Wong Tai Sin station explained

Style:

MTR

Wong Tai Sin

Native Name:

黃大仙

Native Name Lang:

zh-Hant

Mlanguage:

C:	黃大仙
L:	Wong the Great Immortal
J:	wong4daai6sin1
Y:	Wòngdaaihsīn
P:	Huángdàxiān
Showflag:	y

Address:

Lung Cheung Road near Temple Mall, Wong Tai Sin

Borough:

Wong Tai Sin District, Hong Kong

Coordinates:

22.3417°N 114.1939°W

Connections:

Bus, minibus

Structure:

Underground

Platform:

2 (1 island platform)

Levels:

Tracks:

Accessible:

yes

Code:

WTS

Operator:

MTR Corporation

Former:

Chuk Un

Map Type:

Hong Kong MTR

Map Alt:

Hong Kong MTR system map

Map State:

expanded

Wong Tai Sin is a station on the Hong Kong MTR . It is named after the Wong Tai Sin Temple, which is managed by Taoist organisation Sik Sik Yuen.

Livery

The station's livery is yellow to reflect the character "Wong" in Chinese (Chinese: 黃), which means "yellow".^[1]

History

Hip Hing Construction Limited won Contract 204 for the station's construction.^[2] Wong Tai Sin station opened simultaneously with the Kwun Tong line on 1 October 1979.

Station layout

Platforms 1 and 2 share the same island platform.

G	Ground level	Exits
L1 Concourse	Concourse	Customer service, MTRshops, vending machines
Hang Seng Bank, automatic teller machines
L2 Platforms	Platform 1	towards →
Island platform, doors will open on the right
Platform 2	← Kwun Tong line towards

Entrances/exits

A/E: Lung Cheung Road (West Exit)
B1/B2: Lung Cheung Road (East Exit)
B3: Wong Tai Sin Temple, Temple Mall North
C1: Ching Tak Street/Lung Cheung Road Junction
C2: Ching Tak Street
- D1: San Po Kong D2: Ching Tak Street, Bus Terminus
D3: Temple Mall South

Incidents

On September 7, 2023, the station experienced severe flooding due to a torrential rainstorm, causing most of the Kwun Tong Line to be temporarily suspended.^[3]

Notes and References

Web site: Why are Hong Kong’s MTR stations different colours? Central is red for a reason, and why Prince Edward is purple might surprise you. Ben Pang. 17 November 2016. South China Morning Post.
Book: 地下鐵路首日通車紀念特刊 . 1979 . 地下鐵路公司.
Web site: Massive flooding at MTR Wong Tai Sin Station causes significant Disruption on Kwun Tong Line, multiple station entrances closed.