Sha Tin 沙田
Platform 1 and 2 October 2024
Chinese name
Chinese	沙田
Jyutping	Saa1tin4
CantoneseYale	Sātìn
Hanyu Pinyin	Shātián
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Shātián Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Sātìn IPA [sa˥.tʰin˩] Jyutping Saa1tin4
General information
Location	Sha Tin Station Circuit/Pai Tau Street,Sha Tin Sha Tin District, Hong Kong
Coordinates	22°22′57″N114°11′15″E / 22.3825°N 114.1875°E /22.3825; 114.1875
System	MTRrapid transit station
Owned by	Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation
Operated by	MTR Corporation
Line	East Rail line
Platforms	4 (2island platforms)
Tracks	6
Connections	Bus,minibus Taxi
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Platform levels	1
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	SHT
History
Opened	1 October 1910; 115 years ago (1910-10-01)
Electrified	6 May 1982; 43 years ago (1982-05-06)
Services
Preceding station MTR Following station Tai Wai towardsAdmiralty East Rail line Fo Tan towardsLo Wu orLok Ma Chau East Rail line Race days only Racecourse towardsLo Wu orLok Ma Chau East Rail line Trains leaving/returning depot Terminus
Former services
Preceding station KCR Following station Yaumati / Mong Kok towardsKowloon KCR British section University towardsLo Wu
Track layout Legend Fo Tan /Racecourse 1 2 3 4 Tai Wai
Location Sha Tin Location within theMTR system

Sha Tin station, formerly known asSha Tin railway station^[1] (Chinese:沙田火車站 orChinese:沙田鐵路站)^[2] is astation on theEast Rail line of Hong Kong'sMass Transit Railway (MTR) system. The station is located in thetown centre ofSha Tin.

The station was formerly on the main line of theKowloon–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 toNew 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 asSai Kung orTung Chung). One is on an elevated surface, adjacent to the concourse level. The other is at ground level in New Town Plaza.

The station originally opened on 1 October 1910. The railway was single-track at that time, but Sha Tin station had a passing loop. The station office was housed in a single-storey stone building.

Sha Tin station was rebuilt in the early 1980s in preparation for the railway's electrification. On 6 May 1982, SirPhilip Haddon-Cave unveiled a plaque in the concourse of Sha Tin station to open the first phase of electric service, which spanned from Hung Hom to Shatin initially. At the same time, daily service hours to Sha Tin were extended from 10:30 pm to midnight.^[3] Electric service was extended to Tai Po on 2 May 1983, and to Lo Wu (the full length of the KCR British Section) on 15 July 1983.^[4] The new station initially had a branch ofHang Seng Bank, for people in need of coin exchange and banking services.^[2]

TheCitylink Plaza, an HK$82 million building that originally housed the headquarters of the KCR Corporation as well as many government offices, was built on top of the station and opened in 1983.^[5]

The station concourse was substantially renovated from 2010 to 2013.

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 were used for special departures, or race days.

This station's layout is similar toTai Po Market station.

Notes:

• Platform 1 serves as a buffer to eschew through trains and is also used for special departures during peak hours and race days
• Platform 4 is used for special departures during peak hours and race days.

^[6]

• 
  Sha Tin station (March 2021)
• 
  Paid area of the concourse (April 2022)
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  Unpaid area of the concourse, with the customer service centre (April 2022)
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  Ticket machines andOctopus card top-up machines in the unpaid area of the concourse inCitylink Plaza (October 2017)
• 
  Platform 2 of Sha Tin station (2011)

• A1: Pai Tau Street, public transport interchange
• A2:Citylink Plaza
• A3:New Town Plaza
• A4:Pai Tau Village
• B: Pai Tau Street, Pai Tau Village, public transport interchange^[7]

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  Public Transport Interchange outside Exit B

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