Cheung Sha Wan station

Cheung Sha Wan (Chinese: 長沙灣) is an underground station located underneath Cheung Sha Wan Road in Sham Shui Po District on the Tsuen Wan line of Hong Kong MTR, between Sham Shui Po and Lai Chi Kok. It was opened on 17 May 1982. The station's colour is Yellow brown.

Cheung Sha Wan

長沙灣
MTR rapid transit station
Platform 1
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Cantonese YaleChèungsāwàan
Literal meaningLong Sands Bay
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinChángshāwān
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationChèungsāwàan
JyutpingCoeng4saa1waan4
General information
LocationCheung Sha Wan Road near Cheung Sha Wan Playground, Cheung Sha Wan
Sham Shui Po District
Hong Kong
Coordinates22°20′07″N 114°09′23″E
Operated byMTR Corporation
Line(s)Tsuen Wan line
Platforms2 (1 island platform)
Tracks2
Connections
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Platform levels1
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station codeCSW
History
Opened17 May 1982 (1982-05-17)
Previous namesUn Chau
Services
Preceding station MTR Following station
Sham Shui Po
towards Central
Tsuen Wan line Lai Chi Kok
towards Tsuen Wan
Track layout
1
2
to Sham Shui Po
Location
Cheung Sha Wan
Location within the MTR system

The station was originally planned with the name So Uk (蘇屋), and the station is close to the Lei Cheng Uk Han Tomb Museum.

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