Heung Yuen Wai Control Point () is a land border control point at the border at Heung Yuen Wai in North District,

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. Its counterpart across the border is Liantang Port () in

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. The control point opened for freight trucks on 26 August 2020"Control Point Locations" www.immd.gov.hk
/ref> and to passengers since 6 February 2023.

History

According to the government, the border control point was needed to relieve the heavily used border control points (like

Lo Wu Control Point Lo Wu Control Point () is a Hong Kong immigration control point in Lo Wu, New Territories. It sits within the Frontier Closed Area that runs along the border with mainland China. Its counterpart across the border is the Luohu Port in Shenzhe ...

) to the west. The control point was chosen to be built between Lo Wu Control Point and

Sha Tau Kok Control Point Sha Tau Kok Control Point () is a land immigration control point of Hong Kong, located in Sha Tau Kok, North District, New Territories, Hong Kong, along the border between mainland China and Hong Kong. Opening Sha Tau Kok was the second cross- ...

Opening

Its opening was reported in at least one outlet in May 2019 as scheduled for September 2019."Liantang Port ready to open in September" China.org.cn, 31 May 2019
/ref> Other reports claimed it would open by the end of 2019.
/ref> The opening of the control point was further delayed due to the

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, as Hong Kong shut down all border crossings with Shenzhen except the

Shenzhen Bay Control Point Shenzhen Bay Port () is a juxtaposed border crossing and a port of entry and exit between mainland China and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, located geographically in Dongjiaotou, Shekou, which lies on the southwestern corner of ...

to control the spread of the virus. On 21 August 2020, it was announced that the Control Point would be opened on 26 August 2020, albeit for cross-boundary trucks only. On 6 February 2023, with the lifting of COVID-19 control measures in China, the control point opened to passenger traffic.

Transport

A new dual-carriageway access highway,

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, was built to link the control point from

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, connecting with the Eastern Corridor roadway on the mainland side. The highway comprises viaducts and two tunnels ( and ); the main viaduct was completed on 14 March 2018. The road was expected to open by the end of 2018, but its opening was delayed until 26 May 2019. 3 new bus routes were set up by Citybus and KMB when the control point became open to passengers in 2023, connecting the control point with

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Shatin Sha Tin, also spelt Shatin, is a neighbourhood along Shing Mun River in the eastern New Territories, Hong Kong. Administratively, it is part of the Sha Tin District. Sha Tin is one of the neighbourhoods of the Sha Tin New Town project. The ne ...

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, and

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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 Nam Sang Wa ...

respectively. At the bus terminus outside, there is also an existing KMB bus route to Sheung Shui via

Ta Kwu Ling Ta Kwu Ling is an area in the North District, New Territories, Hong Kong, located northeast of Sheung Shui, close to the border with mainland China and south to Liantang Subdistrict in Shenzhen. Before 4 January 2016, parts of Ta Kwu Ling ...

and Ping Che, as well as a minibus route. The Control Point is also the first border crossing between Hong Kong and Shenzhen that is accessible to both pedestrians and bicycles. Liantang Control Point in Shenzhen became further accessible from October 2020 onwards via an extension of Shenzhen Metro Line 2. It is located very near Liantang Checkpoint station's exit A3. https://www.szmc.net/shentieyunying/yunyingfuwu/zhandianchaxun/

References

External links

Proposal for BCP terminal by WAU
{{Immigration Control Stations in Hong Kong Closed Area China–Hong Kong border crossings North District, Hong Kong