Yuen Long () is an MTR station in the north-eastern part of

Yuen Long Town Yuen Long Town (formerly Un Long Town or Un Long Hui) is located in the district centre of Yuen Long District, New Territories, Hong Kong. It is the heart of Yuen Long and Yuen Long New Town, with a population of around 200,000. Geography ...

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, Hong Kong, on the between and . It is an interchange between the and

Yuen Long stop Yuen Long () is an MTR Light Rail (MTR), Light Rail stop in Hong Kong. It is located at ground level underneath Sun Yuen Long Centre in Yuen Long District of the New Territories, and is the northeasternmost Light Rail stop. It is connected to ...

of the system.

History

Yuen Long and Long Ping station were built under a combined contract, numbered CC-202, which was awarded to the

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-Hong Kong Construction Joint Venture. The contract, worth HK$1.76 billion, commenced in September 1999. Piling was completed at Yuen Long station in November 2001, while the superstructure and civil works were completed by March 2002. A topping-out ceremony for both Yuen Long and Long Ping stations was held on 24 May 2002. The station opened on 20 December 2003 with the inauguration of the West Rail. A new station exit (Exit K), linking the station concourse to

Yoho Mall YOHO Mall is a shopping centre in Yuen Long, New Territories, Hong Kong, near Light Rail Yuen Long stop and MTR Yuen Long station. It is part of Sun Hung Kai Properties's " Yoho" housing development. History The YOHO Midtown mall was finished i ...

, was opened on 31 May 2017. On the night of 21 July 2019, an armed mob of alleged triad members dressed in white indiscriminately attacked civilians on streets with steel rods and

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canes and attacked passengers in the station including the elderly, children, black-clad protesters, journalists and lawmakers. At least 45 people were injured in the incident,At least 45 injured as rod-wielding mob dressed in white rampages through Yuen Long station, beating screaming protesters
– ''South China Morning Post'' including a pregnant woman. The incident and the alleged mishandling of the police prompted a series of protests around Yuen Long, expanding the extent of Hong Kong's anti-extradition bill protests. On 27 June 2021, the officially merged with the (which was already extended into the ''Tuen Ma line Phase 1'' at the time) in

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to form the new , as part of the

Shatin to Central link The Sha Tin to Central Link (abbreviated SCL; ) is an extension of the MTR rapid transit network. It is divided into two sections. The first section, named "Tuen Ma line (Phase 1)”, runs from Tai Wai station in the New Territories to Hung ...

project. Hence, Yuen Long was included in the project and is now an intermediate station on the Tuen Ma line.

Station layout

It is an elevated through station with one

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Entrances/exits

* A: Long Yat Road * B: Nam Pin Wai * E: Light Rail * F: Yoho Mall II * G1: Light Rail * G2: Tung Tau Tsuen * H:

Pok Oi Hospital Pok Oi Hospital () is a charitable district general hospital in Hong Kong, serving the northwest New Territories. Located in Au Tau in Yuen Long, it was founded by residents in 1919 when Yuen Long was a still rural town. The hospital later becam ...

* J: Ying Lung Wai * K: Yoho Mall I Exits C and D are reserved.

Gallery

File:Yuen Long Station 2013 08 part3.JPG, Yuen Long station concourse File:The YOHO Hub site 202108.jpg, Yuen Long station property "YOHO Hub" Yuen Long Station Bus Teriminal 2015.jpg, Yuen Long Station Public Transport Interchange Yuen Long Station White Tee people attack citizen in platform 20190721.png, Mob dressed in white attacking passengers at Yuen Long station platform File:Special Tactical Squad run into Yuen Long Station concourse view 20200727.png, Special Tactical Squad run into Yuen Long Station concourse on July 27 2019 File:821元朗 07.jpg, Protester make roadblock for 2019 Yuen Long attack one month anniversary

References

External links

* {{Yuen Long District Tuen Ma line Former Kowloon–Canton Railway stations MTR stations in the New Territories Railway stations in Hong Kong opened in 2003 West Rail line Yuen Long District