Station Layout
| L2 Footbridge |
Footbridge | Exits, MTRShops |
| Vending machines, ATMs | ||
| Footbridge | Metro City Phase 2 and 3, Po Lam Estate, Transportation Interchange | |
| Footbridge | Footbridges to rooftop garden, The Pinnacle, King Lam Estate Tseung Kwan O Public Library, Tseung Kwan O Swimming Pool |
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| L1 Ground Concourse/ Platforms |
Platform 1 | █ Tseung Kwan O Line towards North Point/LOHAS Park |
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| Concourse | Exits, Customer Service, MTR Shops | |
| Vending Machines | ||
| Octopus Card Promotion Machines | ||
Unlike most MTR stations, the concourse, gates and platform are at the same level, and there is only one platform from which trains depart in the same direction as they arrived. This necessitates the halting of trains from Hang Hau midway between the stations while a train currently at the station departs. At the same time, any trains arriving at Po Lam will only stay for a much shorter time before departing when compared to other MTR terminals.
The original design of the station was to have two tracks sharing an island platform, and a concourse above the platforms. However, the MTRC, on the advice of the contractors, decided on the current layout, with the concourse replacing what was going to be the second track and part of the island platform, after realizing that the Tseung Kwan O Line is unlikely to be extended past Po Lam, and to save construction cost. In the current layout, passengers could exit/enter the station from/to the platform in less than one minute.
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