Chinanews.com, January 12. According to the WeChat official account of "China Railway", the Futian-Hong Kong West Kowloon section of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link, which has been out of service for nearly three years due to the epidemic, plans to gradually resume operations on January 15, and Hong Kong West Kowloon Station will be synchronized. Resume passenger transport business.
In the early stage of resuming operations, the railway department will arrange for cross-border high-speed rail trains from Guangzhou and Shenzhen to Hong Kong West Kowloon, with an average of 38.5 pairs of high-speed rail EMU passenger trains running every day.
Among them, there are 8 pairs from Hong Kong West Kowloon to Guangzhou South, 6 pairs to Guangzhou East, 10.5 pairs to Shenzhen North, and 14 pairs to Futian.
In the next step, the railway department will also optimize and adjust the operation plan of cross-border high-speed rail trains in a timely manner according to the passenger flow situation, and continue to promote the orderly recovery of cross-border high-speed rail passenger transport.
It is understood that Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong high-speed rail tickets will be pre-sold at 12:00 on January 12. Passengers can purchase cross-border tickets through the 12306 website (including the client), station ticket windows, sales offices, and automatic ticket sales (collection) Tickets can be purchased in various ways.
The railway department reminds that tickets purchased through the 12306 website (including the client terminal) should be no later than 30 minutes before driving, but tickets issued at Hong Kong West Kowloon Station should be no later than 45 minutes before driving.
Passengers should apply for refunds and rebookings no later than the date specified on the ticket and 30 minutes before the departure of the train, but no later than 45 minutes for tickets departing from Hong Kong West Kowloon Station.
Cross-border tickets cannot be changed at the destination station, and tickets after rebooking cannot be refunded.
In terms of epidemic prevention requirements, it is the same as other ports. Generally, people traveling between the two places must have a negative nucleic acid test result report within 48 hours.
The railway department warmly reminds that passengers are requested to follow the relevant requirements of epidemic prevention and control and make relevant preparations in advance before travel, so as not to delay your itinerary.