Lok Ma Chau station

Lok Ma Chau

落馬洲
MTR MTR rapid transit station
Platform 2 (foreground)
General information
LocationBorder Road, Lok Ma Chau
Yuen Long District, Hong Kong
Coordinates22°30′52″N 114°03′57″E / 22.5144°N 114.0657°E / 22.5144; 114.0657
Owned byKowloon-Canton Railway Corporation
Operated byMTR Corporation
Line(s)
Platforms2 (1 island platform)
Tracks2
Connections
  • Lok Ma Chau Station Public Transport Interchange:
  • Bus interchangeBus KMB route B1, minibus route 75 and Taxi
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Platform levels1
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station codeLMC
History
Opened15 August 2007; 17 years ago (2007-08-15)
Passengers
201260,000 daily entries and exits[1]
Services
Preceding station MTR MTR Following station
Sheung Shui
towards Admiralty
East Rail line Terminus
Future
Kwu Tung
towards Admiralty
East Rail line Terminus
Across mainland China–Hong Kong boundary
Preceding station SZM Shenzhen Metro Following station
Fumin
towards Niuhu
Line 4
transfer at Futian Checkpoint
Terminus
Terminus Line 10
transfer at Futian Checkpoint
Fumin
Preceding station MTR MTR Following station
Proposed
San Tin Northern Link Terminus
Track layout
2
1
Location
Hong Kong MTR system map
Hong Kong MTR system map
Lok Ma Chau
Location within the MTR system
Lok Ma Chau station
Chinese落馬洲
Cantonese Yalelohk mah jau
Literal meaningDismount Place
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinLuòmazhōu
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanizationlohk mah jau
Jyutpinglok6 maa5 zau1

Lok Ma Chau 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. MTR Corporation promotes use of Lok Ma Chau as a direct connection with Line 4 and alongside Line 10 of the Shenzhen Metro, the former which is also operated by the MTR Corporation.

On 4 February 2020, MTR temporarily closed this station and suspended train service to and from this station following the Government's measures to contain the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. The station reopened on 8 January 2023.

  1. ^ "LCQ6 Annex II – Services of MTR East Rail Line and Ma On Shan Line and KMB in North District: Patronage and Train Loading of the MTR East Rail Line and Ma On Shan Line in the Past Five Years" (PDF). HKSAR Government. 20 February 2013. Retrieved 10 February 2014.