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 Jyutping jau4 tong4 Yale Romanization yau4 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°ECoordinates: 22°17′52″N 114°14′14″E / 22.2979°N 114.2371°E
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
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.

History

Track layout
Legend
to Lam Tin to Quarry Bay U2 (upper) Yau Tong U1 (lower) L1 (upper) Tiu Keng Leng L2 (lower) to Tseung Kwan O

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.

Station layout

The multiple cross-platform-interchange system between Tiu Keng Leng and Yau Tong stations

Yau Tong Station has three main levels: the concourse, the upper platforms, and the lower platforms.

The upper platform level consists of Platforms 2 and 3. Passengers crossing the harbour on the Tseung Kwan O Line towards the Kowloon side can cross over to Platform 2 to change to the Kwun Tong Line to get to most destinations in East Kowloon.

The lower platform level contains Platforms 1 and 4. Passengers travelling on the Kwun Tong Line travelling towards Tiu Keng Leng can cross over to Platform 4 to change to the Tseung Kwan O line to cross the harbour to North Point.

U3 Concourse	Concourse	Exits, footbridge to Yau Tong Estate/Lei Yu Mun Plaza
		Customer Service, MTR Shops
		Vending machines, ATMs
U2 Upper platforms	Platform 2	←      Kwun Tong Line towards Whampoa (Lam Tin)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Platform 3	→      Tseung Kwan O Line towards Po Lam (Tiu Keng Leng) → →      Tseung Kwan O Line towards LOHAS Park peak hours only (Tiu Keng Leng) →
U1 Ground Lower platforms	Platform 1	→      Kwun Tong Line towards Tiu Keng Leng (Terminus) →
	Island platform, doors will open on the right
	Platform 4	←      Tseung Kwan O Line towards North Point (Quarry Bay)

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Entrances and exits

Yau Tong Station A exit

• A1: Yau Tong Estate, Domain (Shopping Centre), Lei Yue Mun Plaza, Lei Yue Mun Estate, Tseung Kwan O Chinese Permanent Cemetery, public transport interchange
• A2: Lei Yue Mun Municipal Services Building, Jockey Club Lei Yue Mun Plus
• B1: Yau Lai Estate, St. Antonius Primary School
• B2: Cha Kwo Ling Road ^[2]

Transport connections

Number	Termini	Exit	Notes
14	Lei Yue Mun Estate ↔ China Ferry Terminal	A1
14B	Lam Tin (Kwong Tin Estate) ↔ Ngau Tau Kok
14D	Yau Tong ↔ Choi Hung		Peak hours only
14S	Yau Tong ↺ Tseung Kwan O Chinese Permanent Cemetery		Ching Ming Festival and Chung Yeung Festival only
14X	Lei Yue Mun ↺ Tsim Sha Tsui
62X	Lei Yue Mun Estate ↔ Tuen Mun Town Centre		Peak hours only
214	Yau Tong ↔ Cheung Sha Wan
216M	Lam Tin Station ↺ Yau Tong Station
259D	Lei Yue Mun Estate ↔ Tuen Mun (Lung Mun Oasis)
603	Ping Tin ↔ Central Ferry Piers
23C	Lam Tin Station (Laguna City) ↔ Yau Tong Station	B2
24	Ping Tin ↔ Lei Yue Mun	A1
24M	Yau Tong Station (Domain) ↔ Lam Tin (Pik Wan Road)
63M	Yau Tong Station (Domain) ↔ Kwong Tin Estate
76B	Yau Tong Station (Domain) ↔ United Christian Hospital

Nearby facilities

A new shopping mall, Domain, opened on 1 December 2012. It was the second shopping mall in Yau Tong. The first one was Lei Yue Mun Plaza, which opened in 2001. On 2 July 2012, Yau Tong Public Transport Interchange was opened; bus and public light bus routes serving the previous Yau Tong Station Temporary Bus Terminus were moved to the new location. The transport interchange can be accessed via exit A2.

References

1. "Yau Tong Station layout" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
2. "Yau Tong Station street map" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 14 February 2015.