Shenzhen Bay port: hours, access, and what it connects to

Updated August 6, 2026

Shenzhen Bay Port clears passengers for 17 and a half hours a day, from 6:30am to midnight, which makes it the second longest window of Hong Kong's five land crossings after Huanggang, the only one that never closes. If you live anywhere near Tuen Mun or Yuen Long and cross into Shenzhen on a regular basis, this is probably already your crossing, not because it's the fastest at every hour of the day, but because it's the one crossing with a bus that goes straight from your neighborhood to the checkpoint door.

one building, one set of checks

Shenzhen Bay runs on a co-location arrangement, 一地兩檢 if you've noticed the characters on the signage. Hong Kong immigration leases part of the ground floor in the same building the mainland side uses, so you clear both sets of checks without walking between two separate halls the way you do at Lo Wu or the Lok Ma Chau Spur Line. You queue once for Hong Kong exit, walk a short distance inside the same structure, then queue again for mainland entry. It isn't instant, but it's one building, not a bridge crossing between two.

That single-building design is also why the port has its own dedicated bus and coach terminus built into the same complex. You don't cross a road or catch a shuttle to reach onward transport on either side. It's one of the tidier crossings on the list, which is part of why locals default to it once they've used it a few times.

getting there from Tuen Mun and Yuen Long

From Tuen Mun, Citybus route B3 runs from Tuen Mun Ferry Pier through San Shek Wan, Goodview Garden, and Tuen Mun Town Centre before terminating at the port. Buses start around 6:55am and the last one leaves near 12:20am, timed to catch people right up against the port's midnight cutoff. The fare is $16.5.

From Yuen Long, it's New Lantao Bus, backed by Kwoon Chung Bus Holdings, running route B2 from Yuen Long MTR Station through Ping Shan, Hung Shui Kiu, and Lam Tei. The fare is $15.8 for the full run, $11.3 for shorter sections. If you're further out in Tin Shui Wai, the B2P variant picks up from Tin Tsz Estate instead, though I couldn't pin down a confirmed fare for that leg specifically, so check the board before you rely on it.

None of these are Octopus-and-forget trips in the way an MTR ride is, and none of them are run by KMB, which throws people who assume every cross-town bus belongs to the same operator. If you're not starting from Tuen Mun or Yuen Long, it's worth running your route through our tool for choosing a border crossing before you commit, because Shenzhen Bay's whole advantage rests on living near one of those two bus lines. From most of Kowloon or the New Territories east side, you're usually better off elsewhere.

what's waiting on the Shenzhen side: Shekou and Line 13

The checkpoint building sits right in Shekou, in Nanshan district, at the southwestern tip of the city. That matters because Shenzhen Bay Checkpoint metro station opened directly underneath the building on 28 December 2024, putting you on Shenzhen Metro Line 13 the moment you clear customs. Line 13 runs north through Talent Park, Houhai, and Shenzhen University toward the Hi-Tech Zone, and a second phase pushed the line further to Shangwu at the end of 2025. It's operated by MTR CREC Metro (Shenzhen), a joint venture that includes MTR Corporation, so the fare gates and platform layout will feel oddly familiar.

If the metro isn't where you're headed, local bus routes 31, 90, 98, 123, 217, and 245 all stop right outside and spread out across Shekou and wider Nanshan. This is also the crossing to use if Qianhai is your actual destination: Sam's Club opened its Qianhai store a short ride from here, and it's the branch of the chain that sits closest to this particular port. Our guide to Sam's Club in Shenzhen covers what's different about each store Hong Kong shoppers actually use.

One thing to sort out before you're standing at a till: Octopus doesn't work at mainland shops beyond the transit exception on the metro itself, so don't expect to tap your travel card at a Shekou convenience store. WeChat Pay HK and Alipay HK now both cover taxis and most retail across the city, and our guide to paying in Shenzhen as a Hong Kong resident walks through setting either one up before you're the person holding up the queue.

Once you're through the gates and into Shekou, the port itself is really just the doorway, not the destination, and this crossing earns its keep most on a day built around it rather than a quick there-and-back. Our weekend itinerary from Hong Kong picks up right there, building a full Saturday around this same port, the Qianhai Sam's Club run, and a route home before the Sunday crowds hit the checkpoint.