Hung Hom train station
| Hung Hom Station 紅 磡 站 |
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 Station lobby (2013)
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| Location in the network | two-sided dead end |
| Platform tracks | 6 + 1 reserve track |
| opening | November 30, 1975 |
| Website URL | www.it3.mtr.com.hk |
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| Place / district | Kowloon |
| Special Administrative Region | Hong Kong |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Coordinates | 22 ° 18 '11 " N , 114 ° 10' 55" E |
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| List of train stations in China | |
The Hung Hom Station ( Chinese 紅磡站 / 红磡站 , Pinyin Hóngkàn Zhàn , Jyutping Hung 4 ham 3 Zaam 6 , English Hung Hom Station ), from the China Railway formerly Kowloon Station ( 九龍車站 / 九龙车站 , English Kowloon Station ) called , is a railway station on the East Rail Line and the West Rail Line in Hong Kong . It was up to the opening of theWest Kowloon Station the only station in Hong Kong with cross-border rail traffic to mainland China . There are long-distance train connections to Beijing , Shanghai and Guangzhou . In Hong Kong, Hung Hom Station is, along with Lo Wu and Lok Ma Chau, one of three stops where you can change between the railways and the MTR subway .
The station is located in the Yau Tsim Mong district of the Kowloon Peninsula , near the north entrance of the Cross-Harbor Tunnel . Despite the name correspondence with the district of Hung Hom ( 紅 磡 / 红 磡 ) in the southeast of Kowloon, this train station got its name from the former "Hung Hom Bay" ( 紅 磡 灣 / 红 磡 湾 , English Hung Hom Bay ), which was due to various land reclamation projects in the coastal area has disappeared from the Hong Kong map over time.
history
After the long post- war economic boom in Hong Kong in the first half of the 20th century , the old Kowloon Station on the peninsula in the Tsimshatsui district became too small. In addition, there was no space or opportunity to expand this station in the densely populated city. The new station opened on November 30, 1975 under the new name of the Kowloon-Canton Railway . The demolition of the old station began on June 7, 1978. The Hong Kong Cultural Center - a complex with a concert hall and museums - opened on the square . The old clock tower of the station was preserved as a memorial.
The new station was renamed Hung Hom Station in 1996 . In connection with this, the Kowloon-Canton Railway was renamed the East Rail Line .
From 2001 the Hung Hom Station was expanded. The new buildings included a new passenger terminal with restaurants, shops and ticket offices inside.
For a long time the station was a terminus . That changed with the expansion of the East Rail to East Tsim Sha Tsui station . The status changed again on August 16, 2009. Since then, East Tsim Sha Tsui station has been part of the West Rail Line. As a result, the Hung Hom station became a terminus again.
future
In the future, the station is to be connected to other lines of the local transport network in Hong Kong.
Platforms
The station has seven platform tracks, six of which are on three central platforms , while track 7 is a reserve track on a side platform . Tracks 1 and 4 to 7 are only accessible from the north as butt tracks .
| track | use |
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| 1 | East Rail Line |
| 2 | West Rail Line |
| 3 | West Rail Line |
| 4th | East Rail Line |
| 5 | Long-distance transport |
| 6th | Long-distance transport |
| 7th | Reserve track |
Source: MTR Corporation
connection
The station can be connected to the Public Light Bus . There are also numerous taxi ranks in front of the train station.
See also
- Mass Transit Railway
- West Kowloon Station
- Guangzhou – Shenzhen – Hong Kong high-speed line
- Beijing – Hong Kong high-speed line
Web links
- Hong Hom Station - MTR Intercity Through Train (Chinese, English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ June 8, 1978, In: 香港 工商 日報 - Hong Kong Kung Sheung Daily (Chinese)
- ↑ 紅 磡 站 位置 圖 - Hung Hom Station Layout. ( PDF file 700kB) MTR , accessed on February 16, 2020 (Chinese, English, MTR Corporation - general plan for the construction of the Hong Hom train station).
- ↑ 紅 磡 站 街道 圖 - Hung Hom Station Street Map. ( PDF file 992kB) MTR , accessed on February 16, 2020 (Chinese, English, MTR Corporation - map of Hong Hom train station).