Kwai Hing station

Kwai Hing 葵興
MTR rapid transit station
Platform 1 of Kwai Hing station
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	葵興
Simplified Chinese	葵兴
Hanyu Pinyin	Kuíxīng
Cantonese Yale	Kwàihīng
Literal meaning	Florish Palm
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Kuíxīng Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Kwàihīng Jyutping Kwai4hing1
General information
Location	Kwai Hing Road, Kwai Chung Kwai Tsing District Hong Kong
Coordinates	22°21′48″N 114°07′52″E
Owned by	MTR office
Operated by	MTR Corporation
Line(s)	Tsuen Wan line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	Bus, minibus
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Platform levels	1
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	KWH
History
Opened	17 May 1982; 42 years ago (1982-05-17)
Previous names	Kwai Chung
Services
Preceding station MTR Following station Kwai Fong towards Central Tsuen Wan line Tai Wo Hau towards Tsuen Wan
Track layout to Tai Wo Hau 1 2 to Kwai Fong
Location 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 on 10 May 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.

History

Kwai Hing station opened on 10 May 1982, in sync with Tsuen Wan line. The construction of Kwai Fong station, this station, and the viaducts was done by Dragages et Travaux Publics.[1] There has been no new changes since, other than the fitting of Platform Screen Doors.

Station layout

P Platforms	Exit E	Exit, footbridge to Kowloon Commerce Centre
	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.[2]

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

• A: Kwai Hing Estate, Kwai Hing Road, Millennium Trade Centre, Kwai Chung Centre, Kwai Chun Court
• B: Transport Interchange, Kwai Hing Government Offices
• C: Kwai Hong Court
• D: Sun Kwai Hing Gardens
• E: Kowloon Commerce Centre [3]

References

1. "Kwai Fong and Kwai Hing MTR Stations". Dragages Hong Kong. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
2. "Kwai Hing Station layout" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
3. "Kwai Hing Station street map" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 31 July 2014.