Hong Kong West Kowloon Station is the southern terminus of the Hong Kong section of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link, at 3 Austin Road West in Tsim Sha Tsui. The architect was Aedas, and the owner was the KCR Corporation. The station was formally opened on 4 September 2018, and high-speed services began on 23 September.
The site covers 27 acres (11 hectares) and the total floor area is 430,000 square meters. The structure is underground with step-free access. It has 21 platforms, of which 14 are in use, and about 8,900 square meters of green roof. Construction cost HK$12.23 billion.
The station houses a Mainland Port Area of about 93,000 square meters, where mainland Chinese immigration and police operate. It served 16.9 million passengers in 2019. Full service resumed in April 2023 after a pandemic closure.
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