Kwai Hing Station

Kwai Hing
葵興
MTR
MTR rapid transit station

Platform 2
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese 葵興
Simplified Chinese 葵兴
Hanyu Pinyin Kuíxīng
Cantonese Yale Kwàihīng
Literal meaning Prosperous Sunflower
General information
Location Kwai Hing Road, Kwai Chung
Kwai Tsing District, Hong Kong
Coordinates 22°21′48″N 114°07′52″E / 22.3632°N 114.1312°E / 22.3632; 114.1312Coordinates: 22°21′48″N 114°07′52″E / 22.3632°N 114.1312°E / 22.3632; 114.1312
Operated by MTR Corporation
Line(s)
Platforms 2 (side platforms)
Connections Bus, public light bus
Construction
Structure type Elevated
Platform levels 1
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Station code KWH
History
Opened
  • 10 May 1982 (1982-05-10)
Services
Preceding station   MTR   Following station
towards Central
Tsuen Wan Line
towards Tsuen Wan
Route map
to Tai Wo Hau
1
2
to Kwai Fong
Location
Hong Kong MTR system map
Kwai Hing
Location within the MTR system

Kwai Hing (Chinese: 葵興) is an elevated railway station on the Tsuen Wan Line of Hong Kong MTR system. It is named after the nearest public housing estate, and is between Kwai Fong and Tai Wo Hau stations.

Opened in 1982, it forced most direct bus services into Kowloon to be cancelled. Nevertheless, the station provides a convenient transport service to local residents, also attracting local shuttle services with nearby settlements and factories.

Below the platforms is a small transport interchange. This interchange is saturated with traffic, due to traffic diverted from the increasingly crowded Kwai Fong Station.

Station layout

P
Platforms		 Side platform, doors will open on the left
Platform 2      Tsuen Wan Line towards Central (Kwai Fong) →
Platform 1 ←      Tsuen Wan Line towards Tsuen Wan (Tai Wo Hau)
Side platform, doors will open on the left
C Concourse Exits, transport interchange
Customer services, MTRshops
Hang Seng Bank, vending machines, automatic teller machines
exterior view of Kwai Hing Station

The tracks of platform 1 and 2 are located side by side in the middle of the station. Unlike the island platforms common to most MTR stations, Kwai Hing uses two side platforms and passengers have to ride different escalators from the concourse up to the correct platform for the destination they wish to go to.[1]

Kwai Hing Station is one of the three elevated stations on the Tsuen Wan Line. (The others are Lai King and Kwai Fong stations.) The structure of Kwai Hing station is very similar to that of Kwai Fong station.

Entrances/Exits

Transport Connections

Kwai Hing MTR Station Transport Interchange (Exit B)

Minibus Routes

Bus Routes terminating at Kwai Hing Station Transport Interchange

Bus Routes that have a stop at Kwai Hing MTR Station Transport Interchange

References

  1. ↑ "Kwai Hing Station layout" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
  2. ↑ "Kwai Hing Station street map" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
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