Traditional Chinese 火炭 Hanyu Pinyin Yale Romanization Fó taan Address Fo Tan, Hong Kong Level 1 | Cantonese Yale Fó taan Hanyu Pinyin IPA [fɔ̌ː.tʰāːn] Opened 15 February 1985 | |
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Owner Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation Similar Racecourse Station, Tai Wai Station, Sha Tin Station, City One Station, Tai Wo Station | ||
Fo Tan (Chinese: 火炭; Cantonese Yale: Fó taan) is a station on the East Rail Line of the Mass Transit Railway (MTR) system in Hong Kong. It is located in the Fo Tan area of Sha Tin District, between Sha Tin and University stations on the East Rail Line's main branch. The Racecourse station is located parallel to Fo Tan, on the line's Racecourse branch.
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The passenger station serves some apartment buildings, villages, and a medium-sized industrial zone, as well as the Fo Tan Railway House of the MTRC. During rush hour, some northbound trains terminate at this station before departing southwards. Some trains do not run through this station on race days, and are instead diverted to stop at Racecourse.
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History
The station was opened in 1985, two years after the total electrification of the railway. It was featured at the end of the 1989 film Mr Coconut, starring Tony Leung Ka-Fai.
Fo Tan Goods Yard
In addition, two tracks spur off at the northeast of the station, and lead into a goods yard north of the station. Freight trains stopped there regularly before their demise on the East Rail Line in 2010; the yard has since been used occasionally for rolling stock deliveries.
Station layout
The station has three tracks, with two island platforms between.
Trains normally stop at platforms 1 and 4. The centre track is used in the following occasions:
Entrances/exits
Originally, the southern concourse was the only concourse in this station. Because the two concourses were built in separate years, they were not originally interconnected. MTR renovated the station in 2015, connecting the two concourses in the process. The new link opened on 12 December 2015.