Hung Hom Station

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Hung Hom Station exterior (April 2010)

### Former Station Name

Kowloon Station (九龍車站)(1975-2019)
Hung Hom Railway Station  (1996-2007)

## Station Location

### Station Location

Yau Tsim Mong District, No. 8 Cheong Wan Road, Hung Hom Bay

## Station Decorations

### Station Theme

Bauhinia/Hung Hom Station exterior, Hong Kong Coliseum

## Train Service

### Line(s) observed

East Rail Line, Tuen Ma Line,  Intercity Passenger Services

## Structure and Facilities

### Platform Type

Island Platform (East Rail Line, Tuen Ma Line)

### No. of Lift(s)

2 (Platforms 5 and 6)
1 (Platforms 1 to 4)
6 (Non-paid area)

### No. of Escalator(s)

4 (Tuen Ma Line platforms to / from the Concourse)
2 (Tuen Ma Line platform to / from the East Rail Line platform)
8 (Tuen Ma Line platforms to / from the East Rail Line platforms)
4 (Platforms 5 and 6)
8 (non-paid area)

### No. of Stair(s)

2 (From Concourse to Tuen Ma Line platform)
2 (Tun Ma Line platform to and from East Rail Line platform)
6 (non-paying area)

### No. of Shop(S)

20 (Non-paid area)
1 (Restricted area)

## Calligraphy

紅磡書法字

**Hung Hom Station (紅磡站)**, located at No. 8 Cheong Wan Road, Hung Hom Bay, Yau Tsim Mong District, Kowloon, between the Eastern Tsim Sha Tsui and Hung Hom District, adjacent to the Kowloon entrance and exit of the Cross Harbour Tunnel, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and the Hong Kong Coliseum, and was opened on 30 November, 1975.

The station was originally opened as Kowloon Station, being the Hong Kong terminus of the Kowloon-Canton Railway as the replacement for the original Tsim Sha Tsui station. Thus, it is the only station in Hong Kong that serves both commuter and intercity passengers, being the terminus for the Guangzhou, Beijing and Shanghai through trains. For local passengers, it also serves as an interchange station between the Tuen Ma and East Rail lines. Today, the station only serves local MTR trains.

According to the 2000 Railway Development Strategy, with the completion of the Sha Tin to Central Link, this station would become one of two key interchanges for two strategic rail corridors, the Tuen Ma Line (formerly East-West Corridor) and East Rail Line.

## Station symbol

The station colour of Hung Hom Station is magenta, the theme plant is the Bauhinia, and the street view drawing depicts Exit C of Hung Hom Station and the through train lobby and the exterior of the Hong Kong Coliseum. Like most East Rail Line stations, the platform wall is pasted with the name of the station in calligraphy.

Hung Hom Station Calligraphy written by Au Kit Tong, applied to the new platformsHung Hom station calligraphy pasted on the wall of the old platformHung Hom station calligraphy printed in publications since 2014
## Station layout

The Hung Hom Control Point was found within the border crossing restricted area of Hung Hom Station, which operated from 7:15 am to 9:00 pm daily. Passengers wanting to access the through trains must have a valid ticket and must clear customs and immigration; non-transit personnel must have a "Hung Hom Restricted Area Permit" issued by the MTR before they can enter the restricted area.

The restricted area and the border checkpoint are no longer in use as of 2020, after the suspension of through train service due to the COVID-19 pandemic and its cessation in 2022, being replaced with the Express Rail Link.

### Platforms

The station has four platforms for commuter trains and two for intercity through trains, being located on three island platforms. The local platforms are separated from the through train platform by a fence, where the latter is within the restricted area of the station.

Since the Tuen Ma Line and East Rail Line now serve new underground platforms as of June 20, 2021 & May 15, 2022 respectively, the ground-level platforms are no longer in passenger service and will be maintained as a stabling area for the East Rail Line.

#### Local Trains

Prior to the extension to East Tsim Sha Tsui, East Rail trains would use any of the local platforms, a practice left from the diesel era.

Following the extension, East Rail Line services used the inner two island platforms (2 & 3) on the west side of the station, near the Cross Harbour Tunnel toll plaza. With the opening of the Kowloon Southern Link in 2009, East Rail Line trains would serve the outer platforms while West Rail Line trains would serve the inner platforms. This allowed for a cross-platform transfer between the two lines.

A connection between the East Rail and Tuen Ma lines also existed past the inner platforms, although it was never used in regular service.

However, the departure times were not consistent as train on one line could depart before one on the other arrived, making passengers miss their connection. To ensure passengers were on the correct platform, MTR installed a platform display telling them where the next train would depart from. In addition, announcements were made to provide information on where the train would terminate.

With the opening of the complete Tuen Ma Line, the West Rail Line platform was relocated on June 20, 2021, connecting it to the rest of the Tuen Ma Line alongside a new alignment, featuring air conditioning and platform screen doors. Following the relocation, cross platform transfers between the two lines ceased, requiring passengers to proceed to the concourse, then walk through the Exit C lobby to access the Tuen Ma Line platforms. Signage was put in place as a result. The inner platforms were closed to trains after 46 years of service and five access bridges were placed between them and the outer platforms. These allowed passengers to walk between all four platforms without having to use the concourse level.

As for the new platforms, they used the same design as underground stations on the Urban Lines, leading the media to mistakenly call it an underground platform.

On May 15, 2022, the final southbound East Rail Line train arrived at the original platform 4 at 1:16 am, ending service to the original platforms after 47 years of operation. From then on, trains began using a new island platform below the current Tuen Ma Line platform with a new alignment connecting it to Admiralty. This kept passengers to the lower levels of the station complex when transferring between both lines. The original concourse and platforms are still standing, however, they are no longer accessible to passengers and have been mothballed.

#### Intercity Through Trains

Intercity Through Trains served Platforms 5 and 6, which were connected to the Hung Hom Control Point. A fence separates these platforms from the local platforms which prevents people from attempting to bypass Customs & Immigration and illegally entering Hong Kong.

## Notes

1. ↑ The station name of the Chinese Railway Authority, which was Jiulong (九龍) before April 2019, is the same as Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Railway's Hong Kong West Kowloon (香港西九龍).
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 KCR ended the name of the station was built, before the Kowloon-West Rail opened to traffic with "station".
3. ↑ Although the Kowloon-Canton Railway Company renamed this station as Hung Hom Station in 1996, the Chinese railway authorities kept calling it this station before the name was changed in 2019 from Kowloon Station.
4. ↑ The number of stores is based on a single store, excluding banking and self-service, and excluding vacant shops