Tuen Mun Ferry Pier (屯門碼頭), or Tuen Mun Ferry Terminal, is a public pier located in the southern area of

Tuen Mun Tuen Mun or Castle Peak is an area near the mouth of Tuen Mun River and Castle Peak Bay in the New Territories, Hong Kong. It was one of the earliest settlements in what is now Hong Kong and can be dated to the Neolithic period. In the more ...

, Hong Kong. Tuen Mun Ferry Pier, Tuen Mun Pier Head, and Tuen Mun Ferry Pier stop (MTR Light Rail) refer to the street-level transportation hub that is adjacent to the pier and consists of a light rail terminus and a bus terminus. The Ocean Walk shopping centre, above the transportation hub, is managed by

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. Pierhead Garden is the private housing estate above the shopping centre and transportation hub. Before the extensive improvement of the road network during the late 1990s and 2000s, the traffic congestion on the overloaded

Tuen Mun Road Tuen Mun Road is a major expressway in Hong Kong which connects Tuen Mun with Tsuen Wan, within the New Territories. It is part of Hong Kong's Route 9, which circumnavigates the New Territories. Opened in 1978, it was once the major trunk rou ...

was unbearable so expansion on this road was needed. During this period, ferry service at this pier was used as an alternative for traffic to and from

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Ferry transport

Service to Lantau Island

Ferry service to Lantau Island (

Tung Chung New Development Ferry Pier Tung Chung Development Pier () also known as Tung Chung New Development Ferry Pier () and Tung Chung New Ferry Pier () is a ferry pier in Tung Chung Waterfront Road (), Tung Chung, Lantau Island, New Territories, Hong Kong. It was built to repla ...

Tai O Tai O is a fishing town, partly located on an island of the same name, on the western side of Lantau Island in Hong Kong. The village name means ''large inlet'', referring to outlet for the waterways (Tai O Creek and Tai O River) merges as ...

Sha Lo Wan Sha Lo Wan () is a bay in the northwest Lantau Island, Hong Kong. The bay faces north to Hong Kong International Airport. The area is occupied by indigenous inhabitants. There is no vehicular access to the area and thus their communication is o ...

) is provided by Fortune Ferry with seven daily services to Tung Chung (four to Tai O and Sha Lo Wan on Mondays to Saturdays, five on Sundays or public holidays).

Service to Macau and pier expansion

The route connecting Macau's

Outer Harbour Ferry Terminal The Outer Harbour Ferry Terminal ( pt, Terminal Marítimo de Passageiros do Porto Exterior; ), also known as the ''Macau Maritime Ferry Terminal'', ''Macau Ferry Terminal'' or ''Hong Kong-Macau Ferry Pier'' in Chinese (), is a ferry terminal loca ...

and Tuen Mun Ferry Pier operated by Hong Kong North West Express Ltd. was launched on 15 April 2011. Four connections are scheduled daily and each ferry can accommodate up to 278 passengers. The Maritime Administration of Macau has granted a 10-year ferry operation licence to North West Express. On December 2003, plans for ferry service from Tuen Mun Ferry Pier to Macau began to surface. However, in order for this service to begin, expansion of the pier was required which involved converting it from one storey to two storeys, and repainting. The application of ferry services between Macau and Tuen Mun was rejected by authorities in Macau in September 2006, citing technical and safety concerns. But on 13 January 2011, Hong Kong North West Express Ltd. has been formally issued the licenses to operate regular passenger ferries between Macau’s Outer Harbour Ferry Terminal and the pier of Tuen Mun, yet, the Port Authority of Macau stressed in the press statement that the company must first pass a series of reviews and tests according to international standards before the new route can become operational.

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started operating 4 sailings to and from Tuen Mun Pier to Macau on 28 January 2016. On January 28, 2020, in view of the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, the government announced that several cross-border ports, including Tuen Mun Ferry Pier, will suspend their cross-boundary services from midnight on the 30th of the same month. However, as on June 1, 2021, the government stated that TurboJET had formally proposed to the government to terminate the relevant lease agreement and returned the Tuen Mun Ferry Terminal to the government on June 8 of the same year, meaning that Tuen Mun to Macau cross-border passenger ferry service will therefore officially end.

Service to mainland China

Zhuhai

The ferry service, operated b
Hong Kong North West Express Limited
(HKNWEL), to

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in mainland China commenced on 3 November 2006 with 4 services per day. Ferries depart from Tuen Mun at 7:45am and 10:15am. Return journeys depart Zhuhai at 9:00am and 8:45pm. The journey time is usually around 40 minutes, which is 30 minutes less than from the usual Tsim Sha Tsui or Sheung Wan services. A one-way ticket to Zhuhai was HK$160, while a return ticket is HK$145. On 10 October 2007, HKNWEL announced that the Zhuhai service has ceased operation until further notice.

Shekou

Ferry service to Shekou is currently suspended.

Shenzhen

Shenzhen Airport operated by

Destinations

Light Rail

Tuen Mun Ferry Pier stop () is the name given to the southern terminus of

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. It is in Zone 1 for single-ride ticket. The stop consists of 7 platforms, which contains 6 Light Rail routes and a termination platform. It also includes the customer services centre opening from 7:30 to 21:00. The centre is the only Light Rail customer services centre to sell Intercity Through Train tickets from Kowloon (Hung Hom) to mainland China destinations of

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, Dongguan ,

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and

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. Light Rail routes: * to Tin King (via Tuen Mun station) * to

Yuen Long Yuen Long is a town in the western New Territories, Hong Kong. To its west lie Hung Shui Kiu (), Tin Shui Wai, Lau Fau Shan and Ha Tsuen, to the south Shap Pat Heung and Tai Tong, to the east Au Tau and Kam Tin (), and to the north N ...

(via

Tai Hing Estate Tai Hing Estate () is the second public housing estate and the oldest existing public housing estate in Tuen Mun, New Territories, Hong Kong. There are 8,602 flats on the estate with capacity to house 21,100 people. It is also a district council ...

Tuen Mun Hospital Tuen Mun Hospital is a public hospital, with a 24-hour Emergency department, accident and emergency department, in Tuen Mun, New Territories, Hong Kong. Its construction began in 1979, and it was inaugurated on 8 March 1990. It is governed by t ...

Siu Hong station Siu Hong () is an MTR station located beside Siu Hong Court, Tuen Mun, New Territories. It is built on the Tuen Mun Nullah immediately east of Siu Hong Court. The station is on the between and stations. Elevated public transport intercha ...

) * to

(via

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San Hui Tuen Mun San Hui () more commonly known as just San Hui () is an area of Tuen Mun District, Hong Kong and is a major food market and commercial quarter in the district. In urban planning, it is part of Tuen Mun New Town (Tuen Mun). Etymolog ...

) * to Siu Hong (via Town Centre, San Hui) * to

(via Leung King,

) * to Siu Hong (via Leung King)

Related developments

Pierhead Garden

Pierhead Garden is a private

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which consists of 6 towers, a swimming pool and a playground. It is built on the 2nd floor balcony above the mall and the transit hub.

Ocean Walk

Formerly called Pierhead Plaza, Ocean Walk is a shopping arcade with two seafood restaurants, one fast food restaurant, one supermarket and two health and cosmetic shops. It was extensively renovated between Spring 2005 and early summer of 2006, at which point it was renamed Ocean Walk, chosen from 80 entries in a naming competition held among KCR Corporation staff.

References

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