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starting time for vehicles to start operating was advanced from midnight to 11 pm in January 2005. During those hours, northbound passengers may take taxis and green minibuses to travel directly to the control point from where they may cross the boundary in shuttle buses, while southbound passengers may board taxis and green minibuses at the control point after immigration clearance.
New Boundary Crossings under Construction or Planning
To meet the continuous growth in cross-boundary traffic, new road and rail crossings have been planned in co-ordination with the Mainland authorities.
The proposed Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge (HZMB) will link Hong Kong directly to the Pearl River West. The Central Government approved the project's feasibility study in October 2009. Construction of the Main Bridge commenced in December 2009. Work on the design and construction of the Hong Kong Boundary Crossing Facilities are being carried out to coincide with the commissioning of the Main Bridge in 2016.
The Northern Link will connect the West Rail Line at Kam Sheung Road to the boundary crossing point at Lok Ma Chau. Together with the Lok Ma Chau Spur Line of the East Rail Line, the Northern Link will be a strategic corridor connecting the West Rail and the East Rail Lines in the Northern New Territories.
The Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link will reduce the rail travel time between Guangzhou and Hong Kong. It will also link Hong Kong to Beijing and other major Mainland cities via the Beijing-Guangzhou Passenger Line and the Hangzhou-Fuzhou-Shenzhen Passenger Line. It also will connect Hong Kong to cities in the Pan-Pearl River Delta via the Rapid Transit System now under development in the Mainland. Construction is expected to commence in 2010 for completion in 2015.
The proposed Liantang/Heung Yuen Wai Boundary Control Point (BCP), by connecting with the Eastern Corridor in Shenzhen, will provide efficient access to the eastern part of Guangdong, Fujian and Jiangxi Provinces via Shenzhen-Huizhou and Shenzhen-Shantou expressways. This will significantly shorten the distance between Hong Kong and Shenzhen and the nearby provinces and greatly facilitate future regional co-operation and development.
It will also help redistribute the cross-boundary traffic among the existing boundary crossings in the eastern part of the territories (Man Kam To and Sha Tau Kok BCPs). A study of the Hong Kong Boundary Control Point at Heung Yuen Wai and its connecting road to Fanling Highway is being carried out and a preliminary design for the facility is being prepared.
Cross Boundary Ferries
Cross-boundary ferry services to about 13 Mainland ports and Macao are provided by eight operators at the Hong Kong-Macao Ferry Terminal in Sheung Wan, the China Ferry Terminal in Tsim Sha Tsui and the Tuen Mun Ferry Terminal. The number of cross-boundary travellers using these services to travel to and from
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