Po Lam (; Cantonese Yale: Bóulàhm) is the northern terminus MTR station of the . It is located on Mau Yip Road, Po Lam, in the New Territories of Hong Kong, sandwiched by Phases 1 to 3 of Metro City. Built by Maeda Corporation, it opened on 18 August 2002. The name of the station is taken from the nearby Po Lam Road North. Its color is dark orange.

Station layout

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| rowspan="2" style="border-top:solid 1px gray; border-bottom:solid 1px gray; vertical-align:top;width:100px;"|Footbridge<br />(Exit A1, B2)

|style="border-top:solid 1px gray; vertical-align:top;width:500px;"|Metro City Phases 1 and 3

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|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|Vending machines, ATMs, MTR Shops

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|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|Footbridge<br />(Exit A2, B1)

|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|Metro City Phase 2, Transport interchange, Footbridges to Po Lam Estate, Yan Ming Court

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|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|Footbridge<br />(Exit B3)

|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|Footbridges to rooftop garden, The Pinnacle, King Lam Estate<br />Tseung Kwan O Public Library, Tseung Kwan O Swimming Pool

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| rowspan="5" style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray; vertical-align:top;"|G<br />Concourse/<br />Platforms

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| ← towards North Point <small>(Hang Hau)</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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| rowspan="3" style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray; vertical-align:top;"|Concourse

|Exit C, Customer service, MTR Shops

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|Vending machines

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|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|Octopus card promotion machines

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right|thumb|250px|Commemorative plaque for the opening of [[Tseung Kwan O line is at Po Lam station]]

thumb|right|250px|The concourse in 2013Unlike most MTR stations and unique in the , the concourse, gates and platform of Po Lam station are on the same level. Tracks ascend from underground to ground level at the southern end of the station, along King Lam Estate. A park is located on top of the tracks to cover them.

Platforms

There is only one side platform (Platform 1) from which trains depart, in the same direction as they arrive. Trains, as a result, halt on their way from Hang Hau station for another train to depart at the station. Trains also stay here for a shorter period before departing than at other MTR terminals. The single-track design (and the consequent longer train turnback time) limits the maximum train service frequency of the Tseung Kwan O line.

Across from the platform and north of the point where the tracks merge to one, there is a siding that splits from the running line for parking trains. Trains cannot access the platform from the siding, nor can they access the siding from the platform.

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Entrances/exits

The main exit is on Mau Yip Road, where five pedestrian footbridges link the station to a public transport interchange, shopping malls and residential buildings. There is direct access to Metro City and The Pinnacle from the concourse. Another footbridge crosses Po Fung Road and leads to Po Lam Estate, Yan Ming Court and Verbena Heights.

  • A1: Metro City Plaza III
  • A2: Metro City Plaza II
  • B1: Metro City Plaza II
  • B2: Metro City Plaza I
  • B3: King Lam Estate
  • C: Mau Yip Road

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File:Po Lam Station Exit A 2023 12 part2.jpg|Exit A

File:Po Lam Station Exit B 2023 12 part1.jpg|Exit B

File:Po Lam Station Exit C 2023 12 part1.jpg|Exit C

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Station artwork

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! !!Name!!Artist!!Location!!Completion date

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|200px||City of Towers||Kacey Wong||Entrance A1 & B2||August 2002

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Future development

The government proposed in the Railway Development Strategy 2014 that East Kowloon line will connect Po Lam and Diamond Hill stations, passing through Po Tat, Sau Mau Ping, Shun Tin and Choi Wan stations. It will serve as an alternative route to reach in case of disruption on the , and is expected to open in 2025.

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