Ho Man Tin Station

Ho Man Tin 何文田
MTR rapid transit station
Exit B2 of Ho Man Tin Station
Chinese name
Chinese	何文田
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Héwéntián Yue: Cantonese Jyutping ho4 man4 tin4 Yale Romanization ho4 man4 tin4
General information
Location	Intersection between Chung Hau Street, Chatham Road North and Wuhu Street, Lo Lung Hang Kowloon City District, Hong Kong
Coordinates	22°18′33″N 114°10′58″E / 22.3093°N 114.1829°ECoordinates: 22°18′33″N 114°10′58″E / 22.3093°N 114.1829°E
Owned by	MTR Corporation (Kwun Tong Line); KCR Corporation (East West Corridor)
Operated by	MTR Corporation
Line(s)	Kwun Tong Line      East West Corridor
Platforms	4 (2 side platforms (Kwun Tong Line) and 1 island platform (East West Corridor))
Tracks	4
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Other information
Station code	HOM
History
Opened	23 October 2016 (Kwun Tong Line)[1]
Opening	2019 (East West Corridor)
Services
Preceding station   MTR   Following station Whampoa Terminus Kwun Tong Line Yau Ma Tei towards Tiu Keng Leng   Future services   Ma Tau Wai towards Wu Kai Sha East West Corridor of the Sha Tin to Central Link Hung Hom towards Tuen Mun
Location
Ho Man Tin Location within the MTR system

Track layout
Legend
to Yau Ma Tei 2 1 Reversing siding Bidirectional track to Whampoa

Ho Man Tin (Chinese: 何文田) is an underground MTR rapid transit station on the Kwun Tong Line. Located beneath Valley Road in Lo Lung Hang, it will become an interchange station for the East West Corridor as part of the Sha Tin to Central Link project, which is under construction.^[2] The station's lower platforms (serving Kwun Tong Line trains) opened on 23 October 2016 along with Whampoa Station as part of the Kwun Tong Line Extension, but the upper platforms will remain closed and boarded up until the completion of the East West Corridor.

Contrary to its name, the station is located in Lo Lung Hang at the extreme south of Ho Man Tin. Walking to the central part of Ho Man Tin from this station would take approximately 15–20 minutes. The MTR has been accused of ignoring the existing place name, Lo Lung Hang, thus contributing to the erosion of community identity and local history.^[3]

Station layout

L1–U3	–	Exits
L2 (Ground)	Concourse	Customer service
L3	Passageway between concourse and platforms
L4 Future Shatin to Central Link Platforms	Platform 4	→      East West Corridor (planned) towards Wu Kai Sha (Ma Tau Wai) →
	Island platform, under construction
	Platform 3	←      East West Corridor (planned) towards Tuen Mun (Hung Hom)
L6	Transfer passageway between      East West Corridor and      Kwun Tong Line
L7 Kwun Tong Line Platforms	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Platform 1	←      Kwun Tong Line towards Tiu Keng Leng (Yau Ma Tei)
	Wall
	Platform 2	→      Kwun Tong Line towards Whampoa (Terminus) → →      Kwun Tong Line termination platform (some peak-hour trains) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

The station is located between Chung Hau Street and Chatham Road North. While the East West Corridor platforms are boarded up, they are used as a passageway between the concourse and the Kwun Tong Line platforms.^[4]

During peak hours, some westbound Kwun Tong Line trains terminate at platform 2 and proceed eastbound past the scissors crossover to a reversing siding. The remaining trains continue to Whampoa Station, the next station westbound as well as the line's western terminus. This arrangement exists due to the limited capacity of the single terminating track at Whampoa, which cannot turn all of the Kwun Tong Line's trains during rush hours.

Panorama of a Kwun Tong Line platform

Exits

• A1: Yam Fung Street^[5]
• A2: Fat Kwong Street^[5]
• A3: Ho Man Tin Estate, Oi Man Estate, Open University of Hong Kong^[5]
• B1: Chatham Road North (Hung Hom)^[5]
• B2: Transport Interchange^[5]

References

1. "MTR Updates Construction Progress on SIL(E) and KTE Railway Projects" (PDF). MTR Corporation. 2014-06-12.
2. The slideshows provided by two railway companies for Sha Tin to Central Link, July, 2007, MTR Corporation and KCR Corporation
3. "搜查線：何文田站唔喺何文田？80後誓保地名". Oriental Daily News. 4 November 2016.
4. "Ho Man Tin Station layout" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
5. "Ho Man Tin Station street map" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 3 November 2016.