Sha Tin Station

Sha Tin 沙田
MTR rapid transit station
File:Sha Tin Station Platform 2011.jpg Platform 2
Location	Sha Tin Station Circuit/Pai Tau Street, Sha Tin Sha Tin District, Hong Kong
Coordinates
Owned by	Kowloon–Canton Railway Corporation
Operated by	MTR Corporation
Line(s)	East Rail Line
Platforms	4 (island platforms)
Connections	Bus, public light bus
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Platform levels	1
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	1 October 1910 (1910-10)
Electrified	1983
Services
Preceding station   MTR   Following station Tai Wai towards Hung Hom East Rail Line Fo Tan towards Lo Wu or Lok Ma Chau Racecourse towards Lo Wu or Lok Ma Chau   Former services   Preceding station   KCR   Following station Kowloon Tong towards Kowloon Kowloon–Canton Railway (British Section) University towards Lo Wu
Location
Sha Tin Location within the MTR system

Sha Tin Station
Chinese	沙田站
Literal meaning	Sandy Field
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Shātián Yue: Cantonese Jyutping saa1 tin4

Sha Tin Station (Chinese: 沙田站) is a station on the East Rail Line of Hong Kong's Mass Transit Railway (MTR) system. The station is located in the town centre of Sha Tin.

The 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.

Citylink Plaza, which has a footbridge link to New Town Plaza, is built on top of the station. The station serves two large bus termini with buses going to many places around Hong Kong (such as Sai Kung or Tung Chung). One is on an elevated surface, adjacent to the concourse level. The other is at ground level in New Town Plaza.

Timetable

Line		Destination	First train	Last train
	East Rail Line	Lok Ma Chau	05:37	21:48
		Lo Wu	05:35	23:20
		Sheung Shui		00:38
		Hung Hom	05:38	00:57
Source: MTR

Station layout

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.

-	Residential buildings above station	Citylink Plaza, taxi stand
Concourse	Concourse	Exits/Entrances, bus terminus Customer Service Centre, toilets Shops, vending machines ATMs, lockers
Platform level	Platform 1	→      East Rail Line towards Lo Wu or Lok Ma Chau (Racecourse race days, Fo Tan all times) →
	Island platform, doors will open on the right for platform 1 and left for platform 2
	Platform 2	→      East Rail Line towards Lo Wu or Lok Ma Chau (Racecourse race days, Fo Tan all times) →
	Platform 3	←      East Rail Line towards Hung Hom (Tai Wai)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left for platform 3 and right for platform 4
	Platform 4	←      East Rail Line towards Hung Hom (Tai Wai)

Exits

• A1: Pai Tau Street, public transport interchange
• A2: Citylink Plaza
• A3: Footbridge to New Town Plaza
• A4: Pai Tau Village
• B: Pai Tau Street, Pai Tau Village, public transport interchange

Transport interchange

Number	Termini	Notes
KMB
85K	Sha Tin Station ↔ Heng On Estate
86K	Sha Tin Station ↔ Kam Ying Court
86S		Peak Hours only
88X	Sha Tin Station ↺ Ping Tin
89X	Sha Tin Station ↔ Kwun Tong Station
170	Sha Tin Station ↔ Wah Fu	Jointly operated with Citybus
N170		Night bus
263	Sha Tin Station ↔ Tuen Mun Station