Shanghai-Kowloon Through Train

Shanghai-Kowloon Through Train at the Shanghai Railway Station

The Shanghai-Kowloon Through Train is an intercity railway service between Kowloon Station (also known as Hung Hom Station) in Hong Kong and the Shanghai Railway Station, jointly operated by the MTR of Hong Kong and China's national rail service (Shanghai Railway Bureau). The numbers of this train service is Z99B (being away from Shanghai) and Z100B (being towards Shanghai). Services operate along the East Rail Line in Hong Kong, crossing the boundary between Hong Kong and mainland China at Lo Wu and then continuing along China's railway network via the Guangshen railway, Jingguang railway and the Hukun railway to Shanghai. The Through Train runs every other day. The journey time is approximately 20 hours.

The stops on the route are Guangzhou East, Zhuzhou and Jinhuaxi Railway Station. Only passengers taking Z99A/Z100A (Shanghai-Guangzhou East) can disembark at these stops.

Since 1st October 2003, passengers who are taking Z99B/100B cannot disembark the train at the stops listed above, as all travelers to Hong Kong from Shanghai clear Chinese immigration and customs at Shanghai Railway Station, and once they have done so they are considered to have left Mainland China and are no longer permitted to leave the train until their arrival at Hung Hom Station. The same rule also applies to Northbound travelers who will clear Chinese immigration once they have arrived at Shanghai Railway Station.[1] 144-hour visa-free transit for passengers who are of selected nationalities are available since 30 January 2016.[2]

Train carriages

Shanghai-Kowloon Through Train uses 25T class train carriages. The train has 18 carriages in total. But only 11 carriages go to Hong Kong because other 7 carriages serve Z99A/Z100A, they are separated(for Z99B go to Hong Kong) at the Guangzhou East Railway Station.

Carriage number 123－67－9101112-1415-1718
Type of carriages XL25T
Baggage car
(Chinese:
行李车) 		YW25T
Hard sleeper
(Chinese:
硬卧车) 		YW25T
Hard Sleeper		 RW25T
Soft sleeper
(Chinese:
软卧车)		 RW19T
Luxury Soft Sleeper
(Chinese:
高级包厢软卧车）		 CA25T
Dining car
(Chinese:
餐车)		 YW25T
Hard Sleeper
 YZ25T
Hard seat
(Chinese:
硬座车)		 YW25T
Hard Sleeper
Notes Carriages No.1-11 go to Hong Kong（Z99B/Z100B） Carriages No.12-18 only serve passengers taking Z99A/Z100A

Timetable

Shanghai-Kowloon Through Train
Z99[3] Stops Z100[4]
ArriveDepartArriveDepart
—18:02Shanghai10:22—
21:0421:08Jinghua07:0207:06
03:0503:21Zhuzhou00:5101:11
10:0811:04Guangzhou East17:1618:12
13:01—Kowloon—15:15

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://big5.huaxia.com/zt/2003-21/902652.html
  2. ↑ http://www.sh-immigration.gov.cn/listPageEn.aspx?lx=40&id=4414
  3. ↑ "T99B列车时刻表_T99B次列车时刻表_T99B次列车票价_T99B次列车 (T99B Train Timetable and Train Fare)". 8684.cn.
  4. ↑ "T100B列车时刻表_T100B次列车时刻表_T100B次列车票价_T100B次列车 (T100B Train Timetable and Train Fare)". 8684.cn.
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