Kowloon station (MTR)

{{About|the MTR station|Kowloon station of intercity through trains|Hung Hom station}}

{{short description|MTR interchange station in Kowloon, Hong Kong}}

{{Use British English|date=March 2015}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2015}}

{{More citations needed|date=December 2009}}

{{Infobox station

| style = MTR

| name = Kowloon

| native_name = 九龍

| native_name_lang = zh-Hant

| former = West Kowloon (During planning)

| symbol_location =

| symbol =

| type = {{MTR Infobox station line|line= Tung Chung|line2= Airport Express}}

| image = Kowloon Waterfront, Hong Kong, 2013-08-09, DD 03.jpg

| image_caption = Exits D2 (left) and C2 (right), in Union Square

| mlanguage = {{Infobox Chinese/Chinese|order=ts|t=九龍|s=九龙|l=Nine dragons|j=Gau2lung4|y=Gáulùng|p=Jiǔlóng|showflag=y|ci={{IPA|yue|kɐ̌ulʊ̏ŋ|}}}}

| address = Union Square, West Kowloon

| borough = Yau Tsim Mong District, Hong Kong

| country =

| coordinates = {{coord|22.3049|114.1615|region:HK|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| elevation =

| line = {{plainlist|

• {{rcb|MTR|Tung Chung|croute}}
• {{rcb|MTR|Airport Express|croute}}

}}

| connections = {{plainlist|

• {{ric|MTR}} {{STN|Austin|x|MTR}} (out-of-station interchange):
• {{nbsp|4}}{{rcb|MTR|tml|croute}}
• {{ric|CR}} {{STN|West Kowloon|x}}
• {{rint|bus}}Bus, minibus

}}

| distance =

| structure = Underground

| platform = 4 (1 island platform on Tung Chung line and 2 side platforms on Airport Express)

| depth =

| levels = 2

| tracks = 4

| parking =

| bicycle =

| opened = {{Plainlist|1=

• {{start date and age|df=y|1998|6|22}} (Tung Chung line)
• {{start date and age|df=y|1998|7|6}} (Airport Express)

}}

| opening =

| closed =

| rebuilt =

| electrified =

| architect = Farrells

| accessible = {{URL|1=https://www.mtr.com.hk/en/customer/services/free_search.php?query_type=search&station=40|2=Yes}}

| code = KOW

| owned = MTR Corporation

| operator = MTR Corporation

| zone =

| passengers =

| pass_year =

| pass_percent =

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| mpassengers =

| services = {{Adjstn|system=MTR

|line1=Airport Express|left1=Hong Kong|right1=Tsing Yi

|line2=Tung Chung|left2=Hong Kong|right2=Olympic

|header3=Transfer at {{STN|Austin|x|MTR}}

|line3=Tuen Ma|to-left3=Tuen Mun|left3=Nam Cheong|right3=East Tsim Sha Tsui|to-right3=Wu Kai Sha|transfer3=Austin

|header4=Transfer at {{STN|West Kowloon|x}}

|system5=CRH

|line5=Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong|left5=Futian|transfer5=West Kowloon

}}

| map_type = Hong Kong MTR#Hong Kong urban core#Hong Kong Island

| map_alt = Hong Kong MTR system map

| map_caption = Location within the MTR system

| route_map = {{Routemap

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|legend=track

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Kowloon is a station on the {{lnl|MTR|tcl}} and the {{lnl|MTR|ae}} of Hong Kong's MTR. It is one of the two Airport Express stations providing in-town check-in services for passengers departing from Hong Kong International Airport and free shuttle bus services to most major hotels in the Tsim Sha Tsui and Yau Ma Tei areas.

The station is located less than two hundred meters west of the Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong Express Rail Link Hong Kong section West Kowloon Terminus, five hundred meters west of {{STN|Austin|x|MTR}} on the {{lnl|MTR|tml}} and a kilometre west of Jordan station on the {{lnl|MTR|twl}}.

Escalators link Elements directly with the station concourse.