Lam Tin Station
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2008-07-05T14:00:01Z
219.78.87.49
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{{otheruses4|Lam Tin Station of the MTR|the town area with the same name|Lam Tin}}
{{MTR infobox
|livery=1A86AE
|namecolour=White
|line=Kwun Tong
|image=MTR Lam Tin Platform.jpg
|caption=Lam Tin station platform 1
|coordinates=22.307°N, 114.232°E
|district=[[Kwun Tong District|Kwun Tong]]
|area=[[Lam Tin]]
|open=October 1989
|type=Elevated
|platformtype=Island
|escalatorno=17<ref>In the 17 escalators, nine are located in the premises of [[Sceneway Garden]] but managed by [[MTR Corporation|MTRC]].</ref>
|platformno=2
|exitno=5
|liftno=1<ref>The number of lifts does not take staff-only area lifts, nor lifts managed by Sceneway Plaza but commonly used by MTR passengers, into account.</ref>
|shopno=1
|code=LAT
|hours=0606/0120
|connections= Bus, Minibus
|engname=Lam Tin
|chiname=藍田 }}
{{Chinese
|i={{IPA|lam<sub>11</sub> tʰɪn<sub>11</sub>}}
|t=藍田
|s=蓝田
|j=laam4 tin4
|y=laam4 tin4
|p=Lántián
|l=Blue Field
}}
[[Image:Lam Tin Stn Platform.jpg|thumb|People exiting a train at Platform 1]]
[[Image:Lam Tin Shrine.jpg|thumb|The plaque of establishment]]
[[Image:Lam Tin MTR CSC.jpg|thumb|Customer service center - note that there is only one operator serving both queues]]
{{commonscat|Lam Tin (MTR)}}
'''Lam Tin''' is a [[List of Hong Kong MTR stations|station]] on the [[Hong Kong]] [[MTR]] {{HK-MTR lines|Kwun Tong}} built as a part of the extension to [[Quarry Bay (MTR)|Quarry Bay]]. The station is linked to the hillside community of the [[Lam Tin]] area by a series of escalators.
==History==
In the 1980s, the [[Eastern Harbour Crossing]] (EHC or EHT) had been planned by the colonial government. Following the successful result 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 at [[Lam Tin]] Valley, where it goes into the Sai Tso Wan Hill and then underground to the entrance of the tunnel.
The construction was completed by 1989. As part of his official visit with then [[Diana, Princess of Wales|Princess of Wales]] to Hong Kong, the [[Charles, Prince of Wales|Prince of Wales]] officiated the opening of the station, in which a commemoratitve plaque remains in display to this day.
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.
==Station layout==
{|table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;border-top:solid 1px gray;" width=50 valign=top|-
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=100 valign=top|Subway<br>(Kai Tin Road)
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=285 valign=top|Subway to Kai Tin Road and [[Lam Tin]] North
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" rowspan=5 valign=top|'''C<br />Concourse<br />(Ground)'''
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" rowspan=3 valign=top|Concourse
|Exits, footbridges
|-
|Customer service, MTRshops
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|[[Hang Seng Bank]]、[[vending machines]]、[[automatic teller machines]]
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" rowspan=2 valign=top|Footbridge
|Footbridge to Sceneway Garden
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|Transport interchange, Subway to Kai Tin Road
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" rowspan=3 valign=top|'''P<br />Platforms'''
|Platform <font color=#{{HK-MTR color|Kwun Tong}}>'''1'''</font>
|{{HK-MTR lines|Kwun Tong}} towards [[Tiu Keng Leng (MTR)|Tiu Keng Leng]]
|-
|style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;" colspan=2|<center><small>[[Island platforms]], doors will open on the right</small></center>
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|Platform <font color=#{{HK-MTR color|Kwun Tong}}>'''2'''</font>
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|{{HK-MTR lines|Kwun Tong}} towards [[Yau Ma Tei (MTR)|Yau Ma Tei]]
|}
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<ref>Hong Kong Guide 2004, HKSAR Government, February 2004.</ref><ref>Hong Kong Guide 2005, HKSAR Government, April 2005.</ref> and so the station is sealed like other underground stations.
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 [[Pillar box|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.
==Entrances/exits==
*'''A''': [[Lam Tin Bus Terminus]], Kai Tin Estate
*'''B''': [[Sceneway Plaza]]
*'''C''': [[Lei Yue Mun Road]] west-bound direction {{access icon|15px|Wheelchair user access}}
*'''D1''': Sin Fat Road, Sai Tso Wan.
*'''D2''': Block 17 of [[Sceneway Garden]]
==Transport connections==
{{See also|Lam Tin#Infrastructure}}
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 hill-side squatter hut community.
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 center.
==Neighbouring stations==
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{{s-line|system=HK-MTR|line=Kwun Tong|previous=Kwun Tong|next=Yau Tong}}
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==Notes and references==
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{{MTRStations}}
[[Category:Lam Tin]]
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[[zh-yue:藍田站]]
[[zh:藍田站]]