Kwai Fong Station

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Kwai Fong
葵芳
MTR rapid transit station
Kwai Fong Station 2014 03 part1.JPG
Platform 2
Location Kwai Yan Road/Kwai Foo Road, Kwai Chung
Kwai Tsing District, Hong Kong
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Operated by MTR Corporation
Line(s) <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/>
Platforms 2 (side platforms)
Connections Bus, public light bus
Construction
Structure type Elevated
Platform levels 1
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Station code KWF
History
Opened <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/>
  • 10 May 1982 (1982-05-10)
Services
Preceding station   MTR   Following station
towards Central
 Tsuen Wan Line
towards Tsuen Wan
Location
Hong Kong MTR system map
Hong Kong MTR system map
Kwai Fong
Location within the MTR system
Kwai Fong Station
Chinese 葵芳站
Literal meaning Fragrant Sunflower
Kwai Fong Station Concourse

Kwai Fong station is an elevated railway station on Tsuen Wan Line of Hong Kong MTR, opened in 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 successfully 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 mall (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 minimize noise pollution for residents living near the railway.

Automatic platform gates were installed at this station in August 2011 in response to a number of accidents involving passengers falling on to the tracks.

Timetable

Line Destination First train Last train
Tsuen Wan Line Tsuen Wan 06:30 01:18
Central 06:05 00:35
Source: MTR[1]

Station layout

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

[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

  • A: New Kwai Fong Gardens D-E
  • B: New Kwai Fong Gardens A-C
  • C: Metroplaza (ground level)
  • D: Kwai Fong Shopping Centre Wheelchair user access
  • E: Metroplaza (via footbridge linking Platform 1) Wheelchair user access[3]

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

Transport Connections

Minibus Routes

To Container Port Road South:

  • 87M, 87A (Exit D)

To Greenfield Garden:

  • 88B (Exit B)

To Jin Drinker's Bay:

  • 404M (Exit C)

To Kwai Shing:

  • 89M (Exit D)

To Mayfair Garden (Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education Tsing Yi Campus):

  • 88C (Exit C)

To Princess Margaret Hospital:

  • 407A (Exit D)

To Riviera Garden:

  • 404M (Exit D)

To Tsing Yi Estate:

  • 88 (Exit B)

To United Dockyard:

  • 88M (Exit B)

To Tivoli Garden:

  • 88D (Exit D)

To Tsing Lung Tau:

  • 302 (Exit D)

The MTR provides a 50-cent interchange discount for passengers changing from minibus route 407A to the MTR at Lai King or Kwai Fong stations, vice versa.

Kwai Fong MTR Station Transport Interchange (Exit A)

These routes terminate at the transport interchange:

Stops are also there for these routes as well:

  • 30 Cheung Sha Wan <> Allway Gardens
  • 46P Mei Tin Estate ↺ Kwai Fong Station (Peak hours only)
  • 46X Mei Foo <> Hin Keng
  • 47X Kwai Shing Central <> Chun Shek
  • 57M Lai King North <> Shan King
  • 61M Lai King North <> Yau Oi South

References

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