The Luohu Port () is a

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/ border crossing between

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and Hong Kong, located in Luohu District of

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and Lo Wu,

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of Hong Kong. It sits within the Frontier Closed Area. The control point is integrated with Lo Wu station of the Mass Transit Railway (MTR) and Luohu station of the Shenzhen metro, the Hong Kong counterpart being

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 ...

. Statistics show that the port is the third busiest in the world. The port of entry is operated by the Bureau of Exit and Entry Administration of the

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, and the General Administration of Customs. In 2015, 83.2 million people passed through Lo Wu Control Point, making it the busiest control point in Hong Kong. It is served by Shenzhen railway station of the Guangshen Railway (formerly the Canton-Kowloon Railway Chinese Section), and Luohu station of the Shenzhen Metro, whereas its counterpart in Hong Kong is interconnected with Lo Wu station on the

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, formerly the Kowloon-Canton Railway British Section.

Operating hours

6:30 a.m. to midnight every day.''Control Point Locations''
English
, GovHK. (Accessed on 2011-05-10.)

Public transit access

Train

Guangzhou–Shenzhen railway: Shenzhen railway station

Metro

* Shenzhen Metro : Luohu station Exit A2 * Shenzhen Metro : Renmin South station Exit A1, B

Gallery

File:LuoHu Port.JPG, Luohu Port File:Hong Kong Visit Permit (other, 14days, single) by PRC with stamps.jpg, Hong Kong Visit Permit issued by People's Republic of China with a Luohu Port Entry Stamp. File:Shenzhen entry permit 1998.jpg, Single entry permit into Shenzhen, China, issued at the Luohu Port on the Hong Kong-Shenzhen border, with the older style entry and exit stamps.

References

Luohu District China–Hong Kong border crossings Closed Area North District, Hong Kong Ports of Entry of China {{law-enforcement-stub