The Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong High-speed Railway reopened to Hong Kong West Kowloon Station on the 15th
2023-01-19
The picture shows passengers buying tickets at the ticket office of Guangzhou East Railway Station on January 12. Xinhua News Agency reporter Lu Hanxin photographed Xinhua News Agency, Guangzhou/Hong Kong, January 12 (Reporter Wu Tao, Huang Xitian) China Railway Guangzhou Bureau Group Co., Ltd. announced on the 12th that the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong high-speed railway will gradually reopen the West Kowloon Station of Hong Kong from the 15th. The Futian-West Kowloon section of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong high-speed railway has been closed for nearly 3 years due to the epidemic, and only the section in Guangdong is in operation. According to China Railway Guangzhou Bureau Group Co., Ltd., the cross-border high-speed railway trains between Guangzhou, Shenzhen and West Kowloon of Hong Kong will be arranged at the initial stage of the resumption of operation, with an average of 38.5 pairs of high-speed train passenger trains per day. Among them, there are 8 pairs from West Kowloon to Guangzhou South, 6 pairs to Guangzhou East, 10.5 pairs to Shenzhen North, and 14 pairs to Futian. The next step will be to optimize and adjust the operation plan of cross-border high-speed rail trains according to the passenger flow situation, and promote the orderly recovery of cross-border high-speed rail passenger transport. The tickets for Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong high-speed railway will be pre-sale at 12:00 on January 12. Passengers can purchase cross-border tickets through 12306 website (including client), station ticket window, consignment point, automatic ticket machine and other ways. In terms of epidemic prevention requirements, the same as other ports. Generally, people travelling to and from the mainland and Hong Kong must hold a report of negative results of nucleic acid test within 48 hours. Earlier, the Hong Kong SAR Government announced on the 11th that the West Kowloon Port of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong high-speed railway and the Hong Kong section of the high-speed railway would resume service on the 15th. A spokesman for the SAR government said that the SAR government has been closely communicating and coordinating with relevant departments and railway operators in the mainland to ensure that the stations, trains, relevant supporting facilities and staffing arrangements are well prepared. Among them, Hong Kong Railway Corporation, China Railway Group and Guangzhou Railway Group will arrange the train test run from January 8 to familiarize the conductor and staff of Hong Kong and mainland with relevant procedures and cross-border road conditions, and test the system operation. The Hong Kong Disciplinary Force conducted a drill at the West Kowloon port of the high-speed railway early on the 11th to ensure the smooth operation of the port at the early stage of customs clearance. (Outlook New Era)
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