After six years of redevelopment, the new Huanggang Port is ready. In a joint notice on 9 October, Hong Kong’s Security Bureau and Shenzhen’s port office confirmed it will open at 6:30am on Monday, 12 October, with 24-hour clearance for passengers and passenger vehicles.
At the same time, passenger services at the old crossing between Shenzhen’s temporary port building and Lok Ma Chau Control Point will stop. All Huanggang traffic moves to the new building, which can process up to 200,000 passengers and 15,000 vehicles a day.
How The New Clearance Works
The port sits in Futian, on the Shenzhen side of the border. However, one part of it, the Hong Kong Port Area, has been under Hong Kong jurisdiction since 31 July 2026. This lets both sides run their checks in the same place.
- One queue: travellers line up once, while officers from both sides complete their checks.
- Faster crossing: authorities estimate clearance will drop from around 30 minutes to about five.
- More gates: 134 automated channels and more than 60 manual counters.
- No more shuttle: as the government told the Legislative Council, the yellow buses between San Tin and the two control points are no longer needed.
How To Get There
Instead of changing buses at San Tin, travellers now ride straight into the building. Seven franchised bus routes serve the port, with fares from HK$10.5 to HK$27.6:
- B10 (KMB): Tsing Yi and Kwai Fong
- B11 (KMB): Yuen Long and Tin Shui Wai
- NB73 (KMB, overnight): Sheung Shui, Tai Po and Sha Tin
- B12 (New Lantao Bus): Tai Po and Ma On Shan
- B13 (Citybus): North Point and Chai Wan
- B14 (Citybus): Kai Tak
Six green minibus routes and cross-boundary coaches also stop at the port. A few practical points:
- Taxis: urban and New Territories taxis have their own stands. For bookings, only licensed taxi fleets are allowed, so other ride-hailing apps will not work inside the control area.
- Driving: there is no public car park.
- On the mainland side: the Shenzhen Metro is directly accessible.
What To Expect In The First Days
According to the Secretary for Security’s briefing, the old crossing handled around 40,000 passengers a day, with peaks of 65,000, so the new building has plenty of spare capacity. Before opening, it passed stress tests of up to 20,000 people an hour, two to three times today’s busiest flow.
Even so, authorities advise travellers not to rush to use the port in its first days. Port ambassadors will be on hand to help first-time users find their way.
More links are on the way. The Northern Link Spur Line will bring rail access from Hong Kong by 2034, and a station on the Guangzhou-Shenzhen Intercity Railway will be added later.
Header Image Credit: Hong Kong Government