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Guangzhou–Hong Kong high-speed train
穗港高速动车组列车
穗港高速動車組列車
An Vibrant Express EMU on the G6581 service (front) and a CR400BF-A EMU on G6503 service (back) at Guangzhou South
Overview
Service typeG-series trains
StatusOperational
Locale
First service23 September 2018
Current operator(s)
Route
Termini

Hong Kong West Kowloon
Distance travelled142 kilometres (88 mi)
Average journey time47m - 1h 11m
Train number(s)
  • G6501-G6516、G6525-G6530、G6534-G6540 (operated by CRH, for Guangzhou South)
  • G6545-G6570 (operated by CRH, for Guangzhou East)
  • G6581-G6588 (operated by MTR)
Line(s) used
On-board services
Class(es)
  • Business seat (only CR400 trains)
  • First class seat
  • Second class seat
Catering facilities
  • Dining car (only CR400, CRH1 trains)
  • Trolley refreshment service
Technical
Rolling stock


Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Electrification25 kV 50 Hz AC (Overhead line)
Operating speed
  • 350 km/h (Shenzhen North - Dongguan South)
  • 300 km/h (Guangzhou South - Shenzhen North)
  • 200 km/h (Shenzhen North - West Kowloon, Dongguan South - Guangzhou East)
Track owner(s)

The Guangzhou–Hong Kong high-speed train (simplified Chinese: 穗港高速动车组列车; traditional Chinese: 穗港高速動車組列車) are high-speed train services operating between Hong Kong West Kowloon in Hong Kong and Guangzhou, at which both the Guangzhou South Station and Guangzhou East Station are in use.

History

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  • On September 23, 2018, due to the opening of the Hong Kong section of the Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong Express Rail Link, the originally Guangzhou-Shenzhen high-speed trains numbered G6501-G6558 were extended to serve Hong Kong West Kowloon station, becoming the "Guangzhou-Hong Kong high-speed trains".[1] At the same time, the MTR Corporation's Vibrant Express also started operations, launching Guangzhou-Hong Kong high-speed trains numbered G6581-G6588。
  • From July 10 2019, due to the adjustment of the national railway operation map, 4 Guangzhou-Hong Kong high-speed trains became the Tianjin-Hong Kong high-speed train, the Chongqing-Hong Kong high-speed train, Nanning-Hong Kong high-speed train and the Zhaoqing-Hong Kong high-speed train, reducing the number of direct trains to 2 round trips. In addition, trains G6508/13/14 were officially put into operation the next day due to the Chongqing-Hong Kong high-speed train needing to go back to the depot.[2][3]
  • Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, from January 30, 2020, services to and from Hong Kong West Kowloon station were temporarily suspended, resulting in Guangzhou-Hong Kong high-speed trains numbered G6515-6519, G6521-6525, G6533-6535, G6537, G6539/40 were shortened to Futian, while G6541/36 was shortened to Shenzhen North. Other trains were cancelled,[4] with affected passengers receiving an unconditional refund.[5]
  • From January 15 2023, services between Hong Kong West Kowloon and Guangzhou South resumed and new services to Guangzhou East railway station were started (branded as "The new Guangzhoudong route",[6] the "Guangzhou–Kowloon through train",[7] and the "Guangzhou-Kowloon high-speed through train"[8]), utilising China Railway CRH1A-A trains as power and it has intermediate stops at Dongguan South and Dongguan stations.[9] The train would depart Hong Kong West Kowloon, then arrive at Shenzhen North, run on the Ganzhou–Shenzhen high-speed railway connecting line from 2021, then connecting to the Guangzhou-Shenzhen railway after Dongguan South station. The full-trip first-class and second-class ticket prices are the same as those for the train to Guangzhou South Station. On January 15, the Guangzhou-Kowloon Passenger Transport Section invited four generations of Guangzhou-Kowloon Through Train crew members to board the first train, G6551, from Guangzhou East to Hong Kong West Kowloon.[10]
  • On April 1, 2023, as trains from Hong Kong West Kowloon Station to outside Guangdong Province were resuming, the number of trains from Hong Kong West Kowloon to Guangzhou South returned to the pre-epidemic period, and 4 of the trains from Hong Kong West Kowloon to Guangzhou East did not stop at Dongguan Station, but stopped at Changping railway station instead. At the same time, all trains between Hong Kong West Kowloon and Guangzhou East have also been replaced with the CRH1A Electric Multiple Unit,[11] other than G6501/2 which was operated by the Fuxing CR400BF-Z Smart Electrical Multiple Unit.
  • From April 5 2023, Train no. G6538 no longer stopped at Humen. It would stop at Qingsheng railway station instead.
  • On July 1, 2023, China Railway adjusted the operation map and added 3 pairs of trains between Hong Kong West Kowloon and Guangzhou East, increasing the number of trains from Hong Kong West Kowloon to Guangzhou East to 10 and the number of trains from Guangzhou East to 9 every day.[12]。
  • On October 11, 2023, China Railway adjusted the operation map and the rolling stock used on the Guangzhou East to Hong Kong West Kowloon services were changed from CRH1A-A trains to CR300AF trains, while an additional service from Guangzhou East to Hong Kong West Kowloon was added.[13]
  • On January 10, 2024, China Railway adjusted the operation map and the last train from Guangzhou East was made to depart at 20:50.[14]

