Traditional Chinese 沙田 Hanyu Pinyin Yale Romanization Sātìn Opened 1 October 1910 Platforms in use 4 (island platforms) | Cantonese Yale Sātìn Hanyu Pinyin Address Sha Tin, Hong Kong Level 1 | |
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IPA [[Help:IPA for Cantonese|[[unsupported input]áː.tʰi̭ːn]]] Owner Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation Similar New Town Plaza, Tai Wai Station, Fo Tan Station, Kowloon Tong Station, Hung Hom Station | ||
Mtr train arriving in sha tin station
Sha Tin (Chinese: 沙田; Cantonese Yale: Sātìn) 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.
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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.
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: