Ngau Tau Kok station

Ngau Tau Kok (Chinese: 牛頭角; Cantonese Yale: Ngàutàugok) is a station on the Hong Kong MTR Kwun Tong line. It is located in the Ngau Tau Kok area of Kowloon East, between Kwun Tong and Kowloon Bay stations. It was among the earliest stations in the network, becoming operational on 1 October 1979.

Ngau Tau Kok 牛頭角
MTR rapid transit station
Ngau Tau Kok Station (2021)
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	牛頭角
Simplified Chinese	牛头角
Jyutping	Ngau4tau4gok3
Hanyu Pinyin	Niútóujiǎo
Literal meaning	Cow Head's Corner
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Niútóujiǎo Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Ngàutàugok IPA [ŋɐw˩tʰɐw˩kɔk̚˧] Jyutping Ngau4tau4gok3
General information
Location	Between Kwun Tong Road and Ngau Tau Kok Road, Ngau Tau Kok Kwun Tong District, Hong Kong
Coordinates	22°18′55″N 114°13′09″E
Operated by	MTR Corporation
Line(s)	Kwun Tong line
Platforms	2 (1 island platform)
Tracks	2
Connections	Bus, minibus
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Platform levels	1
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	NTK
History
Opened	1 October 1979; 45 years ago (1979-10-01)
Electrified	1,500 V DC (Overhead line)
Services
Preceding station MTR Following station Kowloon Bay towards Whampoa Kwun Tong line Kwun Tong towards Tiu Keng Leng
Track layout Legend to Kowloon Bay to Kowloon Bay Depot 1 2 to Kwun Tong
Location Ngau Tau Kok Location within the MTR system

Ngau Tau Kok is one of three stations to be located above ground on the line, the others being Kwun Tong and Kowloon Bay. The majority of passengers use Ngau Tau Kok station to commute.

Due to difficulties in installing platform screen doors (PSDs) in above ground stations, the MTR decided not to install PSDs in this station, instead installing automatic platform gates (APGs) on the station's platforms in 2011.

History

Contract 211 consisting the construction of the stations and adjacent line sections was awarded to Hip Hing Construction Limited.

Ngau Tau Kok station opened when the Kwun Tong line opened on 1 October 1979.

Station layout

Platforms 1 and 2 share the same island platform, and the east parts are curved, so the gap between platform and train is large.

U1 Platforms	Platform 1	→      Kwun Tong line towards Tiu Keng Leng (Kwun Tong) →
	Island platform, doors will open on the right
	Platform 2	←      Kwun Tong line towards Whampoa (Kowloon Bay)
G	Concourse	Exits, customer service, MTRshops
		Vending machines, automatic teller machines
-	Subway	Subway to Garden Estate and Kwun Tong industrial area

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Gallery

• 
  Station Platforms (March 2021)
• 
  Concourse, near Exit A (2020)
• 
  Paid area of the concourse (2020)
• 
  Exterior of the station (2021)
• 
  Both platforms of Ngau Tau Kok station in March 2014
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  Ngau Tau Kok station platform 1 in March 2014
• 
  Ngau Tau Kok station in January 2008, before platform gates were installed.

Entrances/exits

• A: Millennium City
• B1: Lotus Tower
• B2: Garden Estate
• B3: Ngau Tau Kok Road
• B4: Kwun Tong Road
• B5: How Ming Street
• B6: Lai Yip Street^[2]