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Whampoa (Chinese: 黃埔; Jyutping: Wong4 bou3; Cantonese Yale: Wòhng bou) is the western terminus of the Kwun Tong line of the MTR in Hong Kong. It is located in Hung Hom, Kowloon City District within the developed area of Whampoa Garden immediately adjacent to the stern of The Whampoa, a symbol of identity for the area and its history.
The Kwun Tong line (Chinese: 觀塘綫) is a rapid transit line of the MTR network in Hong Kong, coloured green on the MTR map.Starting at Whampoa in Hung Hom and ending at Tiu Keng Leng in Tseung Kwan O, Sai Kung, the route has 17 stations and takes 35 minutes to complete. [3]
Founded in 1866 by Douglas Lapraik and Thomas Sutherland, [1] the Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock Company (known as Hong Kong Kowloon and Whampoa Dock Company). In 1865, it was known as Kowloon Docks and located on the west Kowloon coast between Hung Hom and Tai Wan, facing Hung Hom Bay in the Victoria Harbour. It is also known as Whampoa Dock for
Whampoa Dock, a Hong Kong dockyard operated in the Crown Colony of Hong Kong from 1863 to 1979; Whampoa Garden, a private housing estate built in the 1980s located on part of the former site of the dock; Whampoa station, terminal station on the Kwun Tong line of the MTR in Hong Kong; Hutchison Whampoa, a Hong Kong conglomerate, the eventual ...
Whampoa: Kowloon City, Whampoa City: 23 October 2016: WHA: Ho Man Tin Tuen Ma line: Kowloon City: HOM: Yau Ma Tei formerly Waterloo Tsuen Wan line: Yau Tsim Mong: 22 December 1979: YMT: Mong Kok formerly Argyle Tsuen Wan line: Yau Tsim Mong: 31 December 1979: MOK [c] Prince Edward Tsuen Wan line: Yau Tsim Mong: 10 May 1982: PRE: Shek Kip Mei
Route Map Notes 506: Tuen Mun Ferry Pier: ↔ Siu Lun: ... HZMB Hong Kong Port ↔ Whampoa Garden: CTB Late Night service NA21: HZMB Hong Kong Port ↺ Mong Kok:
Hung Hom (Cantonese pronunciation: [hȍŋ hɐ̄m]) is an area in the southeast of Kowloon Peninsula, Hong Kong. Including the areas of Whampoa , Tai Wan , Hok Yuen , Lo Lung Hang and No. 12 Hill are administratively part of the Kowloon City District , with a portion west of Hung Hom Bay in the Yau Tsim Mong District .
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 m 2 (620,000 sq ft), eight-level railway station, cruciform in plan, was built on the site of the Valley Road Estate , which had been ...