{{Short description|Border crossing between Hong Kong and mainland China}} {{Infobox building | name = Sha Tau Kok Control Point | native_name = {{lang|yue|沙頭角管制站}} | image = | image_size = 300px | caption = | building_type = [[Border control]] | cost = | location = {{flagicon|HKG}} [[Sha Tau Kok]], [[New Territories]], [[Hong Kong]] | location_country = {{CHN}} | namesake = | operator = {{flagicon|HKG}} [[Customs and Excise Department (Hong Kong)|Customs and Excise Department]], [[Immigration Department (Hong Kong)|Immigration Department]] | coordinates = {{coord|22|32|56.8|N|114|13|23.8|E|type:landmark_region:HK|display=inline,title}} | embedded = {{Infobox bridge | embed = yes | carries = Vehicles (cars and lorries) | crosses = [[Frontier Closed Area]] | toll = No toll }} | construction_start_date = | opened_date = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1985|2|28}} | public_transit = | website = [https://www.td.gov.hk/en/transport_in_hong_kong/land_based_cross_boundary_transport/access_to_sha_tau_kok_control_point/index.html td.gov.hk (Hong Kong)] }} '''Sha Tau Kok Control Point''' ({{zh|t=沙頭角管制站}}) is a land [[immigration]] [[Border checkpoint|control point]] of Hong Kong, located in [[Sha Tau Kok]], [[North District, Hong Kong|North District]], [[New Territories]], Hong Kong, along the border between [[mainland China]] and Hong Kong.
==Opening== Sha Tau Kok was the second cross-border road link between Hong Kong and mainland China, after [[Man Kam To Control Point]].<ref name="40million">{{cite news|title=$40 million to be spent on border crossing|work=South China Morning Post|date=1 November 1985|page=13}}</ref> It was officially opened on 28 February 1985 by Zhen Xipui, deputy mayor of [[Shenzhen]], and John Boyd, a Hong Kong government official.<ref name="trafficlinkopened">{{cite news|last1=Cheung|first1=Walter|title=Shumchun traffic link opened|work=South China Morning Post|date=1 March 1985|page=6}}</ref>
The crossing is open from 7am to 10pm.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/200906/24/P200906240237_print.htm |title = Extension of operating hours at Sha Tau Kok Control Point}}</ref> Its counterpart across the border is the [[Shatoujiao Port]].
==Traffic== The control point is mainly used by vehicles (cars and lorries). It acts as a border gateway from or to places in eastern [[Guangdong Province]], such as [[Huizhou]] and [[Chaoshan]]. But it is one of the least frequently used immigration control point in Hong Kong.<ref>[http://www.immd.gov.hk/ehtml/immdctlpts.htm Immigration Control Points] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100210141705/http://www.immd.gov.hk/ehtml/immdctlpts.htm |date=2010-02-10 }}</ref>
Including both drivers and passengers, the Sha Tau Kok Control Point processed 3,866,065 people in 2015, making it the least-used of the four road border crossings in Hong Kong.<ref name="annualreport2015">{{cite web|title=Appendix 7 - Statistics on Passenger Traffic by Control Point|url=http://www.immd.gov.hk/publications/a_report_2015/en/appendices-07.html|website=Annual Report 2015|publisher=Immigration Department}}</ref>
== Public transport == 'Sha Tau Kok Express' buses run to and from [[Sheung Shui]] bus station.
== See also == *[[Sha Tau Kok]] *[[Shan Tsui]]
==References== {{reflist}} {{North District, Hong Kong}} {{China – Hong Kong border crossings}} {{Immigration Control Stations in Hong Kong}}
[[Category:Sha Tau Kok]] [[Category:North District, Hong Kong]] [[Category:China–Hong Kong border crossings]] [[Category:Closed Area]]