Kwong Chow 光州
Platforms, Escalators to north concourse (taken on 21 January, 2024)
Overview
Operator	West Lake Transport Authority
Lines	Line 1 (Meyan Line) Phase 1
	Line 2 (Kwong Chow - North Coast Line
Owner	BDark000
Region	West Lake
Platforms	4
Tracks	4
Coordinates	(-2130, 2304)
Station
Type	Underground
Floors	3
Platform Floors	2
Step-Free Accessible	Yes
Station Code	KWC
Opened	22 December, 2022
Electrification	25kV Overhead Cable AC (WIP) (Line 1 (Meyan Line) Phase 1)
	1.5kV Overhead Cable DC (WIP) (Line 2 (Kwong Chow - North Coast Line))

Kwong Chow Station (Chinese: 光州站) is a station in the West Lake Area built by BDark000 on behalf of West Lake Transport Authority (WLT). It is the western terminus of Line 2 (Kwong Chow - North Coast Line) and the southern terminus of Line 1 (Meyan Line) Phase 1. It will become a mid-way stop of Line 1 (Meyan Line) after the phase 2 is done. The station gets featured for a couple of times in Jonathan's videos¹⁾.

When WLT's first plan regarding transportation in the West Lake Area, the region near now Kwong Chow station is already planned to

• early September, 2022: Station starts designing. It was originally designed to be a island platform with at least 27m wide, serving Line 1 (Meyan Line) (called WLT Line 1 at that time), with a pair of stacked tracks of Line 2 (Kwong Chow - North Coast Line) (called WLT Line 2 at that time) crossing in the middle. Passengers alighting from Line 2, can exit on either side to change to Line 1 trains for the two directions on the opposite, or exit the station. Conversely, passengers changing from both directions of Line 1 can enjoy a “cross platform interchange” to Line 2.
• mid October, 2022: The platforms design and layout is revised to how it looks now. It is due to large height differences between both Chung Kwo Kok station on Line 1, Sha Tsui station on Line 2 and Kwong Chow station. There is no enough space for Line 1 southbound tracks to cross (over or under) Line 2 tracks and arrive at the designated position (east side of Kwong Chow station). Line 1 tracks are then decided to put at the west side to eliminate all possibilities of crossing Line 2, to keep track alignments simple. Meanwhile, the cross platform interchange between Line 2 and Line 1 sections north of Kwong Chow is retained, and Line 1 sections south of Kwong Chow is forgone, in accordance to the Chung Kwo Kok and Wong Yip Island Development Plan as well as more developments of other builders from Northern Snow Village station to Birch Hill station than from Yuen Chow Kok station to Suet Yuen station.
• 22 December, 2022: Station is open to the public as well as the extension of WLT Line 1 Phase 1 from Birch Hill station to this station.
• early January, 2023: Step-free access is now fully available after a new lift exit is added to Exit D.
• 24 June, 2023: Line 2 (Kwong Chow - North Coast Line) runs a shuttle service (later known as W. Section Temp Shuttle) between this station and Sai Mo Island station. It is the first day of the station providing cross platform interchange.
• early December, 2023: A small renovation on the stairs is done. Most of the staircases in the station are extended and leave a small space in the middle for better safety and passengers experience. Also, the downward escalator from south concourse to platform 1 has been removed and become part of the staircase for better crowd control.

Not counting exits, there are a total of 3 floors in the station. L1 is concourse and is separated into north and south part not directly accessible to each other, due to the Grand Canal in between. North part connects Exit C, D while south part connects Exit A, B. L2 and L3 are platforms under the canal.

Platforms 1, 3 stack on top of platforms 2, 4 on the two sides. In between is the core structure. Under the concourse on two ends, it consists of walls, passages, staircases and escalators. Under the canal, it has the famous high ceiling spacious and open design, with chandeliers hung between the pillars. To facilitate the interchange at the upper platforms, a passageway in the middle is built to further connect up platforms 1 and 3. And since future interchange between Line 1 (Meyan Line) south of Kwong Chow and Line 2 (Kwong Chow - North Coast Line) requires going down from upper platforms to lower platforms, a staircase and two escalators connecting the two floors are also built.

One lift is serving between north concourse and the platforms, while another is serving between south concourse and the platforms. The lift serving south concourse is larger due to a higher anticipated passengers flow and capacity needed.

• A: BDark Kwong Chow Castle
  • A1: BDark Kwong Chow Castle
  • A2: Yu Kwong Village
• B: Sai Wan
• C: BDark's Bridge
  • C1: BDark's Bridge
  • C2: Kwong Chow North Area
• D: Kwong Chow Pier
  • D1: Kwong Chow Pier
  • D2: Welcome Cape

Passengers may take Line 1 (Meyan Line) Phase 1 heading towards Sakura Stream Area or Line 2 (Kwong Chow - North Coast Line) heading towards Spawn Area. Incoming passengers can change to another line to continue their journey on the opposite platform.