Operations

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  • ● : stop at the station
  • － : pass the station

Towards Hong Kong West Kowloon

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The display board outside a train on the G6503 service
A CR400AF-A EMU on G6511 train at Shenzhen North
G6531 train at Futian
From Guangzhou South
Train No. Departure Guangzhou South Qingsheng Humen Guangmingcheng Shenzhen North Futian Hong Kong West Kowloon Notes
G6539 07:04 ● ● － ● ● － ●
G6505 08:16 ● ● ● － ● － ●
G6527 08:41 ● － ● ● ● － ●
G6581 09:46 ● － ● － ● － ● Operated by MTR Vibrant Express
G6503 10:02 ● － － － － － ●
G6511 10:42 ● － － － ● － ●
G6515 10:57 ● － ● ● ● － ●
G6541 11:27 ● － － － ● － ●
G6529 11:55 ● － ● － ● － ●
G6583 12:16 ● － － － ● － ● Operated by MTR Vibrant Express
G6525 13:53 ● － ● － ● － ●
G6531 15:00 ● － － ● － ●
G6537 15:27 ● － ● － ● － ●
G6513 17:57 ● － － － － － ●
G6585 18:33 ● － ● － ● ● ● Operated by MTR Vibrant Express
G6509 20:26 ● － ● － ● － ●
G6587 21:50 ● － － － － － ● Operated by MTR Vibrant Express
From Guangzhou East
Train No. Departure Guangzhou East Dongguan Changping Dongguan South Shenzhen North Futian Hong Kong West Kowloon
G6551 07:56 ● － ● ● ● － ●
G6553 10:13 ● ● － ● ● － ●
G6555 12:01 ● ● － ● ● － ●
G6557 14:27 ● － ● ● ● ● ●
G6559 16:19 ● ● － ● ● － ●
G6561 19:56 ● ● － ● ● ● ●

Towards Guangzhou South

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The G6548 train at Hong Kong West Kowloon
A CR400AF-A EMU on G6548 service arriving Guangzhou South
The MTR-operated G6582 train at Humen
Train No. Departure Hong Kong West Kowloon Futian Shenzhen North Guangmingcheng Humen Qingsheng Guangzhou South Notes
G6582 08:25 ● ● ● - ● - ● Operated by MTR Vibrant Express
G6510 09:19 ● - ● - ● - ●
G6540 10:05 ● - - - ●
G6534 10:42 ● - ● - ● - ●
G6584 11:15 ● - ● - - ● Operated by MTR Vibrant Express
G6516 12:31 ● - ● - ● - ●
G6530 13:25 ● ● ● - ● - ●
G6536 13:50 ● - ● - ● - ●
G6542 15:10 ● ● ● - ● - ●
G6508 16:19 ● ● - ● - ●
G6586 16:57 ● - ● ● - - ● Operated by MTR Vibrant Express
G6526 17:13 ● - - - - - ●
G6538 17:30 ● - ● - ● ●
G6502 18:55 ● - ● - ● - ●
G6514 19:06 ● - ● - ● - ●
G6588 20:02 ● ● ● - ● - ● Operated by MTR Vibrant Express
G6506 22:21 ● - ● - - - ●
G6504 22:50 ● - ● - - - ●

Towards Guangzhou East

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Train No. Departure Hong Kong West Kowloon Futian Shenzhen North Dongguan South Changping Dongguan Guangzhou East
G6552 08:06 ● - ● ● - - ●
G6554 10:00 ● - ● ● ● - ●
G6556 12:26 ● - ● ● - ● ●
G6558 14:19 ● - ● ● - ● ●
G6560 16:42 ● - ● ● - ● ●
G6562 19:21 ● - ● ● ● - ●
G6564 22:12 ● - ● ● - - ●

Other services

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There are some other trains also providing high-speed train connections between Guangzhou and Hong Kong.[15]

