West Kowloon Terminus

West Kowloon Terminus 西九龍
West Kowloon Terminus construction site
Location	Jordan Road × Lin Cheung Road, West Kowloon Yau Tsim Mong District, Hong Kong China
Line(s)	Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong XRL
Platforms	15
Connections	Kowloon and Austin
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Services
Preceding station   China Railway High-speed   Following station Futian towards Beijing West Beijing–Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong High-Speed Railway Terminus

West Kowloon Terminus (WKT) is the terminus of the Hong Kong Section of Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong Express Rail Link (XRL), and is currently under construction. It is the only station in the Hong Kong Section and will connect to the mainland China section through a dedicated tunnel. It is being constructed by the MTR Corporation.

Aedas, in collaboration with AECOM, have been awarded the contract to design the multi-story 380,000 square meter terminus.

WKT will be located in Jordan, Kowloon, north of the proposed West Kowloon Cultural District between the Airport Express and Tung Chung Line Kowloon Station and the West Rail Line Austin Station, extending into the underground area of the West Kowloon Cultural District.

Originally destined to be opened in 2012, completion was initially delayed until 2015, following the shake-up of high-speed rail construction across China after the 2011 Wenzhou train collision. While construction of the station is still scheduled for completion in 2015, major flooding occurred on 30 March 2014 in the railway tunnels that were under construction, resulting in great damage done to the tunnel boring machines. Many MTR internal reports suggest that it was cause by the incomplete tender drawings, site surveying and planning before construction begins. The railway connecting the station to the rest of the Chinese high-speed rail network will not be operating until the 3rd quarter of 2018, thus some aspects of the station's construction have been slowed down or delayed. The cost of the construction also increased by around 30% more than the initial estimated. There are still issues waiting to be resolved regards to immigration of the border control.