Kowloon Bay is a station on the Hong Kong MTR . It is located between Choi Hung and Ngau Tau Kok stations in Kowloon East. The station was opened in 1979.

Kowloon Bay station is one of the five MTR stations on the Kwun Tong line located above ground level, and one of three to be elevated and open-air (the other two being Ngau Tau Kok and Kwun Tong). Due to difficulties in installing platform screen doors (PSDs) in above ground stations,automatic platform gates (APGs) were installed on the station's platforms in 2011. In 2012, the MTR renovated Kowloon Bay station, replacing the original grey-black mosaic walls and pillars with red baked lacquer panels.

The headquarters of the MTR Corporation and the depot for the Kwun Tong line are both located at this station. Also located above the depot is Telford Gardens, the first residential property to be developed by the MTR Corporation. Kowloon Bay station is connected to Telford Plaza, a shopping mall located next to Telford Gardens.

History

John Lok & Partners was chosen to construct the station and adjacent line sections.

Kowloon Bay station opened when the Kwun Tong line became operational on 1 October 1979.

Station layout

Platforms 1 and 2 share the same island platform.

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|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;width:50px;vertical-align:top;" rowspan=3|U2<br />Platforms

|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;width:100px;"|Platform

|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;width:390px;"| towards Tiu Keng Leng <small>(Ngau Tau Kok)</small> →

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|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|<small>Island platform, doors will open on the right</small>

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|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|Platform

|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|← Kwun Tong line towards Whampoa <small>(Choi Hung)</small>

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|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|

|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|Telford Plaza

|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|Exit C

|- style="vertical-align:middle;"

|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;vertical-align:top;" rowspan=4|U1

|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;vertical-align:top;" rowspan=4|Concourse

|Exits, Telford Plaza, Telford Gardens

|-

|Customer service, MTRshops

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|Hang Seng Bank, vending machines, automatic teller machines

|-

|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;vertical-align:top;"|"iCentre" free internet access

|-

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

|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;vertical-align:top;"|Depot

|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;vertical-align:top;"|Exits, MTR Kowloon Bay Depot

|}

Entrances/exits

  • A: MTR Headquarters Building
  • B: Amoy Gardens, East Kowloon Cultural Centre
  • C: Telford Plaza

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File:Kowloon Bay Station Exit A 2023 06 part1.jpg|Exit A

File:Kowloon Bay Station Exit B 2023 06 part1.jpg|Exit B

File:Kowloon Bay Station Exit C 2023 06 part1.jpg|Exit C

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File:Kowloon Bay Station 2021 03 part7.jpg|Exterior of station (2021)

File:Kowloon Bay Station 2021 03 part4.jpg|Platforms 1 and 2 (2021)

File:Kowloon Bay Station 2020 06 part5.jpg|Exit B with access to Telford Plaza on the right (2020)

File:Kowloon Bay Station 2021 03 part5.jpg|Free internet access in the station concourse (2021)

File:Kowloon Bay Station 2020 06 part3.jpg|Station concourse (2020)

File:Kowloon Bay Station 2014 03 part3.JPG|Both platforms (2014)

File:HK Kowloon Bay Station Platform 2009.jpg|Platforms prior to the installation of half-height platform gates (2009)

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References