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Platform 4
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Hanyu Pinyin | Cǎihóng | ||||||||||||||
Cantonese Yale | Chóihùng | ||||||||||||||
Literal meaning | Rainbow | ||||||||||||||
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Location | Near Ngau Chi Wan Village, Ngau Chi Wan Wong Tai Sin District, Hong Kong |
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Coordinates | 22°20′05″N 114°12′32″E / 22.3348°N 114.2089°ECoordinates: 22°20′05″N 114°12′32″E / 22.3348°N 114.2089°E | ||||||||||||||
Operated by | MTR Corporation | ||||||||||||||
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Platforms | 4 (island platforms) | ||||||||||||||
Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||||||
Connections | Bus, public light bus | ||||||||||||||
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Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||||||
Platform levels | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||||||
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Station code | CHH | ||||||||||||||
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Location within the MTR system
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Standard Mandarin | |
Hanyu Pinyin | Cǎihóng |
Yue: Cantonese | |
Yale Romanization | Chóihùng |
IPA | [tsʰɔ̌ːy̯hȍŋ] |
Jyutping | Coi2hung4 |
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.
The station's livery is navy blue with stripes of the colours of the rainbow, as Choi Hung in Cantonese means "rainbow".
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.
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.