Ho Man Tin () is an underground

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station on the and the , located beneath Valley Road in Lo Lung Hang, as part of the

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project. The station's lower platforms (serving Kwun Tong line trains) opened on 23 October 2016 along with

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as part of the Kwun Tong line extension, while the upper platforms of the opened on 27 June 2021. Despite its name, the station is technically not located within

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and is more than away from the central part of Ho Man Tin between Argyle Street and Waterloo Road.

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. The new , 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. 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

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. 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 the peak period, some westbound Kwun Tong line trains terminate at platform 2 and proceed eastbound past the

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to a reversing siding. The remaining trains continue to , 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 * A2: Fat Kwong Street * A3: Ho Man Tin Estate, Oi Man Estate,

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* B1:

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) * B2: Transport Interchange, Oi Man Estate Entrance and exit A1 of Ho Man Tin Station.jpg, 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 Ho Man Tin Station B1 Exit 201610.jpg, 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 Ho Man Tin Station 2021 06 part2.jpg, Platform 2 in June 2021 Ho Man Tin Station 2021 06 part3.jpg, Platform 3 in June 2021 Ho Man Tin Station 2021 06 part4.jpg, Platform 4 in June 2021 Ho Man Tin Station 2021 06 part6.jpg, Tuen Ma line platform with calligraphy in June 2021 Ho Man Tin Station 2021 06 part7.jpg, Tuen Ma line platform signage in June 2021 Ho Man Tin Station 2021 03 part1.jpg, Fare Concourse in March 2021 Ho Man Tin interchange concourse 27-06-2021(2).jpg, Interchange Concourse in June 2021 Ho Man Tin Station 2021 06 part8.jpg, 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. FrogTopia Arch.jpg, 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 Blessings · Bridge (2).jpg, "Blessings · Bridge" in October 2016

References

{{Kowloon City District MTR stations in Kowloon Kwun Tong line Sha Tin to Central Link Tuen Ma line Lo Lung Hang Railway stations in Hong Kong opened in 2016