Long Ping station

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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 with two public transport interchanges on the northeast and south sides. 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.

Long Ping

朗屏/朗屛
MTR MTR rapid transit station
Exterior of Long Ping station
Chinese name
Chinese
Literal meaningLight discard(ing)
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinLǎngpíng
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationLóhngpìng
JyutpingLong5ping4
General information
LocationWang Lok Street & Long Yip Street, Yuen Long
Yuen Long District, Hong Kong
Coordinates22°26′52″N 114°01′31″E / 22.4477°N 114.0253°E / 22.4477; 114.0253
Owned byKCR Corporation
Operated byMTR Corporation
Line(s)Tuen Ma line
Platforms2 (1 island platform)
Tracks2
Connections
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Platform levels1
AccessibleYes
ArchitectRocco Design Architects
Other information
Station codeLOP
History
Opened20 December 2003; 20 years ago (2003-12-20)
Services
Preceding station MTR MTR Following station
Tin Shui Wai
towards Tuen Mun
Tuen Ma line Yuen Long
towards Wu Kai Sha
Track layout
2
1
Location
Hong Kong MTR system map
Hong Kong MTR system map
Long Ping
Location within the MTR system

History

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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.[1]

The station opened on 20 December 2003 with the inauguration of the West Rail.[2]

On 27 June 2021, the 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

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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.[3]

Entrances/exits

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References

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  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. ^ a b c d e f g "Long Ping Station street map" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 30 October 2016.