Sung Wong Toi station


Sung Wong Toi is an underground MTR rapid transit station currently under construction in Hong Kong on the East West Corridor, located in Ma Tau Chung in Kowloon City District. The station will serve Kowloon City and Ma Tau Wai. The station is being built as part of the Sha Tin to Central Link, and is scheduled to open by 2021 along with the rest of phase 2 of the Tuen Ma line. The station is being constructed by a Samsung–Hsin Chong joint venture.
As of June 2020, the station is expected to open in the third quarter of 2021.

Location

The original KCR plans had the station near the intersection of Sung Wong Toi Road and To Kwa Wan Road in the old Kai Tak Airport tarmac, but the location was moved near to the junction of Ma Tau Chung Road and Sung Wong Toi Road. The location will be roughly at the west end of the former Kai Tak Airport terminal footprint and the start of runway 13/31, which today has become the western part of the Kai Tak Development area.

Naming

Technically, this station is located closer to Ma Tau Chung than To Kwa Wan. This raised controversy when "To Kwa Wan" was originally chosen to name this station and "Ma Tau Wai" for the adjacent station, which is in To Kwa Wan, during planning and construction. In a map of the MTR network after 2021, revealed to the public on 23 September 2017, the station name was changed to that of the nearby landmark Sung Wong Toi, an important historic relic of Emperor Duanzong. However, MTR Corporation stated that the name was "for internal reference" and that no final decision would be made until 2018.
On 27 November 2017, the Transport and Housing Bureau announced that the names of both stations were finalised according to the "internal reference", and that the names reflected public concern over geographical accuracy, the historic significance of the monolith, and the integration of the railway structures with the local community.

Archaeological discovery

On 21 April 2014, construction workers discovered six wells and thousands of artefacts dating back to the Song dynasty. Construction was halted for months while archaeological assessment was being done. This discovery led to an 11-month delay and an additional cost of 3 billion Hong Kong dollars to the construction project. The government plans to preserve at least one of the wells in-situ and incorporate it into the station design.

Station layout

This station will be underground with one island platform and four exits.

Exits