There is a direct high-speed railway from Hong Kong to Guangzhou. Since September 23, 2018, the high-speed railway from Hong Kong to the mainland via Shenzhen and Guangzhou has been officially put into operation. The high-speed railway from Hong Kong to Guangzhou can reach as soon as 47 minutes.
The departing station in Hong Kong is [Hong Kong West Kowloon], and the terminal station in Guangzhou is [Guangzhou south], between which there are many stop-over stations, including [Futian], [Shenzhen North], [Guangming City], [Humen], [Qingsheng].
The fastest train of the Hong Kong-Guangzhou high-speed railway takes only 47 minutes, since it arrives at Guangzhou South Station directly after departing from Hong Kong, without any stop-over stations. The slowest train takes 1 hour and 11 minutes, since it stops over at all stations except Humen Station.
At present, there are 34 high-speed trains from Hong Kong to Guangzhou, among which 30 are from Hong Kong to terminal station Guangzhou and the rest 4 are from Hong Kong to terminal stations Beijing, Shanghai, Kunming and Changsha respectively, all of which will stop over at Guangzhou South Station.
There are more than 60 high-speed shuttle trains from Hong Kong to Guangzhou every day from early morning to late night, with an interval of about 30 minutes in daytime and about 1 hour in nighttime.
The train with the earliest departure time in Hong Kong is the high-speed train to Beijing, which departs at 8:05 a.m., stops over at Guangzhou South Station at 8:56 a.m. after about 51 minutes, and arrives at Beijing West Station at 17:01 p.m. in the evening of that day.
The latest departure time in Hong Kong is 22:50 p.m. and the train will arrive at the terminal station Guangzhou South Station at 23:41 p.m. after about 51 minutes.
The high-speed train with the earliest arrival time in Hong Kong is the one departing from Guangzhou South Station at 06:48 a.m. and arriving at Hong Kong West Kowloon Station at 07:43 a.m.
The high-speed train with the latest arrival time is the one from Shanghai Hongqiao to Hong Kong, which departs from Shanghai Hongqiao Station at 14:10 p.m., stops over at Guangzhou South Station at 21:32 p.m. and arrives at Hong Kong West Kowloon Station at 22:28 p.m.
There are many high-speed trains shuttle between Hong Kong and Guangzhou, so it is not likely that tickets will not be available on that day. It is suggested that passengers who need to take Hong Kong-Guangzhou high-speed trains can buy train tickets after arriving at the station. In case that your schedule is very tight, for example, you need to arrive in Guangzhou and take the Qinghai-Tibet Railway train on the same day after you arrive at Hong Kong by air, it is recommended to buy ticket in advance.
If tourists need to buy long-distance high-speed train tickets from Hong Kong to Beijing, Shanghai, Kunming, etc., it is more likely to be difficult to buy tickets since the number of direct high-speed train tickets is limited. It's suggested to take a high-speed train to Guangzhou first, for there are more high-speed trains from Guangzhou to mainland of China.
Passengers in Hong Kong can buy tickets through MTR Corporation website, hotline, ticket window of Hong Kong West Kowloon Station, automatic ticket vending (fetching) machine, ticket agency of MTR Corporation, etc. At present, tickets in Hong Kong should be bought in Hong Kong dollars.
Passengers in mainland can buy tickets through ticket website, hotline, ticket window of railway station, ticket agency in mainland, automatic ticket vending (fetching) machine, etc. Tickets in mainland should be bought in China Yuan.
You can also choose to buy high-speed train tickets from our travel agency.
For cross-border passengers who want to change their tickets for high-speed trains running between mainland and Hong Kong, they can only change the tickets once on boarding date, train number and seat class. No refund is allowed for the changed ticket. Ticket refund and change procedures shall be carried out no later than 30 minutes before the depature time specified on the ticket, and no later than 60 minutes for tickets in Hong Kong West Kowloon Station.
When getting off at Hong Kong West Kowloon Station, passengers should firstly go through the procedure for leaving mainland, then leave the mainland port area and get into relevant port area on the same floor, go through the procedure of entering Hong Kong, and then leave the station.
Before getting on trains at Hong Kong West Kowloon Station, passengers should firstly go through the procedure for leaving Hong Kong, then leave the Hong Kong port area and get into the mainland port area on the same floor, and go through the procedure for entering mainland.
Besides Guangzhou, the terminal stations of trains departing from Hong Kong also include Beijing West, Shanghai Hongqiao, Kunming South and Changsha South. In the process of departing from Hong Kong to the above four destination cities, the trains will also stop over at many large and medium-sized cities (details are shown as below). Passengers can get off any of the stop-over stations when taking the high-speed trains.
Hong Kong West Kowloon (departing station) - Shenzhen North - Guangzhou South - Changsha South - Wuhan - Zhengzhou East - Shijiazhuang - Beijing West (terminal station)
Hong Kong West Kowloon (departing station) - Shenzhen North - Guangzhou South - Shaoguan - Changsha South - Nanchang West - Shangrao - Jinhua - Hangzhou East - Shanghai Hongqiao (terminal station)
Hong Kong West Kowloon (departing station) - Shenzhen North - Humen - Guangzhou South - Guilin West - Guiyang North - Kunming South (terminal station)
Hong Kong West Kowloon (departing station) - Shenzhen North - Guangzhou South - Shaoguan - Chenzhou West - Hengyang East - Zhuzhou West - Changsha South (terminal station)
(High-speed trains from Hong Kong to Beijing and from Hong Kong to Shanghai will also stop over at South Changsha, while high-speed trains from Hong Kong to Changsha will stop over at more medium-sized cities.)
For example, if you plan to take a high-speed train from Shanghai back to Hong Kong, but tickets for direct trains from Shanghai to Hong Kong have been sold out, and there are still tickets for the train to Guangzhou South Station, you can buy a ticket for this train to arrive at Guangzhou South Station first, in such case, you must get off the train at Guangzhou South Station and transfer to other high-speed trains with tickets to Hong Kong, instead of directly taking the original high-speed train back to Hong Kong, otherwise you may get heavy fines. Since the check-out security check is very strict, don't take any chances.
Although Hong Kong has opened a direct high-speed railway to mainland at present, there are some differences between the ticketing systems of the two places. They are not fully compatible, especially in the aspects of ticket refund, ticket change, etc. It would be more convenient for ticket refund and ticket change in case of paper tickets.
Usually, there are not too many restrictions on luggage weight when taking high-speed trains in mainland. However, there are restrictions on luggage weight for high-speed trains to and from Hong Kong. Luggage for each child passenger shall not exceed 10kg and luggage for each adult passenger shall not exceed 20kg, with the overweight part charged at RMB20 per kg. Passengers are not allowed to take any animals to the station unless it is a guide dog.
The above is the train information and ticket information about Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Hong Kong high-speed trains. If you have more questions, please contact us for consultation. After the opening of the Hong Kong-Guangzhou high-speed railway, it is more convenient to travel to Tibet from Guangzhou. If you fly to Hong Kong from overseas, you can directly take the high-speed train to Guangzhou South Station, and then travel to Tibet from Guangzhou by plane or train.
Published on September 20, 2018, last updated on December 30, 2019.
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