Lo Wu Control Point
{{short description|Hong Kong border checkpoint}}
{{Infobox building
| name = Lo Wu Control Point
| native_name = {{lang|zh-hk|羅湖管制站}}
| image = Lo Wu Station Exterior.JPG
| image_size = 300px
| caption = Lo Wu station and Checkpoint seen against China's Luohu Port in Shenzhen
| building_type = Border control
| cost =
| location = Lo Wu, Hong Kong
| location_country =
| namesake =
| management = {{flagicon|HKG}} Immigration Department (Hong Kong), Customs and Excise Department (Hong Kong)
| coordinates = {{coord|22|31|56|N|114|06|48|E|type:landmark_region:HK|display=inline}} {{coord|22|31|44|N|114|07|06|E|region:CN_type:landmark_source:kolossus-jawiki|display=title}}
| embedded =
{{Infobox bridge
| embed = yes
| carries = Pedestrians
| crosses = Frontier Closed Area
| toll = No toll
}}
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| website = [https://www.td.gov.hk/en/transport_in_hong_kong/land_based_cross_boundary_transport/access_to_lo_wu_control_point/index.html td.gov.hk]
}}
{{Chinese
|t=羅湖管制站
|s=罗湖管制站
|showflag=jy
|j=lo4 wu4 gun2 zai3 zaam6
|p=Luóhú Guǎnzhì zhàn}}
Lo Wu Control Point ({{zh|t=羅湖管制站}}) 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 Shenzhen, China.
The control point is integrated with Lo Wu station of the Mass Transit Railway (MTR).
In 2015, 83.2 million people passed through Lo Wu Control Point, making it the busiest control point in Hong Kong.{{cite web|title=Appendix 7 - Statistics on Passenger Traffic by Control Point|url=http://www.immd.gov.hk/publications/a_report_2015/en/appendices-07.html|website=Annual Report 2015|publisher=Immigration Department}} It is open from 06:30 to 00:00 midnight daily.[http://www.immd.gov.hk/ehtml/immdctlpts.htm Immigration Control Points] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090416122409/http://www.immd.gov.hk/ehtml/immdctlpts.htm |date=April 16, 2009 }}Control Point Locations ([http://www.gov.hk/en/residents/immigration/control/location.htm English]/[http://www.gov.hk/tc/residents/immigration/control/location.htm Chinese]), GovHK. (Accessed on 2011-05-10.)
References
{{Commons category|Lo Wu Control Point}}
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{{North District, Hong Kong}}
{{China–Hong Kong border crossings}}
{{Immigration Control Stations in Hong Kong}}
{{Authority control}}