Getting Your Bearings in Yuen Long San Hui
Yuen Long San Hui — literally "Yuen Long New Market" — is the newer of the two historic market areas that together grew into Yuen Long Town, in the western New Territories of Hong Kong. The old market, Yuen Long Kau Hui, sits to the north near the present-day Yuen Long station; San Hui took shape after the British lease of the New Territories in 1898, when Castle Peak Road was built to link the New Territories with Kowloon and villagers proposed relocating the market to the new main road.
Today San Hui is a compact, busy commercial quarter centred on Shui Che Kwun Street, with nearby streets including Castle Peak Road – Yuen Long, Kuk Ting Street, Tai Fung Street, Tai Cheung Street and Yau San Street. The most prosperous part of town lies east of the Shan Pui River near Castle Peak Road, an area nicknamed the "Mong Kok of the west" for its dense concentration of shops and offices. Practically speaking, this means you can treat San Hui as a walkable base and reach almost everything else in the district by rail, bus or taxi.
How Visitors Get Around
Hong Kong's public transport is dense, frequent and easy to use without a car. In and around Yuen Long, your realistic options are the MTR rail network (heavy rail plus Light Rail), franchised buses, public light buses (minibuses), and taxis. Fares are generally paid per journey with an Octopus card or contactless payment on the MTR and most buses, or in cash on minibuses and taxis. For a short stay, an Octopus card is the simplest way to move between modes without buying individual tickets.
Rail: MTR and Light Rail
Yuen Long is served by two tiers of rail. The heavy-rail Tuen Ma line runs through the town, with Long Ping station the closest stop to San Hui — roughly a five-minute walk away. From Long Ping you can ride the Tuen Ma line toward Wu Kai Sha and connect onward into Kowloon and the rest of the network. Yuen Long station, a little further north, is the other main heavy-rail stop for the town.
The Light Rail is a local system that has served the corridor between Tuen Mun and the heart of Yuen Long since 1988, and it remains an essential part of everyday life for commuters. Within Yuen Long Town there are several Light Rail stops — Yuen Long, Tai Tong Road, Hong Lok Road, Fung Nin Road and Shui Pin Wai — where you can interchange with the heavy rail at Yuen Long. For San Hui, the nearest Light Rail stop is Fung Nin Road, about a four-minute walk, served by routes 610, 614 and 615. The Light Rail runs late: route 614, for example, has a first departure from the nearby stop in the early morning and a last departure after midnight, and the Tuen Ma line likewise runs from around dawn until well past midnight.
Tickets and fares on both heavy rail and Light Rail are handled through the MTR system, so an Octopus card or a single-journey ticket covers you; on the Light Rail you tap in and out at the platform readers.
Buses and Other Public Transport
Yuen Long is served by many bus routes, mostly operated by KMB, alongside MTR Bus, Long Win (LWB) and New Territories routes. San Hui itself is extremely well served on foot: several bus stops sit within a minute or two of Shui Che Kwun Street, including stops on Castle Peak Road near Kam Fung Building and outside the same building, plus stops on Kuk Ting Street, Tai Fung Street and Yau San Street.
Useful categories of service from around San Hui include:
- Local and cross-district KMB routes such as 68M to Tsuen Wan Station and 68X toward Mong Kok, plus many others (53, 54, 64K, 68 series, 76K, 77K, 269D, 276/276P and more) that link Yuen Long with the rest of the New Territories and Kowloon.
- Airport and Lantau routes operated by LWB, including the A36, A37, E36, E36A, E36P and E36S, plus the overnight N30 and NA36 — handy if you are heading to or from the airport.
- Boundary-crossing routes such as B1 to Lok Ma Chau Station and B2, useful for onward travel to Shenzhen.
- MTR Bus feeder routes (K65, K66, K68, K73, K74) that connect the town with nearby areas and rail stations.
- Overnight services including KMB N269, LWB N30 and NA36, and the harbour-crossing N368, so late arrivals are not stranded.
Public light buses fill in the gaps. Green minibuses run fixed routes with fixed fares, while red minibuses are more flexible and typically charge in cash. Green minibus routes serving the area include numbers in the 31–39, 44B, 71–78 and 601–612 ranges, and overnight green minibuses (606S, 607S, 610S, 616S) cover the small hours. Red minibuses from Yuen Long run to destinations such as Tuen Mun, Jordan, Sheung Shui, Tai Po, Tsuen Wan, Lok Ma Chau and Kwun Tong.
Taxis and Ride-Hailing
Yuen Long is served by both urban red taxis and New Territories green taxis. The distinction matters: red taxis can take you to Kowloon and Hong Kong Island, while green taxis are for journeys within the New Territories. Both types can connect you to Hong Kong International Airport. Taxis are metered and generally paid in cash, so keep some change handy. Ride-hailing apps operate in Hong Kong as well, but taxis remain the most straightforward on-demand option in this part of the New Territories.
Walkability
San Hui is a genuinely walkable neighbourhood. The market area is compact, and the practical landmarks — the bus stops on Shui Che Kwun Street and Castle Peak Road, the Light Rail stop at Fung Nin Road, and Long Ping MTR station — are all within a few minutes on foot of one another. The town is divided east–west by the Shan Pui River and north–south by Castle Peak Road, so orienting yourself around those two lines makes navigation simple. The eastern side, near Castle Peak Road, is where the shops and offices cluster and is the busiest, most convenient part of town to explore on foot.
Getting from the Airport into the City
Hong Kong International Airport is well connected to Yuen Long by both bus and taxi. On the bus side, LWB operates a family of airport routes serving the Yuen Long area, including the A36 and A37 (the "A" routes are the more direct airport services), the E36, E36A, E36P and E36S (the "E" routes are generally cheaper, serving more local stops), and the overnight N30 and NA36 for late-night arrivals. Some of these run from Yuen Long Station, Kam Sheung Road Station, Pat Heung Road and Ma Wang Road, so check which stop is closest to your accommodation before you travel.
By taxi, both red urban taxis and green New Territories taxis make the connection to the airport, giving you a direct, door-to-door option if you are carrying luggage or arriving outside bus hours. If you are coming from the airport by rail instead, take the Airport Express or a taxi to a heavy-rail interchange and continue on the Tuen Ma line to Long Ping or Yuen Long station, then walk or take a short Light Rail or bus hop into San Hui.
Practical Tips
- Get an Octopus card early — it works across the MTR, Light Rail, most buses and many shops, and saves you fumbling for change.
- Remember the taxi colour rule: red for Kowloon and Hong Kong Island, green for within the New Territories.
- Keep small change for minibuses and taxis, which are typically cash-based.
- If you are out late, note that the Tuen Ma line and Light Rail run until well after midnight, and overnight buses and minibuses cover the gap.
- Use Long Ping station or the Fung Nin Road Light Rail stop as your anchors for San Hui, and orient yourself by the Shan Pui River and Castle Peak Road.