTR   Following station Kwun Tong towards Whampoa Kwun Tong Line Yau Tong towards Tiu Keng Leng   Former services   Kwun Tong towards Yau Ma Tei Kwun Tong Line Quarry Bay towards North Point
Location
Lam Tin Location within the MTR system

Lam Tin (Chinese: 藍田; Cantonese Yale: Làamtìn) is a station on the Hong Kong MTR Kwun Tong Line built as a part of the extension to Quarry Bay. The station is linked to the hillside community of the Lam Tin area by a series of escalators.

In the 1980s, the Eastern Harbour Crossing (EHC or EHT) was planned by the colonial government. Following the successful performance of the MTR since 1978, the government decided to extend the Kwun Tong Line through a new tunnel to Quarry Bay.

It was later decided that before the entrance to the tunnel, trains would stop at a station in the Lam Tin Valley, where it goes into the Sai Tso Wan Hill and then underground to the entrance of the tunnel.

The station was opened in October 1989. As part of his official visit with then Princess of Wales to Hong Kong, the Prince of Wales officiated the opening of the station, in which a commemorative plaque remains on display to this day.

After the opening of the EHC, Lam Tin, with the MTR station and bus terminals, became a crucial transport interchange in east Kowloon. The station serves passengers between Tseung Kwan O and other parts of Kowloon as well as between Hong Kong and Kowloon.

Platform screen doors have been in use since late August 2005.

Platforms 1 and 2 share the same island platform. Like Lai King Station, Lam Tin Station is built on an elevated platform, in which half of the platform is immersed into the Lam Tin Hill and so the station is sealed like other underground stations (but it is mixed as an elevated, ground level, and underground station).