Racecourse Station (MTR)

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This article is about the MTR Station serving Sha Tin Racecourse. For the proposed MTR South Island Line station in Happy Valley, see Racecourse Station (MTR proposed). For other Racecourse stations, see Special:Search/Racecourse railway station.

Racecourse
馬場

Line East Rail
Code RAC
Service hours On race days
District Sha Tin
Area Fo Tan
Map MTR Website
Opened October 1, 1985
Type of station Ground Level
Type of platforms Island
No. of platforms 2
No. of exits 3
No. of escalators 0
No. of lifts 0
No. of shops 0

Racecourse (Chinese: 馬場站) is a station on the East Rail Line of Hong Kong. It was opened in 1983 and is only used on race days and special days held in the Sha Tin Racecourse. There are single journey tickets to the station available separately. It is linked with Sha Tin and University stations, and is a parallel station with Fo Tan.

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[edit] Station layout

Concourse Concourse Exit, Tickets/Fare Adjustment
Footbridges Footbridges to Sha Tin Racecourse
Platforms Platform 1 East Rail Line trains
Island platform, doors will open on the left/right
Platform 2 East Rail Line trains

Racecourse only has one 'island platform', and do not indicate which direction the trains are going (e.g. Lo Wu/Lok Ma Chau). Therefore, passengers need to follow directions of MTR staff and the electronic display for the direction of trains which pass Racecourse station every 10-15 minutes.

[edit] Exits

There are three footbridges that link the platform to the station concourse near the grandstand. There are no other entrances to access the station. The entry gates have been programmed to not let any person holding a Child Octopus in, as it is against the Hong Kong law.

[edit] Gallery

Racecourse Station is used to 'park' unused trains when it is not in use

Platforms 1 and 2

Exit to the Grandstand of Sha Tin Racecourse

[edit] Neighbouring stations

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Fare zone 1

Lung Mun • LRT Depot • Butterfly • Melody Garden • Ferry Pier • Siu Hei • Tuen Mun Swimming Pool • Goodview Garden • Siu Lun • Sam Shing
Fare zone 2

Shek Pai • Ming Kum • Kin On • Ho Tin • Choy Yee Bridge • Affluence • Ngan Wai • Tai Hing South • Tai Hing North • Shan King North • Shan King South • Tsing Wun • Tsing Shan Tsuen • Tuen Mun ■ • Town Centre • On Ting • Yau Oi • Prime View • San Hui • Ho Fuk Tong • Pui To
Fare zone 3

Siu Hong ■ • Kei Lun • Tsing Chung • Kin Sang • Tin King • Leung King • San Wai • Tuen Mun Hospital • Fung Tei • Chung Uk Tsuen • Nai Wai • Lam Tei
Fare zone 4

Ping Shan • Tong Fong • Hung Shui Kiu • Hang Mei Tsuen • Tin Yiu • Locwood • Tin Shui • Chestwood • Tin Wing • Ginza • Tin Wu • Tin Tsz • Tin Shui Wai ■
Fare zone 5A

Tin Yuet • Tin Sau • Wetland Park • Tin Heng • Tin Yat • Tin Fu • Chung Fu
Fare zone 5

Yuen Long ■ • Tai Tong Road • Hong Lok Road • Fung Nin Road • Shui Pin Wai

1 Taking up Island Line stations east of Fortress Hill   2 Taking up Island Line stations west of Tin Hau
3 Connecting Ma On Shan Line   4 Connecting West Rail Line

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