Locwood stop

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Locwood

樂湖
MTR Lightrail icon.svg
MTR Light Rail stop
LocwoodStation.jpg
Locwood stop's Platform
General information
LocationLocwood Court and Sherwood Court, Kingswood Villas
Hong Kong
Owned by KCR Corporation
Operated by MTR Corporation
Line(s) 705 706 761P
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Connections BSicon BUS2.svg Bus, minibus
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station codeLOC (English code)
448 (Digital code)
Fare zone4
History
Opened10 January 1993;31 years ago (1993-01-10)
Services
Preceding stop MTR Lightrail icon.svg MTR Light Rail Following stop
Tin Yiu
Anticlockwise around Tin Shui Wai
705 Tin Shui
One-way operation
Tin Yiu
One-way operation
706 Tin Shui
Clockwise around Tin Shui Wai
Tin Shui
towards Tin Yat
761P Tin Yiu
towards Yuen Long
Location
Hong Kong Railway Route Map blank.svg
Station icon MTR.svg
Locwood
Location within the MTR system

Locwood (Chinese :樂湖) is an MTR Light Rail stop. It is located at ground level at Tin Shui Road, between Locwood Court and Sherwood Court of Kingswood Villas, in Tin Shui Wai, Yuen Long District. It began service on 10 January 1993 and belongs to Zone 4. [1]

History

The stop was planned to be named "Kingswood" (Chinese :嘉湖) before Light Rail Tin Shui Wai Branch started operations in 1993. However, to consider other stops in individual areas of Kingswood Villas afterwards, its name was finalized to "Locwood" when Tin Shui Wai Branch operated.

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References

  1. "Tin Yiu Stop & Locwood Stop" (PDF). MTR Corporation . Retrieved 5 October 2021.

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