Style: | MTR | ||||||||
Long Ping | |||||||||
Native Name: | 朗屏/朗屛 | ||||||||
Native Name Lang: | zh-Hant | ||||||||
Mlanguage: |
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Address: | Wang Lok Street & Long Yip Street, Yuen Long | ||||||||
Borough: | Yuen Long District, Hong Kong | ||||||||
Coordinates: | 22.4477°N 114.0253°W | ||||||||
Structure: | Elevated | ||||||||
Platform: | 2 (1 island platform) | ||||||||
Levels: | 1 | ||||||||
Tracks: | 2 | ||||||||
Architect: | Rocco Design Architects | ||||||||
Code: | LOP | ||||||||
Owned: | KCR Corporation | ||||||||
Operator: | MTR Corporation | ||||||||
Map Type: | Hong Kong MTR | ||||||||
Map Alt: | Hong Kong MTR system map | ||||||||
Map State: | expanded |
Long Ping is an MTR station located in the northern part of Yuen Long Town to the southeast of Long Ping Estate, in the New Territories of Hong Kong. The station is elevated over Yuen Long Nullah with two public transport interchanges on the northeast and south sides. 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.
Long Ping and Yuen Long stations were built under a combined contract, numbered CC-202, which was awarded to the AMEC-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.[1]
The station opened on 20 December 2003 with the inauguration of the West Rail.[2]
On 27 June 2021, the 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 project. Hence, Long Ping was included in the project and is now an intermediate station on the Tuen Ma line.
P Platforms | Platform 2 | towards Wu Kai Sha (Yuen Long) → | |
Island platform, doors open on the right | |||
Platform 1 | ← Tuen Ma line towards Tuen Mun (Tin Shui Wai) | ||
C | Concourse | Exits, footbridge | |
Customer services, toilets | |||
MTR Shops, ticket machines, ATMs | |||
G | Ground level | Exits, public transport interchanges |