Racecourse Station (MTR)

This article is about the MTR Station serving Sha Tin Racecourse. For other uses, see Special:Search/Racecourse_railway_station.

Racecourse 馬場

Racecourse Station platforms (left is the footbridge to Sha Tin Racecourse Grandstand)

Line █ East Rail Line Code RAC Service hours On race days

District Sha Tin Area Fo Tan Map MTR Website Coordinates 22.400365°N 114.202883°E / 22.400365; 114.202883

Livery █ 33AA99 Opened October 1, 1983 Type of station Ground Level Type of platforms Island No. of platforms 2 No. of exits 2 No. of escalators 0 No. of lifts 0 No. of shops 0

Station location

Racecourse Station (MTR)
Traditional Chinese	馬場
Simplified Chinese	马场
Transcriptions Mandarin - Hanyu Pinyin Mǎchǎng

Racecourse Station 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 situated parallel to Fo Tan.

Station layout

Concourse	Concourse	Exit, Customer Service
	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.

Entrances/Exits

• Racecourse Grandstand

There are three footbridges that link the platform to the station concourse near the grandstand. There are no other entrances to access the station.

Gallery

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  Racecourse Station

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  Entrance to MTR Ho Tung Lau Depot

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  Inside MTR Ho Tung Lau Depot

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  Racecourse Station entrance

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  Racecourse Station Platform

Neighbouring stations

Preceding station		MTR		Following station
Sha Tin towards Hung Hom		East Rail Line		University towards Lo Wu or Lok Ma Chau