Lok Fu station

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

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2017}}

{{Use Hong Kong English|date=March 2017}}

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

{{Infobox station

| style = MTR

| name = Lok Fu

| native_name = 樂富

| native_name_lang = zh-Hant

| symbol_location =

| symbol =

| type = {{MTR Infobox station line|line= Kwun Tong}}

| image = Lok Fu Station platforms 2022 04 part2.jpg

| image_caption = Platform 2 (2022)

| mlanguage = {{Infobox Chinese/Chinese|t={{linktext|樂|富}}|s={{linktext|乐|富}}|l=Happy and Rich|showflag=jp|p=Lèfù|y=Lohkfu|j=Lok6fu3|ci={{IPAc-yue|l|ok|6|f|u|3}}}}

| address = Between Wang Tat House and Wang Shun House, Lok Fu Estate, Lok Fu

| borough = Wong Tai Sin District, Hong Kong

| country =

| coordinates = {{coord|22.3380|114.1871|region:HK|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| elevation =

| line = {{rcb|MTR|Kwun Tong|croute}}

| connections = {{plainlist|

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| distance =

| structure = Underground

| platform = 2 (1 island platform)

| depth =

| levels = 1

| tracks = 2

| parking =

| bicycle =

| opened = {{start date and age|df=y|1979|10|1}}

| opening =

| closed =

| rebuilt =

| electrified =

| accessible = yes

| code = LOF

| owned =

| operator = MTR Corporation

| zone =

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| services = {{Adjstn|system=MTR|line=Kwun Tong|left=Kowloon Tong|right=Wong Tai Sin}}

| map_type = Hong Kong MTR

| map_alt = Hong Kong MTR system map

| map_caption = Location within the MTR system

| route_map = {{Routemap

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Lok Fu ({{zh|t=樂富|cy=Lohkfu}}) is a station on the Hong Kong MTR {{lnl|MTR|kt}}. It became operational on 1 October 1979 as part of the Kwun Tong line.

Colour scheme

The station's colour scheme is green with red stripes.

History

Contract 201, consisting of the construction of this station and tunnels, was awarded to Metro Joint Venture, a consortium comprising Hochtief AG, Dragages, Gammon (HK) Limited, and Sentab.{{Cite book |title=地下鐵路 首日通車紀念特刊 |date=1979 |publisher=地下鐵路公司}}

The station was opened when the Kwun Tong line was put into use on 1 October 1979.

Station layout

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style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;border-top:solid 1px gray;width:50px;vertical-align:top;" rowspan=3|G

|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;width:100px;vertical-align:top;" rowspan=3|Concourse

|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;width:500px;vertical-align:top;"|Exits, transport interchange

style="border-top:solid 1px gray;"|Customer service, MTR shops
style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|Vending machines, automatic teller machines
style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;vertical-align:top;" rowspan=3|L2
Platforms

|Platform 1

|{{0|→}} {{rcb|MTR|kt|yes}} towards Tiu Keng Leng (Wong Tai Sin)

style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" colspan=2|Island platform, doors will open on the right
style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|Platform 2

|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|← {{rcb|MTR|kt|box}} Kwun Tong line towards Whampoa (Kowloon Tong)

{{MTRsource|layout|lof|Lok Fu|27 July 2014}}

Entrances/exits

  • A: Lok Fu Place (UNY) {{Access icon|15px|Wheelchair user access}}
  • B: Lok Fu Place Zone B{{MTRsource|map|lof|Lok Fu|27 July 2014}}

== Gallery ==

Lok Fu Station platforms 2022 04 part4.jpg|Station platforms 1 and 2 (2022)

Lok Fu Station 2020 07 part2.jpg|Paid area of the concourse, near Exit B (2020)

Lok Fu Station 2020 07 part1.jpg|Paid area of the concourse (2020)

Lok Fu Station 2019 03 part6.jpg|Lift access on the platform (2019)

Lok Fu Station 2017 12 part1.jpg|The only set of escalators on the platform (2017)

Lok Fu Station 2014 02 part1.JPG|Platform 2 of Lok Fu station (2014)

HK MTR Lok Fu Station Concourse.jpg|Station concourse of Lok Fu station (2008)

References