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Direct view of Guangzhou East Railway Station|Booking tickets back to Hong Kong step by step to check the self-service machine to sell back to Hong Kong tickets must enter "XG"

2023-01-15T12:27:14.304Z


The West Kowloon Station of the Hong Kong High Speed ​​Rail reopened today (15th), with new trains from West Kowloon Station to Guangzhou East Station. The official estimated journey time is about 1 hour and 42 minutes. After Hong Kong people take their Home Return Permit and exit the gate, there are arrows on the ground indicating to go to the public transport station


The West Kowloon Station of the Hong Kong High Speed ​​Rail reopened today (15th), and a new train from West Kowloon Station to Guangzhou East Station was added. The official estimated journey time is about 1 hour and 42 minutes.

After Hong Kong people take their Home Return Permit and exit the gate, there will be arrows on the ground indicating to go to the public transport station. If you want to return to Hong Kong, you can buy tickets on the spot, but only 4 self-service ticket vending machines provide return tickets to Hong Kong. To enter the destination, you need to enter "XG " (that is, the abbreviation of "Hong Kong" in Mandarin Xiang Gang) will display "Hong Kong West Kowloon Station". If you enter the abbreviation "HK" for Hong Kong, you will not be able to search.

After completing the security check, you can go to the waiting room No. 4 on the fourth floor and wait for instructions to board the train on the platform.


▼January 15 Guangzhou East Railway Station direct hit▼


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The reporter of "Hong Kong 01" took the high-speed rail to Guangzhou East, got off the train and went down to the first floor, and went to the gate to take a home return pass to exit the gate. There were arrows on the ground pointing to the subway station or bus station.

Guangzhou McDonald's is more expensive than Hong Kong

There is a convenience store FamilyMart at the exit of Guangzhou East Railway Station, the famous mainland fast food restaurant Kung Fu, Mr. Li, KFC, McDonald’s, etc. Among them, McDonald’s is more expensive than Hong Kong. The double cheeseburger meal is 48 yuan (about HK$56) and the Big Mac meal is 52 yuan (about HK$60.7).

The above-mentioned meals are sold at 41 yuan, 42.5 yuan and 46 yuan respectively in Hong Kong (taking the Mong Kok store as an example).



Passengers who want to return to Hong Kong by high-speed rail can go to the second floor to buy tickets, but there are a few things to pay attention to:

Self-service ticket vending machines: Only self-service ticket vending machines No. 1 to No. 4 sell tickets for Hong Kong West Kowloon Station; Hong Kong High Speed ​​Rail Station is not a "popular station" and needs to manually enter the destination. Passengers remember to enter the Chinese pinyin "XG". If you enter The English abbreviation "HK" will not display the result.



Counter ticket machine: only available at window No. 8, other counters do not provide tickets for West Kowloon Station.


The high-speed rail back to Hong Kong waiting room is on the fourth floor

After buying tickets, passengers can follow the instructions to the security check at the entrance, then scan the Home Return Pass, take the elevator to the fourth waiting room on the fourth floor, pay attention to the large screen in the waiting room, showing the boarding platform, and then take the Home Return Pass to enter the gate You can get on the train at the platform.

In addition, in the past, passengers could take the intercity through train at Guangzhou East Railway Station and go south to Hung Hom Station. However, due to the temporary suspension of the through train service, the gate has been closed.

▼On January 15, the first train from the new branch line to Guangzhou East passes through Dongguan South Railway Station▼


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[High-speed rail reopened.

Photo Gallery] Stopped for three years and restarted. Citizens return to their hometowns for the New Year. Passengers travel southward to Hong Kong and Guangzhou East Directly | The high-speed rail journey takes 1 hour and 37 minutes faster than expected. Enjoy the food on the train and prepare for Alipay. Mom: High-speed rail tickets are expensive but time-saving. High-speed rail is re-opened|West Kowloon Station has two inspections in one place, fills in electronic declaration card, and leaves Hong Kong. It takes 20 minutes for high-speed rail to resume. Re-opening|Lin Shixiong pointed out that the increase of tickets to Guangzhou has not been reopened. The long-distance train schedule has not been reopened|MTR pointed out that many trains are full today and sporadic passenger nucleic acid reports have problems and need to turn back

Source: hk1

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