Choi Hung station
{{short description|MTR station in Kowloon, Hong Kong}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2017}}
{{Use Hong Kong English|date=May 2017}}
{{More citations needed|date=October 2011}}
{{Infobox station
| style = MTR
| name = Choi Hung
| native_name = 彩虹
| native_name_lang = zh-Hant
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| type = {{MTR Infobox station line| line = Kwun Tong}}
| image = Choi Hung Station platforms 2021 07 part3.jpg
| image_caption = Platforms 3 and 4 (2021)
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| address = Near Ngau Chi Wan Village, Ngau Chi Wan
| borough = Wong Tai Sin District, Hong Kong
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| coordinates = {{coord|22.3348|114.2089|region:HK|display=title,inline}}
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| line = {{rcb|MTR|Kwun Tong|croute}}
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| structure = Underground
| platform = 4 (2 island platforms)
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| levels = 1
| tracks = 3
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| opened = {{start date and age|df=y|1979|10|1}}
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| accessible = yes
| code = CHH
| owned =
| operator = MTR Corporation
| zone =
| former = Ngau Chi Wan
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Choi Hung ({{zh|t=彩虹|cy=Chóihùhng}}) is a station on the Hong Kong MTR {{lnl|MTR|KT}} in Ngau Chi Wan. The station is named after the nearby Choi Hung Estate, a public housing estate.
History
Contract 206 for the construction of this station was awarded to Paul Y. Construction (now Paul Y. Engineering). Choi Hung station was opened when the Kwun Tong line became operational on 1 October 1979.
Livery
The station's livery is navy blue with stripes of the colours of the rainbow, as Choi Hung in Cantonese means "rainbow".{{cite web|url=http://yp.scmp.com/news/features/article/104875/why-are-hong-kong%E2%80%99s-mtr-stations-different-colours-central-red-reason|title=Why are Hong Kong’s MTR stations different colours? Central is red for a reason, and why Prince Edward is purple might surprise you|author=Ben Pang|date=17 November 2016|website=South China Morning Post|access-date=17 November 2016|archive-date=2 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201102063418/https://www.scmp.com/yp/discover/lifestyle/features/article/3071072/why-are-hong-kongs-mtr-stations-different-colours|url-status=live}}
Station layout
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 middle track that is located in the middle of the station. The middle track is primarily used as a siding, and it leads to the Kowloon Bay MTR depot, located west of {{STN|Kowloon Bay|x}}. Platform 2 is the termination platform for back-to-depot trains, while Platform 3 is the boarding platform for out-of-depot trains towards {{STN|Whampoa|x}}.
The platform screen doors of the third track served as prototypes in 2001 when MTR started to test the feasibility of installing these doors in stations throughout its system.
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|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;border-top:solid 1px gray;width:50px;vertical-align:top;"|Overlying Properties |style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;width:100px;vertical-align:top;" |
| style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;width:500px;vertical-align:top;"|Infinity Eight, 8 Clear Water Bay Road, carpark, transport interchange |
| style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;width:50px;vertical-align:top;"|G
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;width:110px;vertical-align:top;"|Ground level |style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;width:490px;vertical-align:top;"|Exits, transport interchange |
| style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;vertical-align:top;" rowspan=2|L1
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;vertical-align:top;" rowspan=2|Concourse |style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" |MTRShops, Customer Service |
| style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|Hang Seng Bank, Vending machine Automatic teller machines |
| style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;vertical-align:top;" rowspan=5|L2 Platforms |Platform 1 |{{0|→}} {{rcb|MTR|kt|yes}} towards {{STN|Tiu Keng Leng|x}} ({{STN|Kowloon Bay|x}}) → |
| style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" colspan=2|Island platform, doors will open on the left, right |
| Platform 2 ↑{{\}}3 ↓
|← {{rcb|MTR|kt|box}} Kwun Tong line termination platform → |
| style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" colspan=2|Island platform, doors will open on the left, right |
| style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|Platform 4
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|← {{rcb|MTR|kt|box}} Kwun Tong line towards Whampoa (Diamond Hill) |
Entrances/exits
- A1: Clear Water Bay Road (westbound), bus stops
- A2: Ping Shek Estate, minibus stop, Serene Oasis
- 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 {{Access icon|15px|Wheelchair user access}}
- C3: Choi Hung Estate, Choi Ping Reading Centre, Hong Kong Association for the Deaf {{Access icon|15px|Wheelchair user access}}
- C4: Choi Hung Estate, bus stops on Lung Cheung Road (westbound) {{Access icon|15px|Wheelchair user access}}{{MTRsource|map|chh|Choi Hung|25 July 2014}}
Public art
The Grace of Ballerinas, a collection of three bronze sculptures by the Chinese artist Yin Zhixin, has been installed on the station concourse since February 2009.{{Cite web |url=http://mtr.com.hk/eng/whatsnew/art_architecture_popup_chh.html |title=MTR website: The Grace of Ballerinas |access-date=14 October 2011 |archive-date=5 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605192711/http://www.mtr.com.hk/eng/whatsnew/art_architecture_popup_chh.html |url-status=live }}Legislative Council Panel on Transport. [http://www.legco.gov.hk/yr09-10/english/panels/tp/tp_rdp/papers/tp_rdp0604cb1-2657-1-e.pdf "Railway Station Design to Showcase Local History and Culture"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304081725/http://www.legco.gov.hk/yr09-10/english/panels/tp/tp_rdp/papers/tp_rdp0604cb1-2657-1-e.pdf |date=4 March 2016 }}, July 2010.
Gallery
Choi Hung Station concourse 2021 07 part1.jpg|Paid area of the concourse
Choi Hung Station platforms 2021 07 part5.jpg|Platforms 1 and 2 (2021) with the island platform (platforms 3 and 4) on the other side of the track on the left.
Choi Hung Station platforms 2021 07 part4.jpg|Platform 4 (2021)
Choi Hung Station 2020 02 part7.jpg|Pedestrian underpass in Exit C (2020)
Choi Hung Station 2020 02 part3.jpg|Exit A1 entrance (2020)
Choi Hung Station 2020 02 part2.jpg|Exit A2 entrance (2020)
Choi Hung Station 2020 02 part1.jpg|Exit A3 entrance (2020)
Choi Hung Station 2019 06 part8.jpg|The Grace of Ballerinas
Choi Hung Station 2013.JPG|The Grace of Ballerinas on Choi Hung station concourse
Choi Hung Station 2014 03 part5.JPG|Looking through the centre platforms
References
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