Hongkonger Lam Chun and his family hopped onto a high-speed train for the first time last month for a five-day holiday in Zhangjiajie in Hunan province, finding the experience more suitable for travelling with the elderly. The 54-year-old medical sector professional said he accomplished a mission of travelling with his 90-year-old father and 85-year-old mother,…
MTR Corporation has announced that Hong Kong’s high-speed rail network will expand to 113 direct destinations from 1 July, following the addition of three new stations. The new destinations — Guangzhoubei, Yiwu and Fuqingxi — will be added after coordination with mainland railway authorities, extending the reach of the High Speed Rail (Hong Kong Section)…
Tickets for most of the new high-speed rail destinations in mainland China from Hong Kong have sold out for the weekend preceding the Lunar New Year holiday, according to a check by the South China Morning Post on Sunday. The official 12306 train service app indicated that all classes of tickets from Hong Kong’s West…
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Travellers from Hong Kong will have direct high-speed rail access to 16 more mainland Chinese destinations including Nanjing and Wuxi from January 26, the MTR Corporation has said. The rail operator also said on Sunday the sleeper train service to Shanghai’s Hongqiao station would be upgraded to daily operations in response to strong demand. Passengers…
Passengers made more than 30 million trips using Hong Kong’s cross-border high-speed rail link last year, with the figure representing a 17 per cent increase from 2024 and setting a record. The MTR Corporation also revealed on Sunday that the West Kowloon rail terminus set a new single-day ridership record on December 27, when the…
There was a time when landing in Hong Kong felt like arriving in the future. In 1998, the sleek Airport Express glided out of Chek Lap Kok, whisking passengers directly to the heart of the city. It was a symbol of modernity and efficiency, placing Hong Kong among a handful of global cities with a…
An emotional message scribbled on a paper trash bag left on a high-speed train by a mother, expressing her frustration over her teenage child’s addiction to electronic devices, has sparked widespread discussion about parenting on mainland social media. The message resonated with a young passenger days later. This “message in a bottle” was written by…
Amtrak’s NextGen Acela high-speed trains are now racing passengers between Boston, New York and Washington, D.C., hitting top speeds of 160 miles per hour. Leo Friedman and his mother, Phyllis, traveled from New Jersey to D.C. this week just to take the inaugural train north. “Ever since that first video came out, that Amtrak…
Home » Hong Kong News » Tourism Growth in Hong Kong and Shenzhen: Proposed High-Speed Rail Line to Enhance Travel Published on August 7, 2025 | By: TTW News Desk The Shenzhen Development and Reform Commission has kicked off the bidding process for a pilot study on a second high-speed rail link from Shenzhen to…