Yau Tong Station

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Yau Tong 油塘

Yau Tong Station U2 platform

Line Kwun Tong Tseung Kwan O Code YAT Service hours 0608/0118 Connections Bus, Minibus

District Kwun Tong Area Yau Tong and Lei Yue Mun

Map MTR Website

Opened August 4, 2002 Type of station Ground level Type of platforms Island No. of platforms 4 No. of exits 3 No. of lifts 2 No. of shops 7

Yau Tong Station
Chinese:	油塘
Literal meaning:	Oily Pond
Transliterations Mandarin - Hanyu Pinyin: Yóutáng Yue (Cantonese) - Jyutping: jau4 tong4 - Yale Romanization: yau4 tong4

Yau Tong is a station on the Hong Kong MTR Kwun Tong Line and the Tseung Kwan O Line. 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 time on the Kwun Tong Line four minutes longer.

Contents 1 History 2 Station layout 3 Entrances/exits 4 Transport Connections 4.1 Bus Routes 4.2 Minibus Routes 5 Neighbouring stations

[edit] History

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

There were stormy debates over whether the interchange should be built in a new station, redirecting the original route or by utilizing existing stations such as Lam Tin or Kwun Tong. In the end, the interchanges were built in 2 brand-new stations: Yau Tong and Tiu Keng Leng. This resulted in complaints from residents beside MTR stations on the Kwun Tong Line for the Tseung Kwan O Line made them switch trains in 2 consecutive stations in their travels when they had to cross the Harbour.

[edit] Station layout

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 Yau Ma Tei
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Platform 3	Tseung Kwan O Line towards Po Lam
U1 Ground Lower Platforms	Platform 1	Kwun Tong Line towards Tiu Keng Leng
	Island platform, doors will open on the right
	Platform 4	Tseung Kwan O Line towards North Point

Yau Tong Station has 3 main levels, namely the concourse, the upper platform and the lower platform.

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 in order to get to most destinations in East Kowloon.

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

[edit] Entrances/exits

• A1/A2: Yau Tong Estate
• B1: Not yet opened
• B2: Cha Kwo Leng Road

[edit] Transport Connections

[edit] Bus Routes

To Tak Tin Estate/Kwong Tin Estate:

• 216M (Exit A1)

[edit] Minibus Routes

To Hing Tin Estate/Tak Tin Estate/Kwong Tin Estate:

• 24 (Exit A1)

To Kwong Tin Estate:

• 63M (Exit A1)

To Sam Ka Tsuen Ferry:

• 24 (Exit A2)

[edit] Neighbouring stations

Preceding station		MTR		Following station
Lam Tin towards Yau Ma Tei		Kwun Tong Line		Tiu Keng Leng Terminus
Quarry Bay towards North Point		Tseung Kwan O Line		Tiu Keng Leng towards Po Lam

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