Traditional Chinese 彩虹 Hanyu Pinyin Hanyu Pinyin Address Ngau Chi Wan, Hong Kong Level 1 | Cantonese Yale Chóihùng Literal meaning Rainbow Yale Romanization Chóihùng Opened 1 October 1979 | |
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Similar Diamond Hill Station, Kowloon Bay Station, Lok Fu Station, Po Lam Station, Shek Kip Mei Station | ||
Choi Hung (Chinese: 彩虹; Cantonese Yale: Chóihùng) 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.
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Mtr ktl c train entering and leaving choi hung station
Livery
The station's livery is navy blue with stripes of the colours of the rainbow, as Choi Hung in Cantonese means "rainbow".
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 Kowloon Bay Station. Platform 2 is the termination platform for back-to-depot trains, while Platform 3 is the boarding platform for out-of-depot trains towards Whampoa.
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.
Entrances/exits
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.