Kowloon is a station on the and the 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 on the and a kilometre west of Jordan station on the .
Escalators link Elements directly with the station concourse.
History
The station was designed by TFP Farrells. During the planning stage, it was called West Kowloon station (). The construction contract (Contract 503C) was awarded to a joint venture of Kumagai Gumi, Entrecanales y Tavora, and Cubiertas y MZOV (both later merged to form Acciona) on 28 November 1994.
On 16 September 2000, the new shopping mall "Dickson CyberExpress" () was opened by Dickson Poon. The size was spread over four levels of the station with six shopping areas. However, the mall did not have the expected volume of customers and business was weak. After half a year, the mall shrank in size. The mall's management company planned to decrease the level of the mall from 4 levels to 3 levels and to combine some of the shopping areas. Business remained poor due to sparse population near the station and a recession at that time. The mall finally closed its operation in 2005.
The station was proposed as the terminus of the unbuilt East Kowloon line; the proposal indicated using a reserved confined space under the Tung Chung line platforms.
The station is connected via footbridges to on the Tuen Ma line. The station is connected to West Kowloon Terminus of the Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong Express Rail Link Hong Kong section.
Morning Express service
The MTR offers Morning Express services to allow passengers to take the Airport Express from Tsing Yi to Hong Kong station. Commuters wishing to get to work faster can use their Octopus card at dedicated gates for HK$25. This offer is available every day except Sundays and public holidays from 7 am to 10 am.
Station layout
As in other Airport Express stations, the Airport Express and the Tung Chung line have separated paid areas. Platform 2 is only used for disembarking passengers from Hong Kong International Airport or , except during morning rush hours from Monday to Saturday for boarding passengers traveling on the line to Hong Kong station with a Morning Express Ticket.
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|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;width:100px;vertical-align:top;" rowspan=2|Residential and<br />commercial area
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;width:420px;"|Exits, Union Square, The Waterfront, Sorrento
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|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|The Harbourside, The Arch, International Commerce Centre, The Cullinan
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| style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;vertical-align:top;" |U4
|Tung Chung line <br />concourse
| rowspan="2" |Exit, Elements mall
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| rowspan="2" style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;vertical-align:top;" |U3
| style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;vertical-align:top;" |Airport Express <br />concourse
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|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;vertical-align:top;"|Tung Chung line <br />concourse
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;vertical-align:top;"|Exit, Elements mall, escalator to U5
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|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;vertical-align:top;" rowspan=5|G
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;vertical-align:top;" rowspan=2|Airport Express <br />check-in
|Customer service, drop-off area, in-town check-in, left luggage
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|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|MTRshops, vending machines, toilets, police post
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|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;vertical-align:top;" rowspan=3|Tung Chung line <br />concourse
|Exits, customer service, car park, toilet
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|Airport Express shuttle bus, public transport interchange
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|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|MTRshops, Hang Seng Bank, automatic teller machines
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|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;vertical-align:top;" rowspan=6|L2<br />Platforms
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;vertical-align:top;"|Airport Express <br />concourse
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;vertical-align:top;"|Customer service, drop-off area, toilets
|-
|style="border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" colspan=2|<small>Side platform, doors will open on the left</small>
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|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|Platform
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"| towards <small>()</small> →
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|Platform
|← Airport Express towards <small>(Terminus)</small>
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|style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;text-align:center;" colspan=2|<small>Side platform, doors will open on the left</small>
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|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;vertical-align:top;"|Airport Express <br />concourse
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;vertical-align:top;"|Customer service, taxi stand, MTRshops, toilets
|-
| style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;vertical-align:top;"|L3
| style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;vertical-align:top;"|Confined space
| style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;vertical-align:top;"|Reserved for East Kowloon line
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|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;vertical-align:top;" rowspan=3|L4<br />Platforms
|Platform
| towards <small>()</small> →
|-
|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;"|← Tung Chung line towards Hong Kong <small>(Terminus)</small>
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|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|L5
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|Confined space
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|Reserved for East Kowloon line
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Entrances and exits
;Tung Chung line Concourse (G)
- E1-E5 - West Kowloon Cultural District, West Kowloon Waterfront Promenade, Western Harbour Crossing bus stops
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File:Kowloon Station Exit A 2025 07 part1.jpg|Exit A
File:Kowloon Station Exit B 2025 07 part1.jpg|Exit B
File:Kowloon Station Exit C1 2025 07 part1.jpg|Exit C1
File:Kowloon Station Exit C2 2025 07 part2.jpg|Exit C2
File:Kowloon Station Exit D1 2025 07 part1.jpg|Exit D1
File:Kowloon Station Exit D2 2025 07 part2.jpg|Exit D2
File:Kowloon Station Exit E 2025 07 part2.jpg|Exit E
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Gallery
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HKMTR KOW Elevator 20070922.jpg|The long escalator
Airport Express from Elements.jpg|Airport Express check-in desk, from Elements
Kowloon Station 2013 08 part1.JPG|Platform 1 (Airport Express)
Kowloon Station 2020 06 part7.jpg|Airport Express Check-in Concourse
Kowloon Station Airport Express platforms 2022 06 part3.jpg|Platform 1 (Airport Express)
Kowloon Station 2013 05.JPG|Platform 3 (Tung Chung line)
Kowloon Station 2020 06 part1.jpg|Platform 3 (Tung Chung Line)
Kowloon Station Tung Chung Line platforms 2022 06 part3.jpg|Platform 3 (Tung Chung Line)
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