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 .
7-697: Statistics show that the port is the third busiest in the world . 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. It is served by Shenzhen railway station of the Guangshen Railway (formerly
14-563: A list of the busiest airports in the world, by international passenger traffic, as of 2018. Airports serving international passengers are effectively checkpoints, and have the proper customs, immigration and quarantine facilities. Airports Council International 's (January–December) preliminary figures are as follows. This is a list of the busiest seaports in the world, with proper customs, immigration and quarantine facilities to be deemed as maritime checkpoints . Although figures simply represent total passenger traffic, most (if not, all) of
21-401: A place where a road crosses an internal Schengen border is legally not a "border crossing point". This is a list of the busiest land border checkpoints in the world, handling more than 35 million travelers in both directions annually. These travelers (or individual crossings) comprise pedestrians, drivers and vehicle passengers. International border checkpoints are in green. Notes: This is
28-520: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Border checkpoint#Land A border checkpoint is a location on an international border where travelers or goods are inspected and allowed (or denied) passage through. Authorization often is required to enter a country through its borders. Access-controlled borders often have a limited number of checkpoints where they can be crossed without legal sanctions. Arrangements or treaties may be formed to allow or mandate less restrained crossings (e.g.
35-544: The Schengen Agreement ). Land border checkpoints (land ports of entry) can be contrasted with the customs and immigration facilities at seaports , international airports , and other ports of entry . Checkpoints generally serve two purposes: Checkpoints are usually staffed by a uniformed service (sometimes referred to as customs service or border patrol agents ). In some countries (e.g. China) there are border checkpoints for both those entering and those exiting
42-742: 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 . 6:30 a.m. to midnight every day. Guangzhou–Shenzhen railway : Shenzhen railway station This Guangdong location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This law enforcement –related article
49-552: The country, while in others (e.g. U.S. and Canada), there are border checkpoints only when entering the country. (There are also United States Border Patrol interior checkpoints .) The Schengen Borders Code , which forms part of the law of the European Union , defines some terms as follows (particularities with respect to the EU are left out, in order to emphasize general usability of those definitions): These definitions mean that
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