Lotus station ( zh, 蓮花站; ) is a transfer station on the Taipa line and the

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of the

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, Macau. It is an elevated station located at Estrada Flor de Lótus adjacent to

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, near the south end of the Cotai Strip.

History

The station was originally named Lotus Checkpoint Station ( zh, 蓮花口岸站; ) as it was adjacent to the now-defunct Cotai Frontier Post - which is also known as the Lotus Checkpoint. The frontier post was where immigration clearance took place for passengers travelling into and out of Macau through the

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between 2000 and 2020. Construction for the station's steel superstructure formally began in August 2015. It opened on 10 December 2019 along with the rest of the Taipa line. The Cotai Frontier Post was decommissioned on 18 August 2020, around 8 months after Lotus Checkpoint station commenced operation. It was replaced by the Macau Port Area of the Hengqin Port, located in

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but leased to Macau and managed under Macau law. Passengers could no longer access Macau immigration clearance facilities from the station on foot, and would now need to transfer in order to reach the new border crossing. In alignment to the closure and demolition of the frontier post, the station was officially renamed to its current name on 11 August 2023. On 2 December 2024, the station became the terminus of Hengqin extension line, a 2.2km long shuttle service connecting the Macau Port Area of Hengqin Port with the LRT Taipa line. Passengers are able to transfer from Taipa line for Hengqin station at Lotus station. The entire Hengqin extension line, including the platforms at this station, are underground. An earlier proposal for the Seac Pai Van line had sited the line's northern terminus at this station. The scheme was later amended and an infill Union Hospital station would be built between here and

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to act as the new line's connection point to the rest of the LRT system.

Layout

Taipa Line Platform

Entrances/Exits

The station was built with two entrances/exits, one connecting to the

hotel-casino and another to the Cotai Frontier Post. Upon the decommissioning of the Cotai Frontier Post, the original Exit B was closed and later demolished. Exit A connects to Studio City by way of a

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. * A: Studio City * ~~B: Lotus Checkpoint (exit closed as of August 2020)~~

Services

Lotus is currently served by the Taipa line, which runs between

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and

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, and the Hengqin line, which runs between this station and Hengqin station in the Macao-administered area of Hengqin, Zhuhai.

References

External links

Lotus Station
information on Macau LRT website {{Macau LRT navbox Light rail in Macau Cotai Railway stations in China opened in 2019