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Ho Man Tin (Chinese: 何文田; Cantonese Yale: Hòmàntìn) is an underground MTR rapid transit station on the Kwun Tong line and the Tuen Ma line. It is located beneath Valley Road in Lo Lung Hang, and was constructed as part of the Sha Tin to Central Link project.[3]

LocationIntersection between Chung Hau Street, Chatham Road North and Wuhu Street, Lo Lung Hang
Kowloon City District, Hong Kong
Coordinates22°18′33″N 114°10′58″E
SystemMTR rapid transit station
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Ho Man Tin

何文田
MTR
Platforms 3 of Ho Man Tin station in October 2024
General information
LocationIntersection between Chung Hau Street, Chatham Road North and Wuhu Street, Lo Lung Hang
Kowloon City District, Hong Kong
Coordinates22°18′33″N 114°10′58″E
SystemMTR rapid transit station
OwnerMTR Corporation
OperatorMTR Corporation
Lines
Platforms
Tracks4
Construction
Structure type
Underground
Platform levels
2
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station codeHOM
History
Opened
Services
Preceding station MTR MTR Following station
Whampoa
Terminus
Kwun Tong line Yau Ma Tei
Hung Hom
towards Tuen Mun
Tuen Ma line To Kwa Wan
towards Wu Kai Sha
Route map
Up arrow To Yau Ma Tei
Right arrow To To Kwa Wan
To Hung Hom Left arrow
L4 (Tuen Ma line)
L7 (Kwun Tong line)
Reversing siding
To Whampoa Down arrow
Location
Ho Man Tin is located in MTR
Ho Man Tin
Ho Man Tin
Location within MTR
Ho Man Tin is located in Hong Kong urban core
Ho Man Tin
Ho Man Tin
Location within Hong Kong urban core
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JyutpingHo4 man4 tin4
Literal meaningHo Man's Land
Hanyu PinyinHéwéntián
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Ho Man Tin station
Chinese何文田
JyutpingHo4 man4 tin4
Literal meaningHo Man's Land
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinHéwéntián
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationHòmàntìn
JyutpingHo4 man4 tin4
IPA[hɔ˩mɐn˩tʰin˩]
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Despite its name, the station is technically not located within Ho Man Tin and is more than 1 km (0.62 mi) away from the central part of Ho Man Tin between Argyle Street and Waterloo Road. The station is nearer to the central part of Hung Hom while Hung Hom station is located at reclaimed area of Hung Hom Bay.[4][5]

History

Ho Man Tin station was constructed under the HK$2.97 billion Kwun Tong Line Extension Contract 1001, which was awarded in 2011 to Nishimatsu Construction. This contract covered the station, the railway tunnels between Yau Ma Tei and Whampoa Station, and a ventilation building halfway between Yau Ma Tei and Ho Man Tin.[6]

The new 58,000 m2 (620,000 sq ft), eight-level railway station, cruciform in plan, was built on the site of the Valley Road Estate, which had been demolished a decade earlier. Built into a hillside, the station is partly underground and partly above-ground. The underground levels were excavated through the drill-and-blast method.[7]

The Kwun Tong line platforms of Ho Man Tin station opened on 23 October 2016. The Tuen Ma line platforms opened on 27 June 2021.

Station layout

The station is located between Chung Hau Street and Chatham Road North. While the Tuen Ma line platforms were boarded up, they were used as a passageway between the concourse and the Kwun Tong line platforms.

During peak periods, some westbound Kwun Tong line trains terminate at platform 2 and commence at platform 1 past the scissors crossover to a reversing siding. The remaining trains continue to Whampoa, the next station eastbound 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 turnaround all Kwun Tong line trains during peak periods.

U3 Footbridge Exit A3 (Upper Exit), Exit B1
U2 Chung Hau Street Exit A3 (Lower Exit), Exit B2
Fat Kwong Street Exit A2
G Yan Fung Street Exit A1, A4, Subway to Exit A2&A3, Shops
L1 Chatham Road North Exit B1, Lifts to Exit B2
L2
Concourse
Concourse Customer service, Shops, Exit C
L3 Passageway between concourse and platforms
L4
Tuen Ma line Platforms
Platform 4      Tuen Ma line towards Wu Kai Sha (To Kwa Wan) arrow for R
Island platform, doors will open on the right
Platform 3 arrow for L      Tuen Ma line towards Tuen Mun (Hung Hom)
L6
Transfer Lobby
Transfer passageway between      Tuen Ma line and      Kwun Tong line
L7
Kwun Tong line Platforms
Platform 2      Kwun Tong line Kwun Tong line towards Whampoa (Terminus) colspan=2| black;textIsland platform, doors will open on the right
Platform 1 arrow for L      towards Tiu Keng Leng (Yau Ma Tei)
Panorama of a Kwun Tong line platform in October 2016

Exits

Station art

Multiple artwork is installed in this station. One of the artworks "Between Nature and the City" has a cat on bottom right corner. According to its creator Alex Heung, the cat is called "Ai Cow", and was owned by a Chinese medicine store in Ho Man Tin. The cat went missing in 2014 and netizens have launched a search campaign on Facebook. Through this cat, Alex highlights the connection and emotion of people, community and environment in his artwork.[9][10]

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