Sha Tin Wai () is a station on the in

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. The name "Sha Tin Wai" comes from the

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called

Sha Tin Wai Sha Tin Wai () is an area in Sha Tin District, New Territories, Hong Kong, named after Sha Tin Wai Village (). Name The name of the Sha Tin area allegedly comes from the fact that British colonial officials mistook the name of Sha Tin Wai villa ...

, which is located to the northeast of the station. It was provisionally called "Sha Kok Street" before the Ma On Shan line opened, because it is located at Sha Kok Street. It serves residents living in Pok Hong Estate,

Sha Kok Estate Sha Kok Estate () is a public housing estate in Sha Tin Wai, Sha Tin, New Territories, Hong Kong near Pok Hong Estate, Jat Min Chuen and Sha Tin Wai station. The estate consists of seven residential blocks completed between 1980 and 1982. The bl ...

Jat Min Chuen Jat Min Chuen () is a public housing estate in Sha Tin Wai, Sha Tin, New Territories The New Territories is one of the three main regions of Hong Kong, alongside Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon Peninsula. It makes up 86.2% of Hong Kong ...

Yue Shing Court Sha Kok Estate () is a public housing estate in Sha Tin Wai, Sha Tin, New Territories, Hong Kong near Pok Hong Estate, Jat Min Chuen and Sha Tin Wai station. The estate consists of seven residential blocks completed between 1980 and 1982. The bl ...

Shui Chuen O Estate Shui Chuen O Estate () is the largest public housing estate in Sha Tin, New Territories, Hong Kong. The estate comprises 18 blocks offering 11,123 public rental flats. It also includes a commercial complex with 59 shops and an indoor market. The ...

, and also serves over 10 schools around the area, including kindergartens, primary schools and secondary schools, such as Po Leung Kuk Chee Jing Yin Primary School, The Church of Christ in China Kei Kok Primary School,

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and Immaculate Heart of Mary College. The pattern featured on the platform pillar and glass barrier is a shot of

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traditional walled settlement.

History

On 21 December 2004, Sha Tin Wai station opened to the public with other KCR Ma On Shan Rail stations. On 14 February 2020, the was extended south to a new terminus in , as part of the first phase of the ''

Shatin to Central Link The Sha Tin to Central Link (abbreviated SCL; ) is an extension of the MTR rapid transit network. It is divided into two sections. The first section, named "Tuen Ma line (Phase 1)”, runs from Tai Wai station in the New Territories to Hung ...

'' Project. The Ma On Shan Line was renamed ''Tuen Ma Line Phase 1'' at the time. Sha Tin Wai station became an intermediate station on this temporary new line. On 27 June 2021, the ''Tuen Ma line Phase 1'' officially merged with the in

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to form the new , as part of the ''Shatin to Central link'' project. Hence, Sha Tin Wai was included in the project and is now an intermediate station on the Tuen Ma line, Hong Kong's longest railway line.

Station layout

Platforms 1 and 2 share the same

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Exits

There are four exits to Sha Tin Wai station. *A:

*B: Pok Hong Estate *C:

*D:

Gallery

Sha Tin Wai Station platforms 2021 07 part6.jpg, Platform (July 2021) Sha Tin Wai Station 2020 07 part3.jpg, Exit C (July 2020) Sha Tin Wai Station 2020 07 part4.jpg, Exit D (July 2020) Sha Tin Wai Station platform southwest extension.jpg, Installation of platform gates on Platform 2 (May 2016) Sha Tin Wai Station Concourse.jpg, Paid area of the concourse (February 2016) HKMTR ShaTinWaiStation Platform.jpg, Station Platform before its renovation (March 2008)

References

{{Ma On Shan Line navbox MTR stations in the New Territories Ma On Shan line Tuen Ma line Sha Tin Wai Former Kowloon–Canton Railway stations Railway stations in Hong Kong opened in 2004