Shanghai–Kowloon through train

Shanghai–Kowloon through train
上九直通車
Overview
Service typeInter-city rail
Locale
First service4 April 1979; 44 years ago (1979-04-04)
Last service3 February 2020; 3 years ago (2020-02-03)
Current operator(s)
Route
TerminiHung Hom
Shanghai
Technical
Track owner(s)
The direction sign of Shanghai–Kowloon through train, taken near Hung Hom station; the southern destination has been labelled as "Hong Kong Hung Hom" since April 2019
Shanghai–Kowloon through train at Shanghai railway station

The Shanghai–Kowloon through train was a train that runs between Hong Kong and Shanghai railway station in China, jointly operated by the MTR Corporation Limited of Hong Kong and China's national rail service (Shanghai Railway Bureau). The numbers of this train service were Z99B (away from Shanghai) and Z100B (towards Shanghai). Services operated along the East Rail line in Hong Kong, crossing the boundary between Hong Kong and Mainland China at Lo Wu/Luohu and then continuing along China's railway network via the Guangshen railway, Jingguang railway and the Hukun railway to Shanghai. The train ran every other day. The journey time was approximately 20 hours.

The stops on the route were Guangzhou East, Zhuzhou, and Jinhuaxi stations. Only passengers taking Z99A/Z100A (Shanghai-Guangzhou East) could disembark at these stops.

Since 1 October 2003, passengers could not disembark at the stops listed above, as all travellers to Hong Kong from Shanghai clear Chinese immigration and customs at Shanghai station, and once they had done so they were considered to have left Mainland China and were no longer permitted to leave the train until their arrival at Hung Hom station. The same rule also applied to northbound travellers who would clear Chinese immigration once they had arrived at Shanghai station. 144-hour visa-free transit for passengers who were of selected nationalities were available since 30 January 2016.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the service has been suspended indefinitely since 30 January 2020. There has been no plan to resume its service. After the resumption of train services suspended due to COVID-19, this series of train services will only retain the itinerary within mainland China (Shanghai-Guangzhou) and will no longer operate the itinerary to Hong Kong.

Train carriages

Shanghai–Kowloon through train used 25T class train carriages. The train had 18 carriages in total. But only 11 carriages went to Hong Kong because the other 7 carriages served Z99A/Z100A, they were decoupled (for Z99B to go to Hong Kong) at the Guangzhou East railway station.

Carriage number 1 2 3-6 7-9 10 11 12-14 15-17 18
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 Stops Z100
Arrive Depart Arrive Depart
18:02 Shanghai 10:22
21:04 21:08 Jinhua 07:02 07:06
03:05 03:21 Zhuzhou 00:51 01:11
10:08 11:04 Guangzhou East 17:16 18:12
13:01 Hung Hom 15:15

See also


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