Sam Shing () is an

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

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, 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

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of route 505. Platform 2 is reserved for

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use. Platform 3 is for alighting. 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

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due to insufficient

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in the two places in the 1990s. As a result, there are still some vacant areas left in the terminus after the terminus completed construction.

References

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