Long Ping station

{{short description|MTR station in the New Territories, Hong Kong}}

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| name = Long Ping

| native_name = 朗屏/朗屛

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| address = Wang Lok Street & Long Yip Street, Yuen Long

| borough = Yuen Long District, Hong Kong

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| platform = 2 (1 island platform)

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| architect = Rocco Design Architects

| code = LOP

| owned = KCR Corporation

| operator = MTR Corporation

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Long Ping ({{zh|t=朗屏}}) is an MTR {{lnl|MTR|tml}} 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.

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-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.{{cite web |title=All KCR West Rail stations in the New Territories topped out |url=http://www.kcrc.com/en/announcements/2002/020524.html |publisher=Kowloon–Canton Railway Corporation |date=24 May 2002}}

The station opened on 20 December 2003 with the inauguration of the West Rail.{{Cite web|url=http://www.odysseymediagroup.com/apn/Editorial-Rail.asp?ReportID=73740|title=Hong Kong's West Rail Officially Opens|work=Odyssey Media Group|date=20 December 2003|access-date=24 April 2021}}

On 27 June 2021, the KCR {{lnl|MTR|wrl}} officially merged with the {{lnl|MTR|MOS}} (which was already extended into the Tuen Ma line Phase 1 at the time) in East Kowloon to form the new {{lnl|MTR|tml}}, 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.

Station layout

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Platforms

|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;width:100px;"|Platform 2

|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;width:450px;"|{{0|→}} {{rcb|MTR|tml|yes}} towards Wu Kai Sha (Yuen Long)

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|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|← {{rcb|MTR|tml|box}} Tuen Ma line towards Tuen Mun (Tin Shui Wai)

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|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;vertical-align:top;" rowspan=3|Concourse

|Exits, footbridge

Customer services, toilets
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|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;vertical-align:top;"|Ground level

|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;vertical-align:top;"|Exits, public transport interchanges

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.{{MTRsource|layout|lop|Long Ping|30 October 2016}}

Entrances/exits

  • A: Wang Lok Street {{Access icon|15px|Wheelchair user access}}{{MTRsource|map|lop|Long Ping|30 October 2016}}
  • B1: Ping Shun Street
  • B2: Long Ping Estate {{Access icon|15px|Wheelchair user access}}
  • C: Po Lok Square
  • D: Po Fai Path
  • E: Tai Kiu Tsuen
  • F: Tung Tau Industrial Area, Yue Fung Industrial Building {{Access icon|15px|Wheelchair user access}}

References