Shek Kip Mei station
MTR metro station
Shek Kip Mei (Chinese: 石硤尾; Cantonese Yale: Sehk gip méih) is a station on the Hong Kong MTR Kwun Tong line. It is located in Shek Kip Mei.
History
The station's construction under Contract 202 was given to Maeda Corporation.
The station served as a terminus of the 2nd phase of the Kwun Tong line (then known as the part of the Modified Initial System) until the services was extended to Tsim Sha Tsui station on 16 December 1979. (Shek Kip Mei to Kwun Tong, 1 October 1979 to 31 December 1979). The first train departed from this station on 1 October 1979.
Livery
The station's livery for the platforms is mainly green and white on the downwards end. For the concourse it is mainly white on both sides of the walls and green for short walls and lift cover. for the exits, green is the only color used.
“Shek Kip Mei station” enters the record as mTR metro station. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Shek, station and metro can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q838443. Authority coordinates are 22.332, 114.169. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1979.
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