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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Long Ping Station

Long Ping (Chinese: 朗屏) is an MTR Tuen Ma line station located in the northern part of Yuen Long Town to the southeast of Long Ping Estate, in the New Territories of Hong Kong. The station is elevated over Yuen Long Nullah.

There are two public transport interchanges on the northeast and south sides of the station. There is also cycle parking nearby. A network of footbridges connects the station to Long Ping Estate, Yuen Long Plaza and other nearby housing estates.

History

Long Ping and Yuen Long stations were built under a combined contract, numbered CC-202, which was awarded to the AMEC-Hong Kong Construction Joint Venture. The contract, worth HK$1.76 billion, commenced in September 1999. A topping-out ceremony for both stations was held on 24 May 2002.

The station opened on 20 December 2003 with the inauguration of the West Rail.

On 27 June 2021, the KCR West Rail line officially merged with the Ma On Shan line (which was already extended into the Tuen Ma line Phase 1 at the time) in East Kowloon to form the new Tuen Ma line, as part of the Shatin to Central link project. Hence, Long Ping was included in the project and is now an intermediate station on the Tuen Ma line.

Station layout

P
Platforms
Platform 2      Tuen Ma line towards Wu Kai Sha (Yuen Long)
Island platform, doors open on the right
Platform 1      Tuen Ma line towards Tuen Mun (Tin Shui Wai)
C Concourse Exits, footbridge
Customer services, toilets
MTR Shops, ticket machines, ATMs
G Ground level Exits, public transport interchanges

Platforms 1 and 2 share the same island platform.

Entrances/exits

  • A: Wang Lok Street Wheelchair user access
  • B1: Ping Shun Street
  • B2: Long Ping Estate Wheelchair user access
  • C: Po Lok Square
  • D: Po Fai Path
  • E: Tai Kiu Tsuen
  • F: Tung Tau Industrial Area, Yue Fung Industrial Building Wheelchair user access

References

  1. ^ "All KCR West Rail stations in the New Territories topped out". Kowloon–Canton Railway Corporation. 24 May 2002.
  2. ^ "Hong Kong's West Rail Officially Opens". Odyssey Media Group. 20 December 2003. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Long Ping Station layout" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
  4. ^ "Long Ping Station street map" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 30 October 2016.