More than a fifth of the residential development planned for a West Rail station in Yuen Long has been cut.
It is the fourth such move by the government in 11 months to address public concern about 'walled' buildings along railway lines that block air flow and spoil the view.
One of five 25-storey residential towers planned above a four-storey podium at Long Ping North Station will be removed from the plans.
Three of the remaining towers will increase to 26 storeys, the fourth will be cut to 16 and the podium will be cut to one storey.
Cuts have already been made at Nam Cheong Station and two Tsuen Wan stations on the same line.
Activists fighting massive developments welcomed the change, but urged the government as the major shareholder of the MTR Corporation to do the same with projects above other railway stations.
While property development rights along West Rail - run by the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation before the merger of the two rail operators - are under government control, those along other lines belong to the MTR Corp.