Ho Man Tin station

PlatformsTracks4ConstructionStructure typeUndergroundPlatform levels2AccessibleYesOther informationStation codeHOMHistoryOpenedPrevious namesLo Lung HangServices

Preceding station	MTR			Following station
Whampoa Terminus		Kwun Tong line		Yau Ma Tei towards Tiu Keng Leng
Hung Hom towards Tuen Mun		Tuen Ma line		To Kwa Wan towards Wu Kai Sha
To Kwa Wan towards Diamond Hill		East Kowloon line (1970 scheme)		Hung Hom towards Rumsey

Route map
To Yau Ma Tei To To Kwa Wan To Hung Hom L4 (Tuen Ma line) L7 (Kwun Tong line) Reversing siding To Whampoa

Location
Ho Man Tin Location within the MTR system Show map of MTR Ho Man Tin Ho Man Tin (Hong Kong urban core) Show map of Hong Kong urban core

Ho Man Tin station
Chinese	何文田
Jyutping	Ho4 man4 tin4
Literal meaning	Ho Man's Land
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Héwéntián Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Hòmàntìn Jyutping Ho4 man4 tin4 IPA [hɔː˩mɐn˩tʰiːn˩]

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, located beneath Valley Road in Lo Lung Hang, as part of the Sha Tin to Central Link project.^[3] 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, while the upper platforms of the Tuen Ma line opened on 27 June 2021.

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 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 not only the station, but also the railway tunnels between Yau Ma Tei and Whampoa Station, including 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

U3	Footbridge	Exit A3 (Upper Exit)
U2	Chung Hau Street	Exit A3 (Lower Exit), Exit B2
	Fat Kwong Street	Exit A2
G	Yan Fung Street	Exit A1, Subway to Exit A2, A3, Shops
L1	Chatham Road North	Exit B1, Lifts to Exit B2
L2 Concourse	Concourse	Customer service, Shops
L3	Passageway between concourse and platforms
L4 Tuen Ma line Platforms	Platform 4	→      Tuen Ma line towards Wu Kai Sha (To Kwa Wan) →
	Island platform, doors will open on the right
	Platform 3	←      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	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Platform 1	←      Kwun Tong line towards Tiu Keng Leng (Yau Ma Tei)
	Platform 2	Kwun Tong line towards Whampoa (Terminus) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right

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.^[8]

During the peak period, 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 the peak period.

Exits

• A1: Yan Fung Street^[9]
• A2: Fat Kwong Street^[9]
• A3: Ho Man Tin Estate, Oi Man Estate, Hong Kong Metropolitan University^[9]
• B1: Chatham Road North (Hung Hom)^[9]
• B2: Transport Interchange, Oi Man Estate^[9]

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  Exit A1 in October 2016
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  Exit A2 in October 2016
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  Exit A3 in October 2016
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  Exit B1 in October 2016
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  Exit B2 in October 2016

Gallery

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  Platform 1 in June 2021
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  Platform 2 in June 2021
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  Platform 3 in June 2021
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  Platform 4 in June 2021
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  Tuen Ma line platform with calligraphy in June 2021
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  Tuen Ma line platform signage in June 2021
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  Fare Concourse in March 2021
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  Interchange Concourse in June 2021
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  Level 3 in June 2021

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.^[10][11]

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  Frogtopia Arch in October 2016
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  "Blessings · Bridge" with the Chinese words Blessing in October 2016
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  "Blessings · Bridge" in October 2016

References