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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)
  • G6551-G6570 (operated by CRH, for Guangzhou East)
  • G6581-G6588 (operated by MTR)
Line(s) used
On-board services
Class(es)
  • Business seat (only CR400, CRH1 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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The high-speed train services between Guangzhou and Hong Kong was commenced on 23 September 2018[1] as the G6501-6558 trains formerly operated between Guangzhou and Shenzhen were extended to Hong Kong West Kowloon, when the Hong Kong section of the Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong XRL was opened. The G6581-6588 trains, operated by MTR Vibrant Express, started service on the same day.[2]

From January 30, 2020, due to the impact of the 2019 coronavirus disease epidemic, Hong Kong West Kowloon Station has suspended services, and train services between Hong Kong and mainland China have been suspended[3] together with the Guangzhou–Kowloon through train service that has also been suspended[4] since January 2020. The high-speed train service using Hong Kong West Kowloon Station is resumed on January 15, 2023 and at the same time, new service between Hong Kong West Kowloon Station and Guangzhou East Station[5][6] is also introduced as an alternative to the Guangzhou–Kowloon through train that is under prolonged[4][7] service suspension.

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.[8]

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.[9][10]

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.[11][12]

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. ^ "Hong Kong Launches First High Speed Rail Service". finance.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2018-09-26.
  2. ^ "Short-haul train schedule" (PDF). MTR. Retrieved 2018-10-10.
  3. ^ "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". 中国铁路12306. 2020-01-29. Archived from the original on 2020-01-29. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
  4. ^ a b "'End of an era' for Hong Kong MTR's cross-border through-train services with Guangzhou, Beijing, Shanghai". South China Morning Post. 2022-04-29. Retrieved 2024-03-15.
  5. ^ "高鐵推出廣州東新綫．途經東莞". 港鐵. 2023-01-15. Retrieved 2023-01-15.
  6. ^ "高鐵香港段一月十五日起恢復服務". 香港政府一站通. 2023-01-11. Retrieved 2023-01-11.
  7. ^ "港鐵停保養 城際直通車或永久停運 田北辰：高鐵料明年可抵廣州東站 屆時取消直通車". 明報新聞網 - 每日明報 daily news (in Traditional Chinese). 2022-04-09. Retrieved 2022-05-31.
  8. ^ "Long-haul train schedule" (PDF). MTR. Retrieved 2018-10-10.
  9. ^ "CR400AF-A/B动车组". www.china-emu.cn (in Chinese (China)). Retrieved 2018-10-10.
  10. ^ "CR400BF-A/B动车组". www.china-emu.cn (in Chinese (China)). Retrieved 2018-10-10.
  11. ^ "Train Facilities". MTR. Retrieved 2018-10-10.
  12. ^ "CRH380A港铁". www.china-emu.cn (in Chinese (China)). Retrieved 2018-10-10.
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