Lok Ma Chau Spur Line Control Point commissioning on August 15 (with photos)
The Lok Ma Chau Spur Line Control Point will open for public use at 4pm next Wednesday (August 15).
The Lok Ma Chau Spur Line Public Transport Interchange will also commence operation at the same time, providing various public transport services for visitors travelling to and from the Mainland.
"Upon the commissioning of the Lok Ma Chau Spur Line Control Point, passengers will be able to travel to and from Mainland through this new control point by using different kinds of public transport services. Apart from the East Rail Lok Ma Chau Spur Line, passengers can also travel to the public transport interchange next to the Lok Ma Chau Terminus by franchised bus, green minibus and taxi, and cross the boundary through the new control point," a Government spokesman said today (August 8).
On August 15, the first franchised bus and green minibus will depart from West Rail Yuen Long Station Public Transport Interchange and Yuen Long (Fook Hong Street) respectively at 4pm; and the first franchised bus and green minibus will depart from Lok Ma Chau Spur Line Public Transport Interchange at 4.15pm.
The control point will operate 16 hours a day from 6.30am to 10.30pm during its initial opening period to facilitate passengers for interchange with the last train of the Shenzhen metro line 4 at 11pm.
Authorities of the Shenzhen and Hong Kong Special Administrative Region will review the operating condition and passenger flow three months after the opening of the control point to assess when to extend the operating hours of the control point to midnight.
To ensure that passengers will be able to make the crossing within the daily operating hours of the Lok Ma Chau Control Point between 6.30am and 10.30pm, the first franchised bus and green minibus will depart from West Rail Yuen Long Station Public Transport Interchange and Yuen Long (Fook Hong Street) respectively at 6.15am. The last franchised bus and green minibus will depart from Lok Ma Chau Spur Line Public Transport Interchange at 10.55pm.
Details of the franchised bus and green minibus services to start with the opening of the new control point are as follows-
Route number |
Terminus |
Headway |
Fare |
Franchised bus route B1
|
West Rail Yuen Long Station Public Transport Lok Ma Chau Spur Line Public Transport Interchange |
15/20 |
$11 $10 (Promotional fare) |
Green minibus route 75 |
Yuen Long (Fok Hong Street)– Lok Ma Chau Spur Line Public Transport Interchange |
15/20 |
$6 |
Ends/Wednesday, August 8, 2007
Issued at HKT 12:33