Yuen Long Station

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Yuen Long
元朗

Yuen Long Station

Yuen Long Station

Line West Rail
Light Rail 610, 614, 615, 761P
Code YUL
Service hours 0555/0031
District Yuen Long
Area Yuen Long Town
Map MTR Website
Opened 20 December 2003 /
18 September 1988
Type of station Elevated (WR) / Ground Level (LRT)
Type of platforms Island
No. of platforms 2 (WR) / 5 (LRT)
No. of exits 8
Platform 2
Platform 2
Station Lobby
Station Lobby
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Yuen Long (Chinese: 元朗站) is a MTR station located in the eastern of Yuen Long Town, Yuen Long District. It is an interchange between the West Rail Line and the Light Rail. It is between Kam Sheung Road and Long Ping stations on the West Rail Line and is the northeastern terminus for the Light Rail. It is an elevated through-station with an island platform.

Located at the north-eastern part of Yuen Long New Town, the station is quite popular for the abundance of residential buildings nearby. Developers continue to develop housing near the station, with hopes to further increase the usage of the station.

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[edit] Station layout

P
Platforms
Platform 2 West Rail Line towards Nam Cheong
Island platform, doors will open on the right
Platform 1 West Rail Line towards Tuen Mun
C
Concourse
Concourse Customer services, toilets
MTRShops, ticket machines, ATMs
G
Ground
Light Rail Exits, transport interchange
Platform 5 761P towards Tin Yat
(and special services to Tin Wing in non-rush hours)
Platform 4 615 towards Ferry Pier
Platform 3 610 towards Ferry Pier
Platform 2 614 towards Ferry Pier
Platform 1 Reserved

Both platforms share the same island platform.

[edit] Light Rail routes

The Light Rail routes are departed from the platforms at the Light Rail station:

  • 610: To Ferry Pier (via Tai Hing) at platform 3
  • 614: To Ferry Pier (via Prime View) at platform 2
  • 615: To Ferry Pier (via Leung King) at platform 4
  • 761P: To Tin Yat at platform 5

The station belongs to Zone 5 for single-ride ticket.

[edit] Feeder bus

Feeder buses terminus is located at the Yuen Long (East) Bus Terminus which is located at the south of the Light Rail station, outside the Sun Yuen Long Centre.

K65: To Lau Fau Shan

[edit] Neighbouring stations

Preceding station   MTR   Following station
towards Nam Cheong
West Rail Line
towards Tuen Mun
MTR Light Rail
Tai Tong Road
towards Ferry Pier
610 Terminus
614
615
Tai Tong Road
towards Tin Yat
761P
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