HUNG HOM STATION

'Hung Hom Station' (紅磡站), formerly known as 'Kowloon Station' (九龍站) is a station on the in Hong Kong. It is located in Hung Hom, Kowloon.
This station was opened in 1974 because the old Kowloon station at Tsim Sha Tsui was too small, had no room for expansion and was therefore demolished in the same year (although the clock tower still stands). This new Kowloon station, later renamed Hung Hom station, served as the terminus of East Rail until 24 October 2004, when the East Tsim Sha Tsui Station at East Tsim Sha Tsui opened. The expanded part of the concourse in Hung Hom station was opened in 2001, making it the largest KCR station, before the opening of East Tsim Sha Tsui station.
It now serves as a midway station of East Rail, as well as the terminus of intercity services with destinations to major cities including Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, as well as Zhaoqing, Foshan, Dongguan in Guangdong.
Hung Hom Station is one of the three Hong Kong port-of-entry on , along with Lo Wu Station and Lok Ma Chau Station.
Before the relocation of Kowloon terminus from Tsim Sha Tsui to Hung Hom in 1974, a station named Hung Hom was located at Chatham Road South, next to the then coastline of Hung Hom Bay and near Gun Club Hill Barracks.
It should be noted that Hung Hom still carries signage as well as on the roads/area nearby referring to the Hung Hom transport interchange as "Railway Terminus". Although East Tsim Sha Tsui is the current terminus, this will revert back to Hung Hom when the Kowloon Southern Link opnes in 2009, where the will meet the at Hung Hom (and East Tsim Sha Tsui will become a West Rail's intermediate station).
Since Hung Hom Station is located near the Cross Harbour Tunnel, it serves as an important transport interchange for passengers heading to and from Hong Kong Island.

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Station layout

Neighbouring stations

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Station layout

'Loft'	-	Shops
'Concourse'	Concourse	Exit C, a transport interchange
		ticketing office, Customer Service Centre, toilets, Hong Kong Immigration Department and Customs and Excise Department checkpoints (for intercity train passengers)
		shops, vending machines
		ATMs, lockers
'Corridors'	Northern Corridor	Exit A1-A3 & B, a footbridge, transport interchange
		Ticketing office
	Southern Corridor	Exit D1-D6, a footbridge, ticketing office
	Mid-Level	Footbridge to Cross Harbour Tunnel, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Museum of History, Hong Kong Science Museum, Hung Hom, East Tsim Sha Tsui
'Platforms'	Platform '1'	Temporarily disused. Reconstruction work is in progress on this platform.
	Island platform, Platform 2 train's doors will open on the left.
	Platform '2'	towards Lo Wu/Lok Ma Chau
	Platform '3'	towards East Tsim Sha Tsui
	Island platform, Platform 3 train's doors will open on the left
	Platform '4'	Temporarily disused. Reconstruction work is in progress on this platform.
	Platform '5'	Through trains to Zhaoqing, Shanghai, Guangzhou or Beijing
	Island platform.The train doors will be opened. This platform is a closed area.
	Platform '6'	Through Train to Zhaoqing, Shanghai, Guangzhou or Beijing
	Platform '7 '	Freight Platform
	Side platform. Not for public use.

Platforms 1 and 2, and platforms 3 and 4 share the same island platform.
Platforms 5 and 6 share the same island platform.

Neighbouring stations

External links

★ KCRC intercity passenger services