Choi Hung Station

Choi Hung 彩虹

Choi Hung station

Line      Kwun Tong Line Code CHH Service hours 0557/0118 Connections Bus, Minibus

District Wong Tai Sin Area Choi Hung Estate Map MTR Website Coordinates 22°20′05″N 114°12′32″E / 22.334787°N 114.208931°E / 22.334787; 114.208931Coordinates: 22°20′05″N 114°12′32″E / 22.334787°N 114.208931°E / 22.334787; 114.208931

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

Station location

Choi Hung Station
Chinese	彩虹
Literal meaning	Rainbow
Transcriptions Mandarin - Hanyu Pinyin Cǎihóng Cantonese (Yue) - Jyutping coi2 hung4 - Yale Romanization choi2 hung4

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.

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.

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]

Station layout

Overlying Properties	-	Infinity Eight, 8 Clear Water Bay Road, carpark, transport interchange
Ground	-	Exits, transport interchange
L1 Concourse	Concourse	MTRShops, Customer Service
		Hang Seng Bank, Vending machine Automatic teller machines
L2 Platforms	Platform 1	Kwun Tong Line towards Tiu Keng Leng
	Island platform, doors will open on the left/right
	Platform 2	Kwun Tong Line emergency platform
	Platform 3
	Island platform, doors will open on the left/right
	Platform 4	Kwun Tong Line towards Yau Ma Tei

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.

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)

Transport Connections

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)

Neighbouring stations

Preceding station		MTR		Following station
Diamond Hill towards Yau Ma Tei		Kwun Tong Line		Kowloon Bay towards Tiu Keng Leng

References

1. ^ MTR website: The Grace of Ballerinas
2. ^ Legislative Council Panel on Transport. "Railway Station Design to Showcase Local History and Culture", July 2010.