Refimprove date October 2011 MTR infobox livery Navy namecolour White line Kwun Tong image Choi Hung Station 2011.jpg caption Choi Hung station district Wong Tai Sin District Wong Tai Sin area Choi Hung Estate open October 1, 1979 type Underground platformtype Double Islands platformno 4 exitno 8 shopno 10 code CHH hours 0557 0118 connections Bus, Minibus coordinatesN 22.334787 coordinatesE 114.208931 engname Choi Hung chiname Chinese c j coi2 hung4 y choi2 hung4 p C ih ng l Rainbow Image MTR CHH Mid.jpg thumb Looking through the center platforms File Choi Hung Station Concourse 201101.jpg thumb The Grace of Ballerinas on Choi Hung Station concourse. Choi Hung is a List of Hong Kong MTR stations station on the Hong Kong MTR Kwun Tong Line Kwun Tong Line . The station is named after the nearby Choi Hung Estate , a Public housing in Hong Kong public housing estate . The station s livery is navy blue with stripes of the colours of the rainbow, as Choi Hung in Cantonese language Cantonese means rainbow. Third track 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 third track that is located in the middle of the station. The third track is primarily used as a siding, and it leads to the Kowloon Bay MTR depot, located just east of Choi Hung station. Public art The Grace of Ballerinas , a collection of three bronze sculpture s by the Chinse artist Yin Zhixin , has been installed on the station concourse since February 2009. ref http mtr.com.hk eng whatsnew art architecture popup chh.html MTR website The Grace of Ballerinas ref ref Legislative Council Panel on Transport. http www.legco.gov.hk yr09 10 english panels tp tp rdp papers tp rdp0604cb1 2657 1 e.pdf Railway Station Design to Showcase Local History and Culture , July 2010. ref Station layout table border 0 cellspacing 0 cellpadding 3 style border bottom solid 1px gray borde ... more details
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