Heung Yuen Wai Highway (香園圍公路), which connects Fanling Highway in Tai Po District with the Heung Yuen Wai Boundary Control Point in North District, is about 10.5 kilometres (km) in length. It provides residents of Sha Tau Kok, Ta Kwu Ling and Ping Che areas with a direct access to Fanling Highway, and enables them to commute conveniently to and from Sheung Shui, Tai Po, Kowloon and other districts.
The Heung Yuen Wai Highway is a dual two-lane highway throughout its entire length. Major sections of the Highway include the section to the north of Sha Tau Kok Road, the 3.3-kilometre-long viaduct, the 0.7-kilometre-long Cheung Shan Tunnel and the 4.8-kilometre-long Lung Shan Tunnel, which used to be the longest road tunnel in Hong Kong but the record was subsequently broken by the 5-kilometre-long cross-harbour tunnel of Tuen Mun Chek Lap Kok Tunnel Road.
Unlike the Kong Sham Western Highway, the Heung Yuen Wai Highway is not included in Hong Kong's major Strategic Routes. Although its name ends with ‘Highway’, the entire section of the highway is included in the tunnel area, and is therefore not classified as a statutory expressway. Besides, red minibuses are prohibited from entering Heung Yuen Wai Highway. [1]
History[]
Before the commissioning of the Liantang/Heung Yuen Wai Boundary Control Point (BCP), all cross-boundary traffic travelling from the eastern part of the New Territories to the eastern part of Shenzhen and the eastern part of Guangdong had to be routed through the two BCPs at Man Kam To or Sha Tau Kok, and along the way they had to pass through the busy roads in the Hong Kong and Shenzhen regions before they could be connected to the motorway networks of the two places, which had impacted on the ease of clearance for both the passenger and vehicular flows.
To address the situation, a dual two-lane road link of about 11 kilometres in length has been constructed to connect directly to the fifth vehicular boundary control point at Liantang/Heung Yuen Wai Boundary Control Point and Fanling Highway, and along Sha Tau Kok Road, Ping Yeung and Lin Ma Hang Road. This would help improve the traffic flow in the North District and alleviate the busy road conditions in the Sha Tau Kok and Ta Kwu Ling areas, which would be conducive to the long-term development of the North District.
- 14 March 2018: The ‘Sha Tau Kok Road to Lin Ma Hang Road Main Viaduct’ near Chuk Yuen Tsuen on Lin Ma Hang Road was officially completed [2]. The 3.3-kilometre-long viaduct connects the Heung Yuen Wai Boundary Control Point in the north and the Lung Shan Tunnel and Fanling Highway Interchange in the south. The viaduct is divided into four sections and comprises a total of 2,864 giant prefabricated components, each of which is about 2.5 to 2.9 metres in length, 17 metres in width and 2.5 metres in height, with a weight of 40 to 77 tonnes, which is equivalent to the weight of two to four double-decker buses.
- December 2018: the Lands Department recommended to the Tai Po District Council that this road be named ‘Heung Yuen Wai Highway’. [3]
- 1 February 2019: The Lands Department officially named this road as "Heung Yuen Wai Highway". [4]
- 24 May 2019: A commissioning ceremony was held, presided over by the Permanent Secretary for Development (Works), Mr Lam Sai-hung. [5]
- 26 May 2019, 8:00 am: The section of Heung Yuen Wai Highway between Fanling Highway and Lin Ma Hang Road was opened to traffic. [6]
Exit locations[]
Heung Yuen Wai Highway comprises two road tunnels - Lung Shan Tunnel and Cheung Shan Tunnel, with four interchanges along the way connecting to Lin Ma Hang Road, Sha Tau Kok Road, Ping Yeung and Fanling Highway.
| Interchanges of Heung Yuen Wai Highway along the way (from south to north) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Exit No. | Interchange name | Connecting road(s) | Remarks |
Fanling Highway Interchange (connects to  Fanling Highway, Tai Wo Service Road East (access to northbound Heung Yuen Wai Highway only))
| |||
| Lung Shan Tunnel | |||
| Sha Tau Kok Road Interchange | Sha Tau Kok Road - Wo Hang, Wo Keng Shan Road | ||
| Cheung Shan Tunnel | |||
| Ping Yeung Interchange | Ping Yuen Road | ||
| Lin Ma Hang Road Interchange | Lin Ma Hang Road near Chuk Yuen Tsuen | ||
| Heung Yuen Wai Boundary Control Point | |||
Routes observed[]
Franchised buses[]
| Franchised bus routes passing through Heung Yuen Wai Highway | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operator | Route No. | Origin | Destination | Service methods |
| The following routes pass through the whole of Heung Yuen Wai Highway | ||||
| Citybus | B7 | Sheung Shui (Po Wan Road) | Heung Yuen Wai Port | Service daily, observes this stop in both directions ● |
| Heung Yuen Wai Port | Sheung Shui (Po Wan Road) | |||
| Citybus | B8 | Tai Wai Station | Heung Yuen Wai Port | Outbound service Mondays to Fridays during after Morning Peak Hours to noon, Saturdays and holidays whole-day ● |
