Hong Kong Trip

Hi folks! I hope you had an excellent weekend!

One thing good in Guangzhou is that it is just next to Macau and Hong Kong. Last Friday, I went over to Hong Kong for some work and the train to Hong Kong from Guangzhou is only less than 2 hours and cost HKD190.00 (one way).

If you are working in Guangzhou, I will encourage you to go over to Hong Kong or/and Macau for shopping or sight seeing.

The normal train ticket in China is in pink but the train tickets to Hong Kong look like this:-

The train station will look like this:-

Please note that, depending on your nationality, you may need a visa to enter Hong Kong.

I am glad to be a Singaporean, which does not need one to enter.. heh..

Everyday, there are 12 trips to and fro Guangzhou and Hong Kong (Kowloon). The train starts at Guangzhou East Train station (note that there are 2 train stations in Guangzhou, one is Guangzhou East, another Guangzhou Train station) The frequency and timings of the trian are as below. You may want to click to see a bigger picture.

Depending on which train you take, some trains will stop at DongGuang and/or Shenzhen station.

If you have big items or luggage, you may want to check in, but the train station will charge you for that. The charges is as below:-

This is how the train look like:-

As you can see the train is not very crowded. Therefore, you need not buy the train tickets in advance. You will only need to be there about 45mins to 1 hour earlier to buy the tickets and go through the customs.

However, this may not be true during peak seasons like the Chinese New Year or Holiday seasons where there are many travellers, and you will need to buy your tickets a few days in advance to secure a seat.

When you arrive in Hong Kong, the train stops just beside the MTR (hong kong subway) station. From there you can take the MTR which take you to almost anywhere in Hong Kong. This is the MTR station you will see:-
Alternatively, you may take a taxi which of course will be more costly. The starting fee for the taxi in Hong Kong is HKD16.00. A 10-15mins taxi ride will cost you about HKD50-60.
Or the bus is another good option:-

Have a great week!