10,000 daily tickets go on sale for high-speed rail link between Hong Kong and mainland China
- Recently built route offers new stops at Dongguan, Dongguan South and Guangzhou East
- Thirty-nine trains will head north each day, including six to new Guangzhou East station
Tickets went on sale on Thursday for the nearly 80 trains that will be travelling daily along the line, which suspended operation of its Hong Kong leg three years ago when the pandemic erupted.
A recently built route offers new stops at Dongguan, Dongguan South and Guangzhou East, in addition to the existing ones along the line to Guangzhou South.
Secretary for Transport and Logistics Lam Sai-hung said the number of tickets for trains heading north would be limited to 5,000 for now.
“We will review the operation flow and tourist demand soon after reopening to see if we need to sell more tickets and add more trains, including long-haul ones,” he said.
“There is always demand for trains heading to Guangzhou, and we believe the Guangzhou East station will be attractive to travellers. There are also a lot of new attractions, such as the M+ museum and Palace Museum, near the West Kowloon terminus, and we believe tourists will like them.”
Lam said it would be crucial for service to resume to Shenzhen North and Guangzhou South stations, as these two original stops were important links to the wider mainland express-rail network.