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Kwai Hing station

Coordinates: 22°21′48″N 114°07′52″E / 22.3632°N 114.1312°E / 22.3632; 114.1312
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Kwai Hing

葵興
MTR
MTR rapid transit station
Platform 2
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Hanyu PinyinKuíxīng
Cantonese YaleKwàihīng
Literal meaningProsperous Sunflower
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinKuíxīng
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationKwàihīng
JyutpingKwai4hing1
General information
LocationKwai Hing Road, Kwai Chung
Kwai Tsing District
Hong Kong
Coordinates22°21′48″N 114°07′52″E / 22.3632°N 114.1312°E / 22.3632; 114.1312
Owned byMTR office
Operated byMTR Corporation
Line(s)
Platforms2 (side platforms)
ConnectionsBus, public light bus
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Platform levels1
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station codeKWH
History
Opened
  • 10 May 1982; 42 years ago (1982-05-10)
Services
Preceding station MTR MTR Following station
Kwai Fong
towards Central
Tsuen Wan line Tai Wo Hau
towards Tsuen Wan
Track layout
1
2
Location
Hong Kong MTR system map
Hong Kong MTR system map
Kwai Hing
Location within the MTR system

Kwai Hing (Chinese: 葵興) is an elevated railway station on the Tsuen Wan line of Hong Kong MTR system. It is named after the nearest public housing estate, and is between Kwai Fong and Tai Wo Hau stations.

Opened on 10 May 1982, it forced most direct bus services into Kowloon to be cancelled. Nevertheless, the station provides a convenient transport service to local residents, also attracting local shuttle services with nearby settlements and factories.

Below the platforms is a small transport interchange. This interchange is saturated with traffic, due to traffic diverted from the increasingly crowded Kwai Fong station.

History

Kwai Hing station opened on 10 May 1982, in sync with Tsuen Wan line.

Station layout

P
Platforms
Side platform, doors will open on the left
Platform 2      Tsuen Wan line towards Central (Kwai Fong)
Platform 1      Tsuen Wan line towards Tsuen Wan (Tai Wo Hau)
Side platform, doors will open on the left
C Concourse Exits, transport interchange
Customer services, MTRshops
Hang Seng Bank, vending machines, automatic teller machines
Exterior view of Kwai Hing station

The tracks of platform 1 and 2 are located side by side in the middle of the station. Unlike the island platforms common to most MTR stations, Kwai Hing uses two side platforms and passengers have to ride different escalators from the concourse up to the correct platform for the destination they wish to go to.[1]

Kwai Hing station is one of the three elevated stations on the Tsuen Wan line. (The others are Lai King and Kwai Fong stations.) The structure of Kwai Hing station is very similar to that of Kwai Fong station.

Entrances/Exits

  • A: Kwai Hing Road, Millennium Trade Center, Kwai Chung Center, Kwai Chun Court
  • B: Transport Interchange, Kwai Hing Government Offices Wheelchair user access
  • C: Tai Wo Hau Road Wheelchair user access
  • D: New Kwai Hing Gardens
  • E: Kwai Ching Road Crossbridge Wheelchair user access[2]

Transport Connections

Kwai Hing MTR Station Transport Interchange (Exit B)

Minibus Routes

  • 89A [Kwai Hing MTR Station <> Tsuen Wan (Ho Pui Street)]
  • 89B [Kwai Shing (Kwai Hau Street) <> Tsuen Wan (Hoi Kwai Road)]
  • 89P [Shek Tau Street ↺ Kwai Fong]
  • 94 [Kwai Shing Circuit <> Shek Wai Kok]
  • 94A [Kwai Shing Circuit <> Lei Muk Shue]
  • 406 [Shek Lei Estate (Shek On House) ↺ Kwai Shing] (Peak Only)
  • 412 [Kwai Chung Estate ↺ Shek Lei Estate]

Bus Routes terminating at Kwai Hing Station Transport Interchange

  • 37M [Kwai Hing Station ↺ Kwai Shing (Central)]
  • 40A [Ping Tin <> Kwai Hing Station] (Peak Only)
  • 44M special departures [Cheung On > Kwai Hing Station via Tsing Yi North Bridge]
  • 61M special departures [Kwai Hing Station > Tuen Mun (Yau Oi South)]
  • 240X [Wong Nai Tau <> Kwai Hing Station] (Peak Only)
  • 272P [Tai Po (Fu Heng) > Kwai Hing Station] (AM Peak Only)

Bus Routes that have a stop at Kwai Hing MTR Station Transport Interchange

  • 30 [Allway Gardens <> Cheung Sha Wan]
  • 33A [Tsuen Wan (Nina Tower) <> Mong Kok (Park Avenue)]
  • 38 [Kwai Shing (East) <> Ping Tin]
  • 38P [Kwai Shing (Central) <> Ping Tin] (Peak Only)
  • 40X [Wu Kai Sha Station <> Kwai Chung Estate]
  • 43 [Cheung Hong <> Tsuen Wan West Station]
  • 43A [Cheung Wang <> Shek Lei]
  • 44M [Cheung On <> Kwai Chung Estate]
  • A32 [Airport (Ground Transportation Centre) <> Kwai Chung Estate]
  • NA32 [Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Hong Kong Port <> Kwai Chung Estate]

References

  1. ^ "Kwai Hing Station layout" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
  2. ^ "Kwai Hing Station street map" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 31 July 2014.