Choi Hung () is a station on the Hong Kong

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Ngau Chi Wan Ngau Chi Wan (Chinese: 牛池灣) was a bay beneath Hammer Hill (Hong Kong), Hammer Hill in New Kowloon, Hong Kong. It now refers to an area where Choi Hung Estate is situated. Features Amidst in an urban built-up area, the original Ngau Ch ...

. The station is named after the nearby Choi Hung Estate, a

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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 The Kwun Tong line () is a rapid transit line of the MTR network in Hong Kong. Starting at Whampoa station, Whampoa in Hung Hom and ending at Tiu Keng Leng station, Tiu Keng Leng in Tseung Kwan O, Sai Kung Town, Sai Kung, the route has 1 ...

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

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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 . Platform 2 is the termination platform for back-to-depot trains, while Platform 3 is the boarding platform for out-of-depot trains towards . 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

*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 *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)

Public art

''The Grace of Ballerinas'', a collection of three

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s by the Chinese artist Yin Zhixin, has been installed on the station concourse since February 2009.Legislative Council Panel on Transport
"Railway Station Design to Showcase Local History and Culture"
, 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

{{Kwun Tong Line navbox MTR stations in Kowloon Kwun Tong line Ngau Chi Wan Railway stations in Hong Kong opened in 1979 MTR stations in New Kowloon