Luohu Port

The Luohu Port (Chinese: 罗湖口岸; pinyin: 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.

Luohu Port
罗湖口岸
Lo Wu station and Checkpoint seen against China's Luohu Port in Shenzhen
General information
Type	Border control
Location	Luohu District, Shenzhen
Country	China
Coordinates	22°31′56″N 114°06′48″E
Management	National Immigration Administration (mainland China)
Website
ka.sz.gov.cn
Coordinates	22°31′56″N 114°06′48″E
Carries	Pedestrians
Crosses	Frontier Closed Area
Statistics
Toll	No toll
Location

Luohu Port
Traditional Chinese	羅湖口岸
Simplified Chinese	罗湖口岸
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Luóhú Kǒu'àn Yue: Cantonese Jyutping lo4 wu4 hau2 ngon6

Statistics show that the port is the third busiest in the world.^[1] 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.^[2]

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.^[3][4][5]

Public transit access

Train

Guangzhou–Shenzhen railway: Shenzhen railway station

Metro

• Shenzhen Metro      Line 1: Luohu station Exit A2
• Shenzhen Metro      Line 9: Renmin South station Exit A1, B

Gallery

• 
  Luohu Port
• 
  Hong Kong Visit Permit issued by People's Republic of China with a Luohu Port Entry Stamp.
• 
  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

1. "Immigration Department Annual Report 2017". www.immd.gov.hk. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
2. "Appendix 7 - Statistics on Passenger Traffic by Control Point". Annual Report 2015. Immigration Department.
3. Immigration Control Points Archived February 10, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
4. Control Point Locations (English/Chinese), GovHK. (Accessed on 2011-05-10.)
5. Immigration Control Points Archived April 16, 2009, at the Wayback Machine