Ho Man Tin station

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Hong Kong English Template:Infobox station Template:Infobox Chinese Ho Man Tin (Template:Zh) is an underground MTR rapid transit station on the Template:Lnl and the Template:Lnl, located beneath Valley Road in Lo Lung Hang, as part of the Sha Tin to Central Link project.<ref>The slideshows provided by two railway companies for Sha Tin to Central Link, July, 2007, MTR Corporation and KCR Corporation</ref> 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 Template:Lnl opened on 27 June 2021.

Despite its name, the station is technically not located within Ho Man Tin and is more than Template:Convert 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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

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.<ref name="HKIE2011">Template:Cite journal</ref>

The new Template:Cvt, 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.<ref name="HKIE2016">Template:Cite journal</ref>

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)
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	Template:0 Template:Rcb towards Template:STN (Template:STN) →
	Island platform, doors will open on the right
	Platform 3	← Template:Rcb Tuen Ma line towards Template:STN (Template:STN)
L6 Transfer Lobby	Transfer passageway between Template:Rcb Tuen Ma line and Template:Rcb Kwun Tong line
L7 Kwun Tong line Platforms	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Platform 1	← Template:Rcb towards Template:STN (Template:STN)
	Platform 2	Template:Rcb Kwun Tong line towards Template:STN (Terminus) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

Exits

• A1: Yan Fung Street<ref name=map>Template:MTRsource</ref>Wheelchair user access
• A2: Fat Kwong Street<ref name=map/>Wheelchair user access
• A3: Ho Man Tin Estate, Oi Man Estate, Hong Kong Metropolitan University<ref name=map/>Wheelchair user access
• B1: Chatham Road North (Hung Hom)<ref name=map/>Wheelchair user access
• B2: Transport Interchange, Oi Man Estate<ref name=map/>Wheelchair user access
• C:In one<ref name=map/>Wheelchair user access

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  Exit A1 in October 2016

• Entrance and exit A2 of Ho Man Tin Station.jpg

  Exit A2 in October 2016

• Entrance and exit A3 of Ho Man Tin Station.jpg

  Exit A3 in October 2016

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  Exit B1 in October 2016

• Ho Man Tin Station B2 Exit 201610.jpg

  Exit B2 in October 2016

Gallery

• Ho Man Tin Station 2021 06 part1.jpg

  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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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  Frogtopia Arch in October 2016

• Ho Man Tin Station Blessings Bridge in Exit B 201610.jpg

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

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  "Blessings · Bridge" in October 2016