Diamond Hill station

Diamond Hill (Chinese: 鑽石山; Cantonese Yale: Jyun sehk sāan) is an MTR station located in Tai Hom, Northern Kowloon, named for local Diamond Hill area. It is an interchange station on the Kwun Tong line and Tuen Ma line. The station is incorporated into the large Plaza Hollywood development.

Diamond Hill

鑽石山
MTR MTR rapid transit station
Platform 2
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese鑽石山
Simplified Chinese钻石山
JyutpingZyun3 sek6 saan1
Hanyu PinyinZuànshí shān
Literal meaningDrill Stone Mountain
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZuànshí shān
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationJyun sehk sāan
IPA[tsyːn˧sɛːk̚˨saːn˥]
JyutpingZyun3 sek6 saan1
General information
LocationLung Cheung Road × Tai Hom Road, Tai Hom
Wong Tai Sin District, Hong Kong
Coordinates22°20′24″N 114°12′06″E
Operated byMTR Corporation
Line(s)
Platforms4 (2 island platforms)
Tracks4
Connections
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Platform levels2
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station codeDIH
History
Opened
Electrified
Services
Preceding station MTR MTR Following station
Wong Tai Sin
towards Whampoa
 Kwun Tong line Choi Hung
towards Tiu Keng Leng
Kai Tak
towards Tuen Mun
 Tuen Ma line Hin Keng
towards Wu Kai Sha
Terminus East Kowloon line
(1970 scheme)
 Kai Tak
towards Rumsey
Track layout
     Upper platforms
to Wong Tai Sin
2
1
to Choi Hung
     Lower platforms
to Hin Keng
3
4
to Kai Tak
Location
Hong Kong MTR system map
Hong Kong MTR system map
Diamond Hill
Location within the MTR system

Station layout

Platforms 1 and 2 share an island platform, and platforms 3 and 4 share another. Space was reserved for the platforms of the East Kowloon line when this station was built in the 1970s. This can be seen behind the advertising panels on the Kwun Tong line platforms. The spaces for the reserved platforms are little more than untrimmed rock formations behind the advertising panels.

The Tuen Ma line platforms are located to the south of those of the Kwun Tong line; the station was expanded to include those platforms and an extended concourse as part of the Sha Tin to Central Link project.

G Ground level Exits
L2 Concourse Customer service, MTRshops, vending machines
Hang Seng Bank, automatic teller machines
L3
Platforms		 Platform 1 →      Kwun Tong line towards Tiu Keng Leng (Choi Hung) →
Island platform, doors will open on the right
Platform 2 ←      Kwun Tong line towards Whampoa (Wong Tai Sin)
L5
Platforms		 Platform 4 ←      Tuen Ma line towards Wu Kai Sha (Hin Keng)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Platform 3 →      Tuen Ma line towards Tuen Mun (Kai Tak) →

[1]

Livery

This station's livery is greyish black with silver stones symbolising diamonds.[2]

History

Diamond Hill station was opened as part of the Kwun Tong line on 1 October 1979. The Tuen Ma line platforms were opened on 14 February 2020.

Entrances/exits
  • Kwun Tong line Concourse
    Kwun Tong line Concourse
  • Exit A1
    Exit A1
  • Exit A2
    Exit A2
  • Plaza Hollywood
    Plaza Hollywood
  • Tuen Ma line Concourse
    Tuen Ma line Concourse
  • Platform 3
    Platform 3
  • Platform 4
    Platform 4
  • Platform 3 with calligraphy
    Platform 3 with calligraphy
  • Tuen Ma line platform signage
    Tuen Ma line platform signage

The photos were taken while the station was still part of the Tuen Ma Line Phase 1.

See also

References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Diamond Hill Station.
  1. "Diamond Hill Station layout" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
  2. Ben Pang (17 November 2016). "Why are Hong Kong's MTR stations different colours? Central is red for a reason, and why Prince Edward is purple might surprise you". South China Morning Post.
  3. "Diamond Hill Station street map" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
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