Citylink Plaza is a
building
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that stands above
Sha Tin station
Sha Tin station, formerly known as Sha Tin railway station ( or ) is a station on the 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 ...
on the
MTR
The Mass Transit Railway (MTR) is a major public transport network serving :Hong Kong. Operated by the MTR Corporation Limited (MTRCL), it consists of heavy rail, light rail, and feeder bus service centred on a 10-line rapid transit network ...
East Rail line
The East Rail line () is one of ten lines of the Mass Transit Railway (MTR) system in Hong Kong. It used to be one of the three lines of the Kowloon–Canton Railway (KCR) network. It was known as the KCR British Section () from 1910 to 199 ...
in
Hong Kong
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. It was developed and is owned by the
Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation
The Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation (KCRC; ) is a Hong Kong wholly government-owned railway and land asset manager. It was established in 1982 under the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation Ordinance for the purposes of operating the Kowloon– ...
(KCRC). The building, as well as the
railway station
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, is connected to
New Town Plaza
New Town Plaza is a shopping mall in the town centre of Sha Tin, Hong Kong. Developed by Sun Hung Kai Properties, it was the biggest shopping centre in the New Territories when it was completed in the early 1980s. Covering 200,000 square metre ...
, which is one of the largest shopping centres in
Sha Tin District
Sha Tin District is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. As one of the 9 districts located in the New Territories, it covers the areas of Sha Tin, Tai Wai, Ma On Shan, Fo Tan, Siu Lek Yuen, and Ma Liu Shui. The district is the most po ...
.
History
The building originally housed the headquarters of the KCRC and some offices of the
Hong Kong Government
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. It was called the KCR House () when it opened in 1983. The shopping centre was called Railway Mall and was renamed Citylink Plaza after it was renovated at the end of 1993.
The Hong Kong Government built a separate building near
Grand Central Plaza
Grand Central Plaza () is a commercial development located near the town centre of Sha Tin, Hong Kong. It comprises two 16-storey office towers atop a multi-storey shopping podium called HomeSquare which specialises in home decor and furnishings ...
to house the government offices, and the headquarters of the KCRC had moved to a new building next to
Fo Tan station on the MTR East Rail line. The original building was refurbished and was converted into a shopping centre and offices.
Gallery
File:Sha Tin Station.jpg, Citylink Plaza in 2007
File:Citylink PlazaOverview.jpg, Citylink Plaza in 2007
File:CitylinkPlaza.jpg, The shopping centre of the Citylink Plaza, before its 2010 renovation
See also
*
List of shopping centres in Hong Kong
References
External links
Citylink Plaza from MTRC
Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation
MTR Corporation
Sha Tin
Shopping centres in Hong Kong
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