Yau Tong Station

Yau Tong 油塘
MTR rapid transit station
Platform 3
Chinese name
Chinese	油塘
Literal meaning	Oil Pond
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Yóutáng Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization yau4 tong4 Jyutping jau4 tong4
General information
Location	Cha Kwo Ling Road, Yau Tong Kwun Tong District, Hong Kong
Coordinates	22°17′52″N 114°14′14″E / 22.2979°N 114.2371°E / 22.2979; 114.2371Coordinates: 22°17′52″N 114°14′14″E / 22.2979°N 114.2371°E / 22.2979; 114.2371
Operated by	MTR Corporation
Line(s)	Kwun Tong Line      Tseung Kwan O Line
Platforms	4 (2 island platforms)
Connections	Bus, public light bus
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Platform levels	2
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	YAT
History
Opened	4 August 2002 (2002-08-04)
Services
Preceding station   MTR   Following station Lam Tin towards Whampoa Kwun Tong Line Tiu Keng Leng Terminus Quarry Bay towards North Point Tseung Kwan O Line Tiu Keng Leng towards Po Lam or LOHAS Park
Location
Yau Tong Location within the MTR system

Yau Tong (Chinese: 油塘) is a station on the Hong Kong MTR Kwun Tong Line and the Tseung Kwan O Line. It is the only station of the Tseung Kwan O Line located in Kowloon. The livery of the station is yellow. Although the train platforms are constructed above ground level, they are sealed from the outside with concrete walls to prevent the noise of trains from disturbing the nearby residents of Yau Tong Estate.

The station opened on 4 August 2002 so that passengers could interchange between the two lines. The new station made travel times between Lam Tin and Quarry Bay four minutes longer.

Yau Tong Station was originally built as a part of the MTR Tseung Kwan O extension, to make a cross-platform interchange between Kwun Tong Line and the newly built Tseung Kwan O Line, and to provide nearby residents in Lei Yue Mun and Sze Shan (Chinese: 四山; literally: "Mount Four") convenient access to the MTR system.

There was debate over whether the interchange should be built in a new station by redirecting the original route, or by utilising existing stations such as Lam Tin or Kwun Tong. Ultimately the interchanges were built in 2 brand new stations, Yau Tong and Tiu Keng Leng. This resulted in complaints from passengers because the new arrangement forced them to change trains twice when crossing the Victoria Harbour.