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Lok Ma Chau station

Lok Ma Chau
落馬洲
MTR
MTR rapid transit station
Lok Ma Chau Station 2013 07 part1.JPG
Platform 2 (foreground)
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Cantonese Yale Lohk máh jāu
Hanyu Pinyin Luòmǎzhōu
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)
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 logo.svg MTR   Following station
towards Hung Hom
East Rail Line
Terminus
Across Hong Kong boundary
Preceding station   Shenzhen Metro   Following station
toward Qinghu
Line 4
Transfer at: Futian Checkpoint
Terminus
Location
Hong Kong MTR system map
Hong Kong MTR system map
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.


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