A16 (provisional name) is an

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on the

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to be constructed elevated on the bank of

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at the current site of in

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Area 16. The construction of the station is gazetted as part of the Tuen Mun South extension by the Hong Kong Government in January 2022. The station is expected to open for service in 2030.

Station layout

The station will be built with three levels, with station entrances at grade, concourse one level above ground, and platforms above the concourse. The station will have an

island platform An island platform (also center platform (American English) or centre platform (British English)) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway inte ...

, and two siding tracks on each side of the main tracks.

History

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reported on June 5, 2018, that according to sources, the MTRC plans for an additional station between the and stations, displacing the current Tuen Mun Swimming Pool, along with 8,000 residential flats in the area. In May 2019,

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, former chairman of the KCRC and a panel member of the Panel on Transport of

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, announced plans for an additional station near Tuen Mun Swimming Pool. Tien also mentioned the possibility of adopting a "Rail + Property" model, where MTRC would fund the line construction, and the Hong Kong Government would provide land for building housing estates as compensation. It is anticipated that this development would result in the construction of 6 to 7 thousand private housing flats and 13,000

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flats. The construction of the station was gazetted as part of the Tuen Mun South extension by the Hong Kong Government in January 2022. The environmental impact assessment was approved in July 2022.

References

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