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 rapid transit station
Platform 2
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	鑽石山
Simplified Chinese	钻石山
Jyutping	Zyun3 sek6 saan1
Hanyu Pinyin	Zuànshí shān
Literal meaning	Drill Stone Mountain
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zuànshí shān Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Jyun sehk sāan IPA [tsyn˧sɛk̚˨san˥] Jyutping Zyun3 sek6 saan1
General information
Location	Lung Cheung Road × Tai Hom Road, Tai Hom Wong Tai Sin District, Hong Kong
Coordinates	22°20′24″N 114°12′06″E
Owned by	MTR Corporation
Operated by	MTR Corporation
Line(s)	Kwun Tong line Tuen Ma line
Platforms	4 (2 island platforms)
Tracks	4
Connections	Bus, minibus
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Platform levels	2
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	DIH
History
Opened	Kwun Tong line : 1 October 1979; 45 years ago (1979-10-01)   Tuen Ma line : 14 February 2020; 4 years ago (2020-02-14)
Electrified	Kwun Tong line : 1.5 kV DC (Overhead line)   Tuen Ma line : 25 kV 50 Hz AC (Overhead line)
Services
Preceding station 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
Track layout Legend      Upper platforms to Wong Tai Sin 2 1 to Choi Hung      Lower platforms to Hin Keng 3 4 to Kai Tak
Location Diamond Hill Location within the MTR system

Station layout

The Tuen Ma line platforms are located below 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.

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.

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) →

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Livery

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

History

Diamond Hill station opened as part of the Kwun Tong line on 1 October 1979. The Tuen Ma line platforms became operational on 14 February 2020. The station was built by Paul Y. Construction (now Paul Y. Engineering) under Contract 207.^[3]

Entrances/exits

• A1: Lung Poon Court, Fung Tak Estate
• A2: San Po Kong
• B: Rhythm Garden
• C1: Tai Hom Road
• C2: Plaza Hollywood^[4]

Gallery

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

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

See also

• Lion Rock Tunnel (Tuen Ma line)

References

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. 地下鐵路 首日通車紀念特刊. 地下鐵路公司. 1979.
4. "Diamond Hill Station street map" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 26 July 2014.