Ngau Tau Kok station

Ngau Tau Kok

牛頭角
MTR MTR rapid transit station
Ngau Tau Kok Station (2021)
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese牛頭角
Simplified Chinese牛头角
JyutpingNgau4tau4gok3
Hanyu PinyinNiútóujiǎo
Literal meaningCow Head's Corner
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinNiútóujiǎo
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationNgàutàugok
IPA[ŋɐw˩tʰɐw˩kɔk̚˧]
JyutpingNgau4tau4gok3
General information
LocationBetween Kwun Tong Road and Ngau Tau Kok Road, Ngau Tau Kok
Kwun Tong District, Hong Kong
Coordinates22°18′55″N 114°13′09″E / 22.3154°N 114.2193°E / 22.3154; 114.2193
Operated byMTR Corporation
Line(s)Kwun Tong line
Platforms2 (1 island platform)
Tracks2
Connections
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Platform levels1
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station codeNTK
History
Opened1 October 1979; 45 years ago (1979-10-01)
Electrified1,500 V DC (Overhead line)
Services
Preceding station MTR MTR Following station
Kowloon Bay
towards Whampoa
 Kwun Tong line Kwun Tong
towards Tiu Keng Leng
Track layout
Legend
to Kowloon Bay
to Kowloon Bay Depot
1
2
to Kwun Tong
Location
Hong Kong MTR system map
Hong Kong MTR system map
Ngau Tau Kok
Location within the MTR system

Ngau Tau Kok (Chinese: 牛頭角; Cantonese Yale: Ngàutàugok) is a station on the Hong Kong MTR Kwun Tong line. It is located in the Ngau Tau Kok area of Kowloon East, between Kwun Tong and Kowloon Bay stations. It was among the earliest stations in the network, becoming operational on 1 October 1979.

Ngau Tau Kok is one of three stations to be located above ground on the line, the others being Kwun Tong and Kowloon Bay. The majority of passengers use Ngau Tau Kok station to commute.

Due to difficulties in installing platform screen doors (PSDs) in above ground stations, the MTR decided not to install PSDs in this station, instead installing automatic platform gates (APGs) on the station's platforms in 2011.

History

Contract 211 consisting the construction of the stations and adjacent line sections was awarded to Hip Hing Construction Limited.

Ngau Tau Kok station opened when the Kwun Tong line opened on 1 October 1979.

Station layout

Platforms 1 and 2 share the same island platform, and the east parts are curved, so the gap between platform and train is large.

U1
Platforms 		Platform 1      Kwun Tong line towards Tiu Keng Leng (Kwun Tong) →
Island platform, doors will open on the right
Platform 2 ←      Kwun Tong line towards Whampoa (Kowloon Bay)
G Concourse Exits, customer service, MTRshops
Vending machines, automatic teller machines
- Subway Subway to Garden Estate and Kwun Tong industrial area

[1]

  • Station Platforms (March 2021)
    Station Platforms (March 2021)
  • Concourse, near Exit A (2020)
    Concourse, near Exit A (2020)
  • Paid area of the concourse (2020)
    Paid area of the concourse (2020)
  • Exterior of the station (2021)
    Exterior of the station (2021)
  • Both platforms of Ngau Tau Kok station in March 2014
    Both platforms of Ngau Tau Kok station in March 2014
  • Ngau Tau Kok station platform 1 in March 2014
    Ngau Tau Kok station platform 1 in March 2014
  • Ngau Tau Kok station in January 2008, before platform gates were installed.
    Ngau Tau Kok station in January 2008, before platform gates were installed.

Entrances/exits

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ngau Tau Kok Station.
  1. ^ "Ngau Tau Kok Station layout" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
  2. ^ "Ngau Tau Kok Station street map" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 25 July 2014.


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