Sha Tin Station is a station on the East Rail Line of Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...

's Mass Transit Railway

MTR

Mass Transit Railway is the rapid transit railway system in Hong Kong. Originally opened in 1979, the system now includes 211.6 km of rail with 155 stations, including 86 railway stations and 69 light rail stops...

 (MTR) system. The station is located in the town centre

Town centre

The town centre is the term used to refer to the commercial or geographical centre or core area of a town.Town centres are traditionally associated with shopping or retail. They are also the centre of communications with major public transport hubs such as train or bus stations...

 of Sha Tin

Sha Tin

Sha Tin, also spelled Shatin, is an area around the Shing Mun River in the New Territories of Hong Kong. Administratively, it is part of the Sha Tin District.-Geography:...

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History

Sha Tin Station was formerly on the main line of the Kowloon–Canton Railway (KCR), but since KCR's merger with the MTR, it belongs to the East Rail Line of the MTR.

Description

The station was built with Citylink Plaza

Citylink Plaza

Citylink Plaza is a building that was built above Sha Tin Station of the MTR East Rail Line in Hong Kong. It was developed and is owned by the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation...

 which links to New Town Plaza

New Town Plaza

New Town Plaza is a shopping mall in the town centre of Sha Tin in Hong Kong. Developed by Sun Hung Kai Properties, it was the biggest shopping mall in the New Territories of Hong Kong when it was completed in the early 1980s...

. It serves two large bus terminus with buses going to many places around Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...

 (such as Sai Kung or Tung Chung

Tung Chung

Tung Chung, meaning 'eastern stream', is an area situated on the north-western coast of Lantau Island in Hong Kong. Tung Chung, currently one of the latest generation of new towns, was formerly a rural village around Tung Chung Wan, and along the delta and lower courses of Tung Chung River and Ma...

). One is on elevated surface, adjacent to the concourse level. Another one is on ground level in New Town Plaza.

Station layout

-	Residential buildings above the station	Citylink Plaza Citylink Plaza Citylink Plaza is a building that was built above Sha Tin Station of the MTR East Rail Line in Hong Kong. It was developed and is owned by the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation... , a taxi stand
Concourse	Concourse	Exit, Surroundings of the station
		Bus terminus, Customer Service Centre, toilets
		Shops, vending machines
		ATMs Automated teller machine An automated teller machine or automatic teller machine, also known as a Cashpoint , cash machine or sometimes a hole in the wall in British English, is a computerised telecommunications device that provides the clients of a financial institution with access to financial transactions in a public... , lockers
Platform	Platform 1	towards Lo Wu/Lok Ma Chau Lok Ma Chau (KCR) Lok Ma Chau is the northwestern terminus in Lok Ma Chau on the Lok Ma Chau Spur Line, a branch line of the East Rail Line of Hong Kong's MTR network, which was built to alleviate the immigration checkpoint between Hong Kong and mainland China's Shenzhen at Lo Wu Station... (The platform serves as a buffer to eschew through trains and is also used for special departures during peak hours and race days.)
	Island platform Island platform An island platform is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange... , Platform 1 train doors will open on the right Platform 2 train doors will open on the left.
	Platform 2	towards Lo Wu/Lok Ma Chau Lok Ma Chau (KCR) Lok Ma Chau is the northwestern terminus in Lok Ma Chau on the Lok Ma Chau Spur Line, a branch line of the East Rail Line of Hong Kong's MTR network, which was built to alleviate the immigration checkpoint between Hong Kong and mainland China's Shenzhen at Lo Wu Station...
	Platform 3	towards Hung Hom
	Island platform Island platform An island platform is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange... , Platform 3 train doors will open on the left Platform 4 train doors will open on the right.
	Platform 4	towards Hung Hom (The platform is used for special departures during peak hours and race days.)

There are two island platforms for platforms 1 and 2, and platforms 3 and 4 respectively.

Trains normally stop at platforms 2 and 3. Platforms 1 and 4 are used in the following occasions:

• for special departures during peak hours (platform 4 for southbound) and race days (platform 1 for northbound),
• to serve as buffers when the train frequency is high during peak hours, or
• to serve as buffers so that non-stop through trains can overtake local trains.

Transport interchange

• KMB：
  • 85K - Sha Tin Station ↔ Heng On Estate
  • 86K/86S - Sha Tin Station ↔ Kam Ying Court
  • 89X - Sha Tin Station ↔ Kwun Tong Railway Station
  • 170 - Sha Tin Station ↔ Wah Fu
  • N170 - Sha Tin Station ↔ Wah Fu (Overnight bus)
  • 263 - Sha Tin Station ↔ Tuen Mun Station

Neighbouring stations