The station serves two large bus termini with buses going to many places around Hong Kong (such as Sai Kung or Tung Chung).

On 6 May 1982, Sir Philip Haddon-Cave unveiled a plaque in the concourse of Sha Tin station to open the first phase of electric service, which spanned from Hung Hom to Shatin initially.

At the same time, daily service hours to Sha Tin were extended from 10:30 pm to midnight.

[3] Electric service was extended to Tai Po on 2 May 1983, and to Lo Wu (the full length of the KCR British Section) on 15 July 1983.

[2] The Citylink Plaza, an HK$82 million building that originally housed the headquarters of the KCR Corporation as well as many government offices, was built on top of the station and opened in 1983.