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Lam Tin station

Lam Tin 藍田
MTR rapid transit station
Platform 1 of Lam Tin station
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	藍田
Simplified Chinese	蓝田
Jyutping	Laam4tin4
Hanyu Pinyin	Lántián
Literal meaning	Blue Field
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Lántián Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Làamtìn IPA [lam˩tʰin˩] Jyutping Laam4tin4
General information
Location	Lei Yue Mun Road, Sai Tso Wan Kwun Tong District, Hong Kong
Coordinates	22°18′24″N 114°13′59″E / 22.3068°N 114.2330°E / 22.3068; 114.2330
Operated by	MTR Corporation
Line(s)	Kwun Tong line
Platforms	2 (1island platform)
Tracks	2
Connections	Bus, minibus
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Platform levels	1
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	LAT
History
Opened	9 August 1989; 34 years ago (1989-08-09)
Services
Preceding station MTR Following station Kwun Tong towards Whampoa Kwun Tong line Yau Tong towards Tiu Keng Leng
Former services
Preceding station MTR Following station Kwun Tong towards Yau Ma Tei Kwun Tong line (2001-2002) Quarry Bay towards North Point
Track layout Legend toKwun Tong 1 2 toYau Tong
Location Lam Tin Location within the MTR system

Lam Tin (Chinese: 藍田; Cantonese Yale: Làamtìn) is a station on the Hong Kong MTR Kwun Tong line built as a part of the extension to Quarry Bay. The station is linked to the nearby hillside community of Lam Tin by a series of escalators.

In the 1980s, the Eastern Harbour Crossing (EHC or EHT) was planned by the colonial government. Following the successful performance of the MTR since 1978, the government decided to extend the Kwun Tong line through a new tunnel to Quarry Bay.

It was later decided that before the entrance to the tunnel, trains would stop at a station in the Lam Tin Valley, where it goes into the Sai Tso Wan Hill and then underground to the entrance of the tunnel.

The station was opened on 1 October 1989. As part of his official visit to Hong Kong with Princess Diana, the Prince of Wales Charles (now Charles III) officiated the opening of the station, where a commemorative plaque remains on display.

After the opening of the EHC, Lam Tin, with the MTR station and bus terminals, became a crucial transport interchange in east Kowloon. The station serves passengers between Tseung Kwan O and other parts of Kowloon, as well as between Hong Kong and Kowloon.

Platform screen doors have been in use since late August 2005.

The EHC has now been taken over by the Tseung Kwan O line running from Po Lam/LOHAS ParktoNorth Point. Passengers wanting to take the EHC from the Kwun Tong line now have to change trains at Yau Tong.

Platforms 1 and 2 share the same island platform. Like Lai King station, Lam Tin station is built on an elevated platform, in which half of the platform is immersed into the Lam Tin Hill^[1][2] and so the station is sealed like other underground stations (but it is mixed as an elevated, ground level, and underground station).

The concourse is the first floor down the escalators from the hillside exits. It is divided into two parts: the paid area and the non-paid area. The paid area has escalators down to the platforms and has a postbox, while the non-paid area links the exits and houses a Hang Seng Bank branch.

Between the paid and non-paid areas there are the entrance gates and a customer service centre which serves both areas.

^[3]

• A: Kai Tin Estate
• B: Public Transport Interchange, Sceneway Plaza
• C: Lei Yue Mun Road
• D1: Sin Fat Road
• D2: Sceneway Garden^[4]

The station offers, on a trial basis, an accessible car service for passengers using wheelchairs. On demand, the service will transport the passengers from either exit A or D1 to exit C, which is accessible.^[5]

Following the MTR station's opening in 1989, the area around Lam Tin station has been developed into a major transportation interchange in Hong Kong. The shopping centre and Sceneway Plaza above the transportation interchange adjacent to the station were built on a site that used to be occupied by a hillside squatter village.

The original Lam Tin community has also seen several rebuilding projects since the station had been built. The interchange has brought in new residential and commercial demand in the community. The bus termini, the Lei Yue Mun Interchange, and other public transportation facilities had transformed the Lam Tin area into an important transportation hub as well as a commercial and residential centre.

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