Hello! Hong Kong Tours | Colorful MTR stations
From it’s vibrant people, awe-mazing skyscrapers and even the public transportation, Hong Kong is a city full of colors. When you are in a Hello! Hong Kong tours, you will notice that each MTR station has different colors. Red for Central, Yellow for Tsim Sha Tsui, and the color goes on. Did you ever wonder why the colors are different for each station?
Aside from the obvious reason that colors help differentiate each station, The main reason is, bright colors were adopted to lighten up the subway system.
MTR colored station on our Hello! Hong Kong tour. Photo Credits: discovery cathaypacific
Architects planned the colors to help people navigate the system especially during the ’70s where people who don’t understand English or Chinese will be able to recognize the place by color. Most of the name of the colors were derived from its Chinese name, the meaning of its place, and the consideration for the place surrounding environment.
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