Sam Shing () is an

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Light Rail terminus located on the ground near Hoi Wing Road, inside Hanford Garden and next to Sam Shing Estate in

Tuen Mun District Tuen Mun District is one of the 18 administrative districts of Hong Kong. It is the westernmost continental district of Hong Kong. It had a population of 487,546 in 2011. Part of the district is the Tuen Mun New Town (or simply Tuen Mun), ...

, Hong Kong. It began service on 2 February 1992 and belongs to Zone 1. It serves Sam Shing Estate and Hanford Garden. There are three platforms in the terminus. Platform 1 is the terminus of route 505. Platform 2 is reserved for

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use. Platform 3 is for

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. The stop was named Sam Shing Terminus () before 13 June 2010.

Reserved area

Besides the current Route 505, there were other two

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s planned for the terminus, departing to Chi Lok Fa Yuen and

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in Tuen Mun respectively. But the plan was later left out by British Hong Kong Government due to insufficient

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in the two places in the 1990s. As a result, there are still some

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areas left in the terminus after the terminus completed construction.

References

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