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Latest news, in-depth features and opinion on Hong Kong's high-speed rail service, which runs from West Kowloon to Shenzhen and Guangzhou in mainland China.
New services will offer overnight sleeper trips from Hong Kong to Beijing and Shanghai, giving passengers added comfort and convenience.
Commission of inquiry may have ruled that Sha Tin-Central link will be safe to use, but the railway giant has to be held accountable and punished along with the contractor responsible for shoddy works
Stations are being turned into battlegrounds amid increasing violence and, despite services returning to normal fairly quickly, some people are thinking twice about going by train.
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From Wi-fi and food to power sockets and toilets, reporters on board maiden trip look at basic features and why some travellers were ‘baffled’.
But not all passengers satisfied with service, with some complaining lack of Wi-fi left them without entertainment.
Transport minister Lam Sai-hung says city will discuss increasing train frequency with mainland Chinese operator if there is demand.
Reliability of schedules, internet access and appeal to those averse to flying among reasons for attractiveness of new train service.
New overnight trains with sleeper carriages to take 12½ hours to Beijing and 11 hours to Shanghai.
New overnight trains with sleeper carriages to take 12½ hours to Beijing and 11 hours to Shanghai.
Chief Executive John Lee welcomes new arrangement and expresses gratitude to the central government and China Railway for their ‘care’.
Guangzhou South-bound routes G6528, G6516, G6530 and G6536 suspended on Thursday, as well as Hong Kong-bound routes G6527, G6515, G6529 and G6535.
Cancellations on Thursday and Friday affect G305 and G306 routes to Tianjin West, as well as G6505 and G6506 trains between Hong Kong and Guangzhou South.
After five years, China’s efforts to integrate its populous south under its Greater Bay Area blueprint appear to have borne fruit, with transport between regions already taking less time – and future construction aims to make those trips even faster and easier.
Readers discuss the divisive rhetoric used to counter arguments for marriage equality, the unspoken reason for West Kowloon Cultural District’s fiscal deficit and a missed opportunity to support student health.
The Hong Kong-Shenzhen route has seen the ‘most significant growth’, MTR Corp says.
New policy by Beijing aimed at easing crunch since border between city and rest of country reopened in February after years of pandemic shutdown,
Services to three destinations in Guangdong will also resume from next Saturday, authorities say.
Secretary for Transport and Logistics Lam Sai-hung reveals move a day after city announced it would drop all Covid-19 curbs for cross-border travellers.
Lengthy commute does not fit ‘definition of high-speed rail,’ lawmaker and former railway boss Michael Tien says.
West Kowloon terminus is latest control point in city to reopen, with some 6,500 travellers arriving or departing from station as of 6pm on Sunday.
Quota for those in private cars and cross-boundary hire-car services passing through Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge also doubled between January 18 and 21.
Some complain of lengthy delays for mobile or email verification from service’s official website.
Three hundred people line up outside West Kowloon high-speed rail terminus before in-person ticket sales begin at 2pm.
Recently built route offers new stops at Dongguan, Dongguan South and Guangzhou East.
Resumption of services from Lo Wu and Lok Ma Chau will not clash with commuters during the morning rush hour, MTR Corp’s head of cross-boundary operations says.
