Lok Ma Chau station

Lok Ma Chau 落馬洲
MTR rapid transit station
Platform 2 (foreground)
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Cantonese Yale	Lohk máh jāu
Hanyu Pinyin	Luòmǎzhōu
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Luòmǎzhōu Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Lohk máh jāu IPA [lɔ̀ːk̚ma̬ː.tsɐ́u] Jyutping lok6 maa5 zau1
General information
Location	Border Road, Lok Ma Chau Yuen Long District, Hong Kong
Coordinates	22°30′52″N 114°03′57″E / 22.5144°N 114.0657°E / 22.5144; 114.0657Coordinates: 22°30′52″N 114°03′57″E / 22.5144°N 114.0657°E / 22.5144; 114.0657
Owned by	Kowloon–Canton Railway Corporation
Operated by	MTR Corporation
Line(s)	East Rail Line
Platforms	2 (island platform)
Connections	Bus, public light bus, Shenzhen Metro      Line 4 Futian Checkpoint Station
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Platform levels	1
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	LMC
History
Opened	15 August 2007 (2007-08-15)
Traffic
Passengers (2012)	60,000 daily entries and exits
Services
Preceding station   MTR   Following station Sheung Shui towards Hung Hom East Rail Line Terminus Across Hong Kong boundary Preceding station   Shenzhen Metro   Following station Fumin toward Qinghu Line 4 Transfer at: Futian Checkpoint Terminus
Location
Lok Ma Chau Location within the MTR system

Lok Ma Chau (Chinese: 落馬洲; Cantonese Yale: Lohk máh jāu; pronounced: [lɔ̀ːk̚ma̬ː.tsɐ́u]) is the northwestern terminus in Lok Ma Chau on the Lok Ma Chau Spur Line, a branch line of the East Rail Line of Hong Kong's MTR network, which was built to alleviate the immigration checkpoint between Hong Kong and mainland China's Shenzhen at Lo Wu Station. The MTR Corporation is promoting the Lok Ma Chau Spur Line as a direct connection with Line 4 (Longhua) of the Shenzhen Metro which is also operated by the MTR Corporation.

This station, together with the spur line, opened on the afternoon of 15 August 2007. The adjoining Futian Port Station of the Shenzhen Metro opened on 28 June 2007. Like Lo Wu Station, this station is located in the Frontier Closed Area, hence access is restricted to passengers with a permit or a passport and visa to mainland China.

In December 2007, this station was leased to the MTR Corporation, along with the entire KCR network, by the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation, for a period of 50 years.

The Lok Ma Chau Spur Line Control Point (Chinese: 落馬洲支線管制站) is an immigration control point connected with the Lok Ma Chau Station. It is the second control point along the land border of Hong Kong to have a railway access. The control point is connected via a pedestrian footbridge to the Futian Port, an immigration port of entry of the PRC, and from there to Shenzhen Metro's Futian Checkpoint Station.