Racecourse station (MTR)
MTR metro station
Racecourse (Chinese: 馬場; Jyutping: maa5 coeng4; Cantonese Yale: Máhchèung) is a station on the East Rail line of Hong Kong. It was opened on 1 October 1985 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 located between Sha Tin and University stations along the East Rail line's Racecourse branch, and is situated parallel to Fo Tan along the mainline. Its livery is spring green.
History
Racecourse station originally opened along with the eponymous racecourse on 7 October 1978. The current Racecourse station opened on 1 October 1985, in time to serve a new grandstand at the racecourse. A renovation of the station was completed in 1996. In 2023, Racecourse was the first station on the East Rail line to have platform screen gates installed, as part of a plan to construct platform screen gates at 13 stations on the line.
Station layout
Racecourse has one island platform.
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