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Choi Hung
彩虹
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| Opened |
October 1, 1979 |
| Type of station |
Underground |
| Type of platforms |
Double Islands |
| No. of platforms |
4 |
| No. of exits |
8 |
| No. of shops |
10 |
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Station location
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| Choi Hung Station |
| Chinese |
彩虹 |
| Literal meaning |
Rainbow |
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Looking through the center platforms
The Grace of Ballerinas on Choi Hung Station concourse.
Choi Hung is a station on the Hong Kong MTR Kwun Tong Line. The station is named after the nearby Choi Hung Estate, a public housing estate. The station's livery is navy blue with stripes of the colours of the rainbow, as Choi Hung in Cantonese means rainbow.
[edit] Third track
Although there are four platforms at the station, only platforms 1 and 4 are fully functional. There are three tracks that run through the station, with platforms 2 and 3 sharing the third track that is located in the middle of the station. The third track is primarily used as a siding, and it leads to the Kowloon Bay MTR depot, located just east of Choi Hung station.
[edit] Public art
The Grace of Ballerinas, a collection of three bronze sculptures by the Chinse artist Yin Zhixin, has been installed on the station concourse since February 2009.[1][2]
[edit] Station layout
Platforms 2 and 3 share a same track, and have platform screen doors on both sides of the platform. These platform screen doors served as prototypes in 2001 when MTR started to test the feasibility of installing these doors in stations throughout its system.
[edit] Entrances/Exits
- A1: Clear Water Bay Road (westbound), bus stops
- A2: Ping Shek Estate, minibus stop
- A3: Infinity Eight, No.8 Clear Water Bay Road
- B: Ngau Chi Wan Market, Ngau Chi Wan Civic Centre, St. Joseph's Home for the Aged
- C1: Ngau Chi Wan Village, minibus to Hang Hau
- C2: Ngau Chi Wan Village, bus and minibus to Sai Kung, Hammer Hill Road Swimming Pool
- C3: Choi Hung Estate, Choi Ping Reading Centre, Hong Kong Association for the Deaf
- C4: Choi Hung Estate, bus stops on Lung Cheung Road (westbound)
[edit] Transport Connections
[edit] Bus Routes
- To Choi Wan Estate: 3M, 10 (Exit B)
- To Clearwater Bay (via HKUST): 91 (Exit C2)
- To Hong Kong University of Science and Technology / Tseung Kwan O: 91M (Exit C2)
- To Sai Kung: 92, 96R (Exit C2)
- To San Po Kong: 29M (Exit A1)
- To Shun Lee Estate: 29M, 42 (Exit B)
- To Shun Lee Estate/Shun Tin Estate: 26, 27, 26M(To Yuet Wah Street) (Exit B)
- To Wong Shek Pier: 96R (Exit C2)
[edit] Neighbouring stations
[edit] References
