Bridge linking Hong Kong to mainland China proves more popular with Easter visitors than high-speed rail link
- Passenger numbers for inward and outbound journeys on Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge dwarf rail option
- Daily figures for Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link below government’s earlier projection
More travellers used the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge over the Easter weekend than took the express rail between mainland China and Hong Kong.
According to the Immigration Department, 359,249 inward and outbound travellers used the bridge’s port between Friday and Sunday last week.
During the same period, a total of 233,451 passed through the city’s West Kowloon station on the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link.
Apart from last Friday, when 80,967 passengers used the express rail, daily passenger numbers on Saturday and Sunday fell short of the government’s earlier projection of 80,100. From Friday to Sunday last week, the average passenger flow on the express rail was 77,817.
Despite the opening of the two cross-border links late last year, the border immigration port at Lo Wu remained the most popular option over the Easter holidays.