Luohu Port
{{Infobox building
| name = Luohu Port
| native_name = {{lang|zh-cn|罗湖口岸}}
| 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 = Luohu District, Shenzhen
| location_country = China
| namesake =
| management = {{flagicon|CHN}} National Immigration Administration (mainland China)
| coordinates = {{coord|22|31|56|N|114|06|48|E|type:landmark_region:HK|display=inline}}
| embedded =
{{Infobox bridge
| embed = yes
| carries = Pedestrians
| crosses = Frontier Closed Area
| toll = No toll
}}
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| website = [http://ka.sz.gov.cn/bmfw/katgfw/content/post_2287730.html ka.sz.gov.cn]
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{{Chinese|s=罗湖口岸|t=羅湖口岸|p=Luóhú Kǒu'àn|j=lo4 wu4 hau2 ngon6}}
The Luohu Port ({{zh|s=罗湖口岸|p=Luóhú Kǒu'àn}}) is a port of entry/border crossing between mainland China and Hong Kong, located in Luohu District of Shenzhen and Lo Wu, New Territories 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.
Statistics show that the port is the third busiest in the world.{{Cite web|title=Immigration Department Annual Report 2017|url=https://www.immd.gov.hk/publications/a_report_2017/en/appendices-07.html|website=www.immd.gov.hk|access-date=2020-05-27}} The port of entry is operated by the Bureau of Exit and Entry Administration of the Ministry of Public Security, 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.{{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 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 East Rail line, formerly the Kowloon-Canton Railway British Section.
Operating hours
6:30 a.m. to midnight every day.[http://www.immd.gov.hk/ehtml/immdctlpts.htm Immigration Control Points] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100210141705/http://www.immd.gov.hk/ehtml/immdctlpts.htm |date=February 10, 2010 }}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.)[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 }}
Public transit access
= Train =
= Metro =
- Shenzhen Metro {{rail color box|system=SZM|line=1|inline=yes}}: Luohu station Exit A2
- Shenzhen Metro {{rail color box|system=SZM|line=9|inline=yes}}: 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
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{{China – Hong Kong border crossings}}
{{Luohu District}}
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{{North District, Hong Kong}}
Category:China–Hong Kong border crossings
Category:North District, Hong Kong
Category:Ports of Entry of China
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