Kwai Fong station

Kwai Fong

葵芳
MTR MTR rapid transit station
Platform of Kwai Fong station
Chinese name
Chinese
Hanyu PinyinKuífāng
Cantonese YaleKwàifōng
Literal meaningScented Palm
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinKuífāng
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationKwàifōng
JyutpingKwai4fong1
General information
LocationKwai Yan Road, Kwai Chung
Kwai Tsing District
Hong Kong
Coordinates22°21′25″N 114°07′40″E / 22.3569°N 114.1279°E / 22.3569; 114.1279
Owned byMTR Corporation
Operated byMTR Corporation
Line(s)Tsuen Wan line
Platforms2 (2 side platforms)
Tracks2
Connections
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Platform levels1
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station codeKWF
History
Opened17 May 1982; 42 years ago (1982-05-17)
Services
Preceding station MTR MTR Following station
Lai King
towards Central
Tsuen Wan line Kwai Hing
towards Tsuen Wan
     Tuen Ma line does not stop here
Track layout
1
2
Location
Hong Kong MTR system map
Hong Kong MTR system map
Kwai Fong
Location within the MTR system

Kwai Fong (Chinese: 葵芳) is an elevated railway station on Tsuen Wan line of Hong Kong's MTR system. Opened on 10 May 1982, it is located between Lai King and Kwai Hing stations.

Named after Kwai Fong Estate, a large public housing estate to its northeast, Kwai Fong, the neighbourhood around the station, has become a transit interchange, business centre, as well as the landmark area of Kwai Chung. Since opening, all sorts of road transportation from various places in the Kwai Tsing District have converged here. A shopping centre (Metroplaza) was also built west of the station in the early 1990s. The station also serves those who work in the factories to its east.

The tracks north of the station are surrounded by concrete noise barriers to minimise noise pollution for residents living near the railway.

History

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Kwai Fong station was built as part of the Tsuen Wan Extension project, the first extension of the MTR system following its 1979 opening. The new line served to link the Tsuen Wan New Town to Kowloon. It opened on 10 May 1982. The contract for the construction of this station, Kwai Hing station, and the viaducts was awarded and built by Dragages et Travaux Publics.[1]

Automatic platform gates were installed at this station in August 2011.

Station layout

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P/U1
Platforms
Side platform, doors will open on the left
Platform 2      Tsuen Wan line towards Central (Lai King)
Platform 1      Tsuen Wan line towards Tsuen Wan (Kwai Hing)
Side platform, doors will open on the left
Exit E Exit, footbridge to Metroplaza
C/G Concourse Exits, transport interchange
Customer services, MTRshops
Hang Seng Bank, vending machines, automatic teller machines
Octopus promotion machine
Kwai Fong station Concourse

[2] The tracks of platform 1 and 2 are located next to each other in the middle of the station. Passengers have to ride different escalators up as according to the platform they want to go to.

Kwai Fong station is one of the three elevated stations of the Tsuen Wan line. (The others are Lai King and Kwai Hing stations.)

The structure of Kwai Fong station is very similar to Kwai Hing station.

Passengers can go to Exit E from Platform 1 without going down any escalators, but for Platform 2, passengers should take an escalator down to the concourse, and take an escalator back to Platform 1, and go to Exit E. From Exit E to the platform, it is the same as the above.

Entrances/Exits

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Exits A through D are located at the ground floor of the station, while Exit E is located on Platform 1 (towards Tsuen Wan).

References

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