| Heung Yuen Wai Port | Tai Wai Station | Inbound service Mondays to Fridays during Afternoon Peak Hours hours to nighttime, Saturdays and holidays whole-day ● | ||
| KMB | B9 | Tuen Mun Station | Heung Yuen Wai Port (Liantang) | Outbound service Mondays to Fridays during daytime after Morning Peak Hours, Saturdays and holidays whole-day ● |
| Heung Yuen Wai Port (Liantang) | Tuen Mun Station | Inbound service Mondays to Fridays after Morning Peak Hours, Saturdays and holidays whole-day ● | ||
| KMB | B9A | Yuen Long (West) | Heung Yuen Wai Control Point (Liantang) | Outbound service Saturdays and holidays during daytime after Morning Peak Hours ● |
| Heung Yuen Wai Control Point (Liantang) | Yuen Long (West) | Inbound service Saturdays and holidays during Afternoon Peak Hours hours to nighttime ● | ||
| The following routes pass through the section of Heung Yuen Wai Highway south of Sha Tau Kok Road | ||||
| KMB | 78 | Sha Tau Kok | Sheung Shui (Tai Ping) (One-way) |
Service Mondays to Fridays during Morning Peak Hours, one-way southbound ● |
| Citybus | 78C | Queen's Hill Fanling | Kai Tak | Outbound service Saturdays and holidays during morning to nighttime, via Kwun Tong Town Centre ● |
| Kai Tak | Queen's Hill Fanling | Inbound service Saturdays and holidays during noon to nighttime, via Kwun Tong Town Centre ● | ||
| Template:CTB 78P doesn't exist! | ||||
| KMB | 78S | Sheung Shui | Sha Tau Kok | Outbound service daily during morning daytime non-peak hours ● |
| Sha Tau Kok | Sheung Shui | Inbound service daily during afternoon daytime non-peak hours ● | ||
| Citybus | 78X | Queen's Hill Fanling | Kai Tak | Outbound service Mondays to Fridays during morning to afternoon non-peak hours ● |
| Kai Tak | Queen's Hill Fanling | Inbound service Mondays to Fridays during noon to nighttime ● | ||
| Citybus | 79 | Queen's Hill Fanling | Tai Wai Station | Service daily, observes this stop in both directions ● |
| Tai Wai Station | Queen's Hill Fanling | |||
| Template:CTB 79P doesn't exist! | ||||
| Citybus | 79X | Queen's Hill Fanling | Cheung Sha Wan (Kom Tsun Street) | Outbound service Mondays to Fridays daytime, Saturdays and holidays during morning to nighttime ● |
| Cheung Sha Wan (Kom Tsun Street) | Queen's Hill Fanling | Inbound service Mondays to Fridays whole-day, Saturdays and holidays after Morning Peak Hours ● | ||
| Template:CHT 679 doesn't exist! | ||||
| Citybus | 979 | Queen's Hill Fanling | Central (Hong Kong Station) | Outbound service Mondays to Fridays during Morning Peak Hours, via Sheung Wan ● |
| Central (Hong Kong Station) | Queen's Hill Fanling | Inbound service Mondays to Fridays during Afternoon Peak Hours, via Sheung Wan ● | ||
Green minibuses[]
| Green minibus routes passing through Heung Yuen Wai Highway | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operator | GMB routes | Origin | Destination | Service methods |
| The following routes pass through the section of Heung Yuen Wai Highway south of Sha Tau Kok Road | ||||
| Golden Way | 55K Special Trips |
Sha Tau Kok (Shun Lung Street) | Sheung Shui Station (One-way) |
Service Mondays to Fridays during Morning Peak Hours, one-way southbound ● |
| The following routes pass through the section of Heung Yuen Wai Highway north of Sha Tau Kok Road | ||||
| Golden Way | 55S | Sha Tau Kok (Shun Lung Street) | Ta Kwu Ling (Tsung Yuen Ha) | Service daily during peak hours, observes this stop in both directions ● |
| Ta Kwu Ling (Tsung Yuen Ha) | Sha Tau Kok (Shun Lung Street) | |||
Gallery[]
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Related information archives[]
Archived on EBTHK
Related articles[]
- Local Public Transport Arrangements at the Heung Yuen Wai Boundary Control Point
- Citybus Fanling Queen's Hill Express
Notes and References[]
- ↑ G.N. 3396, "Road Traffic Ordinance (Cap. 374) - Prohibited zones for Public Light Buses on Heung Yuen Wai Highway and its slip roads", Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Gazette, Vol. 23, No. 21, 24 May 2019
- ↑ "Connection of viaduct completes under Liantang/Heung Yuen Wai Boundary Control Point project (with photos)", Hong Kong Government Press Release, 14 March 2018.
- ↑ Proposed street naming in Tai Po and North District - Heung Yuen Wai Highway, Tai Po District Council Paper No. 84/2018
- ↑ G. N. 1094: Street Naming, HKSAR Government Gazette Vol. 23 Issue No. 05, 1 February 2019.
- ↑ "Permanent Secretary for Development officiates at opening of Heung Yuen Wai Highway (with photos)", Hong Kong Government News Release. 24 May 2019 .
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Opening of Heung Yuen Wai Highway" [Traffic Notice], 20 May 2019.
External links[]
- CEDD's website: Liantang/Heung Yuen Wai Boundary Control Point and Associated Works - Site Formation and Infrastructure Works
- Liantang/Heung Yuen Wai Port and Related Projects
- Heung Yuen Wai Highway website
- Lands Department Website: Street Naming - Heung Yuen Wai Highway
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