The Hong Kong section of the high-speed rail, which has been out of service for nearly 3 years, will resume operation on Sunday (15th). Ticket sales will start this afternoon. Online ticket purchases can no longer be made using the MTR website. You can only use the "China Railway 12306 website" and its mobile app. Or go to a designated travel agency and have someone handle it.
Although there are no physical tickets for the resumption of high-speed rail, many passengers prefer to go to West Kowloon Station to buy tickets on the spot in order to ask the MTR staff on duty for help, including through counters or self-service ticket vending machines. "Hong Kong 01" sorts out the details of self-service ticket vending machines Ticket purchase strategy is as follows.
▼January 12th High-speed rail will resume operation on January 15th West Kowloon Station opens for ticket sales this afternoon▼
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Introduction of self-service ticket vending machine:
1) Location of the self-service ticketing machine: Level B1, High Speed Rail West Kowloon Station
2) Pre-sale date for the first stage: from 15th to 29th of this month (the eighth day of the new year)
3) Destinations available for pre-sale in the first phase: Futian, Shenzhen North, Guangzhou South, Guangzhou East, Guangming City, Humen, Qingsheng, Dongguan South and Dongguan Station
▼On January 9, the Futian High-speed Railway Station was sparsely populated▼
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Ticketing process:
1) Prepare the required documents, such as return card, etc.;
2) Press "Buy Ticket" on the screen;
3) Select the destination and flight;
4) Select the class of seat. The MTR dynamic train has first-class and second-class seats; mainland trains have first-class, second-class and business class seats.
The system will display the ticket balance of each seat class, but "Hong Kong 01" found that the balance information is not real-time. Even if there are still multiple tickets, the selected seat class will be displayed as "sold out";
5) Place the certificate on the front of the certificate reader and insert it into the card slot;
6) Select the payment method, including Alipay, WeChat Pay and credit card.
It is worth noting that Octopus payment is not provided and cash is not accepted;
7) After payment, you can get a receipt, which will list the selected shift.
After the resumption of high-speed rail, real-name e-ticket arrangements will be fully implemented, and passengers can directly "photograph their ID" to enter the gate and board the train with their ID.
▼On January 12, Lin Shixiong and MTR representatives explained the initial arrangements for the resumption of high-speed rail▼
Precautions:
1) A notice is posted on the self-service ticket vending machine, stating that if passengers need to purchase more than nine tickets, they should go to the counter to do so.
2) According to the sales on the first day (12th), the queues for ticket purchases at the counters are longer, and the queues for self-service ticket vending machines are relatively small. Based on the experience of on-site ticket purchasers, the probability of successfully purchasing more popular flights at the counter is higher, but it takes Depends on waiting time and ticket sales.
Citizens can decide as needed.
▼On January 9th, the Director of the Transport and Logistics Bureau, Lin Shixiong, visited the High Speed Rail West Kowloon Station▼
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