Tseung Kwan O (; : ) is a
station on the
MTR
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located at the town centre of the
Tseung Kwan O New Town
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in the
New Territories
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of Hong Kong. The previous station is and the line splits after this station to and . The entrances to the station are on
Tong Chun Street,
Popcorn Mall and
Tong Yin Street. A public transport interchange is located outside the station. The architecture firm
Aedas
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designed the station.
History
Tsueng Kwan O station opened to the public on 18 August 2002, together with the spur line to Tsueng Kwan O Depot, right next to
LOHAS Park station, but the station did not open until 26 July 2009.
Station layout
Entrances/exits
*A1: Tseung Kwan O Plaza / Transport Interchange
*A2:
The Grandiose / Tseung Kwan O Plaza
*B1/B2:
Park Central
*C: PopCorn
Hotels
Sun Hung Kai Properties
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developed a 359-room
Crowne Plaza
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hotel, a 176-room Vega Suites hotel and a 300-room
Holiday Inn Express hotel at Tseung Kwan O station as part of a comprehensive hotel and shopping complex.
Shopping centre
The station is attached to an MTR-owned shopping centre called PopCorn that opened in 2012. It comprises over 40,000 square metres and houses about 150 retailers and a cinema.
PopCorn is an anchor connecting the nearby malls of PopCorn 2,
Park Central, and Tseung Kwan O Plaza. A public transport interchange is situated next to PopCorn and serves
public light buses routes 103M, 110 and 112S, and
New World First Bus routes 792M, 796C, 796S, 796X, 797M, 798 and N796.
References
{{Tseung Kwan O Line navbox
MTR stations in the New Territories
Tseung Kwan O line
Railway stations in Hong Kong opened in 2002