Yau Tong station

Yau Tong 油塘
MTR rapid transit station
Platform 3 of Yau Tong station in November 2022
Chinese name
Chinese	油塘
Jyutping	Jau4tong4
Hanyu Pinyin	Yóutáng
Literal meaning	Oil Pool
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Yóutáng Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Yàutòng IPA [jɐw˩tʰɔŋ˩] Jyutping Jau4tong4
General information
Location	Cha Kwo Ling Road, Yau Tong Kwun Tong District, Hong Kong
Coordinates	22°17′52″N 114°14′14″E
Owned by	MTR Corporation
Operated by	MTR Corporation
Line(s)	Kwun Tong line Tseung Kwan O line
Platforms	4 (2 island platforms)
Tracks	4
Connections	Bus, minibus
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Platform levels	2
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	YAT
History
Opened	4 August 2002; 22 years ago (2002-08-04)
Services
Preceding station MTR Following station Lam Tin towards Whampoa Kwun Tong line Tiu Keng Leng Terminus Quarry Bay towards North Point Tseung Kwan O line Tiu Keng Leng towards Po Lam or LOHAS Park
Track layout v t e L1 (upper level) to Lam Tin to upper level 3 Yau Tong 2 to lower level to lower level 4 Tiu Keng Leng 2 from lower level L2 (lower level) to Quarry Bay to upper level 4 Yau Tong 1 to upper level from upper level 1 Tiu Keng Leng 3 to upper level to Tseung Kwan O
Location Yau Tong Location within the MTR system Show map of MTR Yau Tong Yau Tong (Hong Kong Island) Show map of Hong Kong Island

Yau Tong (Chinese: 油塘; Cantonese Yale: Yàutòng) is a station on the Hong Kong MTR Kwun Tong line and the Tseung Kwan O line. It is the only station of the Tseung Kwan O line located in Kowloon. The livery of the station is yellow.

The train platforms are constructed above ground level, which are sealed from the outside with concrete walls to prevent the noise of trains disturbing the nearby residents of Yau Tong Estate.

History

Yau Tong station was originally built as a part of the MTR Tseung Kwan O extension to make a cross-platform interchange between Kwun Tong line and the newly built Tseung Kwan O line, and to provide nearby residents in Lei Yue Mun and Sze Shan (Chinese: 四山; lit. 'Mount Four') convenient access to the MTR system. The construction project was awarded to Kumagai Gumi and was valued at HK$457 million.^[1]

There was discussions over whether the interchange should be built in a new station by redirecting the original route, or by utilising existing stations such as Lam Tin or Kwun Tong. Ultimately the interchanges were built in two new stations, Yau Tong and Tiu Keng Leng. This resulted in certain routings needing to change trains twice when crossing the Victoria Harbour.

The station opened on 4 August 2002. The new station extended travel times between Lam Tin and Quarry Bay by four minutes.

The station was built without public toilets, like most other MTR stations at the time. New toilets and a babycare room were commissioned at the station on 29 May 2019.^[2]

Station layout

The multiple cross-platform-interchange system between Tiu Keng Leng and Yau Tong stations

Yau Tong station has three main levels: the concourse, the upper platforms, and the lower platforms.

The upper platform level consists of Platforms 2 and 3. Passengers crossing the harbour on the Tseung Kwan O line towards the Kowloon side can cross over to Platform 2 to change to the Kwun Tong line to get to most destinations in East Kowloon.

The lower platform level contains Platforms 1 and 4. Passengers travelling on the Kwun Tong line travelling towards Tiu Keng Leng can cross over to Platform 4 to change to the Tseung Kwan O line to cross the harbour to North Point.

U4 Concourse	Concourse	Exits, footbridge to Yau Tong Estate/Lei Yue Mun Plaza
		Customer Service, MTR Shops
		Vending machines, ATMs
U2 Upper platforms	Platform 2	←      Kwun Tong line towards Whampoa (Lam Tin)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Platform 3	→      Tseung Kwan O line towards Po Lam or LOHAS Park (Tiu Keng Leng) →→
U1 Lower platforms	Platform 1	→      Kwun Tong line towards Tiu Keng Leng (Terminus) →
	Island platform, doors will open on the right
	Platform 4	←      Tseung Kwan O line towards North Point (Quarry Bay)
G	Exits	Exit A2, B2

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Entrances and exits

Yau Tong station Exit A in August 2018

• A1: Yau Tong Estate, Domain, Lei Yue Mun Plaza, Lei Yue Mun Estate, Tseung Kwan O Chinese Permanent Cemetery, public transport interchange
• A2: Lei Yue Mun Municipal Services Building, Jockey Club Lei Yue Mun Plus
• B1: Yau Lai Estate, St. Antonius Primary School
• B2: Cha Kwo Ling Road ^[4]

Nearby facilities

A new shopping centre, Domain, opened on in 2012. It was the second shopping mall in Yau Tong. The first one was Lei Yue Mun Plaza, which opened in 2001.

On 2 July 2012, Yau Tong Public Transport Interchange was opened; bus and public light bus routes serving the previous Yau Tong Station Temporary Bus Terminus were moved to the new location. The transport interchange can be accessed via exit A2.

References

1. "Cover Story (Vol 29 Apr 2001) - The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers". www.hkengineer.org.hk. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
2. "New Toilet and Babycare Room Commissioned at Yau Tong Station" (PDF). MTR Corporation. 28 May 2019.
3. "Yau Tong Station layout" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
4. "Yau Tong Station street map" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 14 February 2015.