Long Ping () is an
MTR
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station located in the northern part of
Yuen Long Town to the southeast of
Long Ping Estate, in the
New Territories
The New Territories (N.T., Traditional Chinese characters, Chinese: ) is one of the three areas of Hong Kong, alongside Hong Kong Island and Kowloon. It makes up 86.2% of Hong Kong's territory, and contains around half of the population of H ...
of Hong Kong. The station is elevated over
Yuen Long Nullah.
There are two public transport interchanges on the northeast and south sides of the station. There is also cycle parking nearby. A network of footbridges connects the station to Long Ping Estate, Yuen Long Plaza and other nearby housing estates.
History
Long Ping and Yuen Long stations were built under a combined contract, numbered CC-202, which was awarded to the
AMEC
Amec Foster Wheeler plc was a British multinational consultancy, engineering and project management company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. In October 2017, it was acquired by Wood Group.
It was focused on the Oil, Gas & Chemicals, ...
-Hong Kong Construction Joint Venture. The contract, worth HK$1.76 billion, commenced in September 1999. A topping-out ceremony for both stations was held on 24 May 2002.
The station opened on 20 December 2003 with the inauguration of the West Rail.
On 27 June 2021, the
KCR officially merged with the (which was already extended into the ''Tuen Ma line Phase 1'' at the time) in
East Kowloon to form the new , as part of the
Shatin to Central link
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 new ...
project. Hence, Long Ping was included in the project and is now an intermediate station on the Tuen Ma line.
Station layout
Long Ping Station 2013 08 part2.JPG, Long Ping Station platform (2013)
Long Ping Station 2017 12 part1.jpg, Long Ping Station Concourse (2017)
Long Ping Station 2020 10 part1.jpg, Station platforms (2020)
Long Ping Station platforms 2021 07 part5.jpg, Station platforms (2021)
Long Ping Station concourse 2021 11 part1.jpg, Concourse (2021)
Platforms 1 and 2 share the same island platform.
Entrances/exits
* A: Wang Lok Street
* B1: Ping Shun Street
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* B2: Long Ping Estate ][
* C: Po Lok Square][
* D: Po Fai Path][
* E: ]Tai Kiu Tsuen
Tai Kiu Tsuen () is a Walled villages of Hong Kong, historic walled village in Shap Pat Heung, Yuen Long District, Hong Kong.
Administration
Tai Kiu Tsuen is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy. For electoral purpos ...
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* F: Tung Tau Industrial Area, Yue Fung Industrial Building ][
]
References
{{Yuen Long District
MTR stations in the New Territories
West Rail line
Tuen Ma line
Yuen Long District
Former Kowloon–Canton Railway stations
Railway stations in Hong Kong opened in 2003