Rolling stocks

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CR400AF-A EMUs are used on the trains operated by CR Guangzhou and CR400BF-A EMUs are used on the G6503/6504 trains operated by CR Shanghai. The EMUs have the formation shown below.[16][17]

Car No. 1 2 3-7 8 9 10-14 15 16
Type SW
Business 		ZY
First class 		ZE
Second class 		ZE
Second class 		ZEC
Second class/Dining car 		ZE
Second class 		ZY
Second class 		ZYS
Business/First class

The Vibrant Express of MTR are operated by 8-car trainsets with first and second class seats only. A total of 68 first class seats are available in the first and last cars in 2+2 formation. The middle cars offer 511 second class seats in 3+2 formation, with wheelchair spaces are provided on the seventh car.[18][19]

Car No. 1 2-6 7 8
Type ZY
First class 		ZE
Second class 		ZE
Second class 		ZY
First class

CRH1A are used on the trains operated by CR Guangzhou for train services between Hong Kong West Kowloon Station and Guangzhou East Station. Due to the performance limitation of the train and the speed limit of the road section, its maximum operating speed is 200 km/h.

Car No. 1 2-4 5 6-7 8
Type ZY
First Class 		ZE
Second class 		ZEC
Second class/Dining car 		ZE
Second class 		ZYT
First class/Premier

References

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  1. ^ "Short-haul train schedule Archived 2021-03-23 at the Wayback Machine" (MTR Corporation, Retrieved 7 September 2018.)
  2. ^ Coverage extension to additional 14 stations Archived 2019-10-26 at the Wayback Machine MTR High-Speed Rail 2019-06-10
  3. ^ "中国铁路广州局集团有限公司关于自2019年7月10日起部分旅客列车调整运行区段的公告". China Railway Customer Service Center. 2019-06-12. Archived from the original on 2019-07-11. Retrieved 2019-07-12.
  4. ^ "中国铁路广州局集团有限公司关于调整广州局集团公司管内至香港西九龙部分动车组列车开行方案的公告" (in Chinese (China)). 中国铁路12306. 2020-01-29. Archived from the original on 2020-01-29. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
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  6. ^ "High Speed Rail new route going to Guangzhoudong via Dongguan". MTR. 2023-01-15. Archived from the original on 2023-01-19. Retrieved 2023-01-15.
  7. ^ 吴涛 (2023-01-15). "从广九铁路到广九高铁直通车——广州与香港续写百年铁路"情缘"". Xinhuanet (in Chinese (China)). Archived from the original on 2023-06-03. Retrieved 2024-03-19.
  8. ^ 李刚 (2023-01-16). "广深港高铁全线恢复运营". Renmin Ribao (in Chinese (China)). Archived from the original on 2024-03-19. Retrieved 2024-03-19.
  9. ^ "Service resumption of Hong Kong section of Express Rail Link from January 15". The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. 2023-01-11. Archived from the original on 2023-02-02. Retrieved 2023-01-11.
  10. ^ "驶过百年沧海桑田，这条铁路串起粤港澳大湾区的过去与未来" (in Chinese). Nanfang plus. 2023-01-16. Archived from the original on 2023-01-17. Retrieved 2023-01-16.
  11. ^ "广深港高铁香港段4月1日起重开跨省列车" (in Chinese). 新华网. 2023-03-21. Archived from the original on 2023-03-25. Retrieved 2023-03-22.
  12. ^ "广深港高铁香港段7月1日起新增四川省长途线路" (in Simplified Chinese). Xinhuanet. 2023-06-15. Archived from the original on 2023-06-16. Retrieved 2023-06-15.
  13. ^ 谢哲 (2023-10-04). "今天已放票！广深港高铁11日起新增5个站点直达香港" (in Simplified Chinese). 羊城晚报. Archived from the original on 2023-11-10. Retrieved 2023-06-15 – via Jinyangwang.
  14. ^ "香港往返深圳福田高铁下月10日起每日增至98班" (in Simplified Chinese). Xinhua Community. 2023-12-27. Archived from the original on 2024-01-02. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
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  16. ^ "CR400AF-A/B动车组". www.china-emu.cn (in Chinese (China)). Retrieved 2018-10-10.
  17. ^ "CR400BF-A/B动车组". www.china-emu.cn (in Chinese (China)). Retrieved 2018-10-10.
  18. ^ "Train Facilities". MTR. Retrieved 2018-10-10.
  19. ^ "CRH380A港铁". www.china-emu.cn (in Chinese (China)). Retrieved 2018-10-10.
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