# Guangzhou–Hong Kong high-speed train

The Guangzhou–Hong Kong high-speed train (simplified Chinese: 穗港高速动车组列车; traditional Chinese: 穗港高速動車組列車) are high-speed train services operating between Hong Kong West Kowloon in Hong Kong and Guangzhou, at which both the Guangzhou South Station and Guangzhou East Station are in use.

## History

* On September 23, 2018, due to the opening of the Hong Kong section of the Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong Express Rail Link, the originally Guangzhou-Shenzhen high-speed trains numbered G6501-G6558 were extended to serve Hong Kong West Kowloon station, becoming the "Guangzhou-Hong Kong high-speed trains". At the same time, the MTR Corporation's Vibrant Express also started operations, launching Guangzhou-Hong Kong high-speed trains numbered G6581-G6588。
* From July 10 2019, due to the adjustment of the national railway operation map, 4 Guangzhou-Hong Kong high-speed trains became the Tianjin-Hong Kong high-speed train, the Chongqing-Hong Kong high-speed train, Nanning-Hong Kong high-speed train and the Zhaoqing-Hong Kong high-speed train, reducing the number of direct trains to 2 round trips. In addition, trains G6508/13/14 were officially put into operation the next day due to the Chongqing-Hong Kong high-speed train needing to go back to the depot.
* Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, from January 30, 2020, services to and from Hong Kong West Kowloon station were temporarily suspended, resulting in Guangzhou-Hong Kong high-speed trains numbered G6515-6519, G6521-6525, G6533-6535, G6537, G6539/40 were shortened to Futian, while G6541/36 was shortened to Shenzhen North. Other trains were cancelled, with affected passengers receiving an unconditional refund.
* From January 15 2023, services between Hong Kong West Kowloon and Guangzhou South resumed and new services to Guangzhou East railway station were started (branded as "The new Guangzhoudong route", the "Guangzhou–Kowloon through train", and the "Guangzhou-Kowloon high-speed through train"), utilising China Railway CRH1A-A trains as power and it has intermediate stops at Dongguan South and Dongguan stations. The train would depart Hong Kong West Kowloon, then arrive at Shenzhen North, run on the Ganzhou–Shenzhen high-speed railway connecting line from 2021, then connecting to the Guangzhou-Shenzhen railway after Dongguan South station. The full-trip first-class and second-class ticket prices are the same as those for the train to Guangzhou South Station. On January 15, the Guangzhou-Kowloon Passenger Transport Section invited four generations of Guangzhou-Kowloon Through Train crew members to board the first train, G6551, from Guangzhou East to Hong Kong West Kowloon.
* On April 1, 2023, as trains from Hong Kong West Kowloon Station to outside Guangdong Province were resuming, the number of trains from Hong Kong West Kowloon to Guangzhou South returned to the pre-epidemic period, and 4 of the trains from Hong Kong West Kowloon to Guangzhou East did not stop at Dongguan Station, but stopped at Changping railway station instead. At the same time, all trains between Hong Kong West Kowloon and Guangzhou East have also been replaced with the CRH1A Electric Multiple Unit, other than G6501/2 which was operated by the Fuxing CR400BF-Z Smart Electrical Multiple Unit.
* From April 5 2023, Train no. G6538 no longer stopped at Humen. It would stop at Qingsheng railway station instead.
* On July 1, 2023, China Railway adjusted the operation map and added 3 pairs of trains between Hong Kong West Kowloon and Guangzhou East, increasing the number of trains from Hong Kong West Kowloon to Guangzhou East to 10 and the number of trains from Guangzhou East to 9 every day.。
* On October 11, 2023, China Railway adjusted the operation map and the rolling stock used on the Guangzhou East to Hong Kong West Kowloon services were changed from CRH1A-A trains to CR300AF trains, while an additional service from Guangzhou East to Hong Kong West Kowloon was added.
* On January 10, 2024, China Railway adjusted the operation map and the last train from Guangzhou East was made to depart at 20:50.

## Operations

* ● : stop at the station
* － : pass the station

### Towards Hong Kong West Kowloon

From Guangzhou South :
| Train No. | Departure | Guangzhou South | Qingsheng | Humen | Guangmingcheng | Shenzhen North | Futian | Hong Kong West Kowloon | Notes |
| G6539 | 07:04 | ● | ● | － | ● | ● | － | ● | |
| G6505 | 08:16 | ● | ● | ● | － | ● | － | ● | |
| G6527 | 08:41 | ● | － | ● | ● | ● | － | ● | |
| G6581 | 09:46 | ● | － | ● | － | ● | － | ● | Operated by MTR Vibrant Express |
| G6503 | 10:02 | ● | － | － | － | － | － | ● | |
| G6511 | 10:42 | ● | － | － | － | ● | － | ● | |
| G6515 | 10:57 | ● | － | ● | ● | ● | － | ● | |
| G6541 | 11:27 | ● | － | － | － | ● | － | ● | |
| G6529 | 11:55 | ● | － | ● | － | ● | － | ● | |
| G6583 | 12:16 | ● | － | － | － | ● | － | ● | Operated by MTR Vibrant Express |
| G6525 | 13:53 | ● | － | ● | － | ● | － | ● | |
| G6531 | 15:00 | ● | － | | － | ● | － | ● | |
| G6537 | 15:27 | ● | － | ● | － | ● | － | ● | |
| G6513 | 17:57 | ● | － | － | － | － | － | ● | |
| G6585 | 18:33 | ● | － | ● | － | ● | ● | ● | Operated by MTR Vibrant Express |
| G6509 | 20:26 | ● | － | ● | － | ● | － | ● | |
| G6587 | 21:50 | ● | － | － | － | － | － | ● | Operated by MTR Vibrant Express |
From Guangzhou East :
| Train No. | Departure | Guangzhou East | Dongguan | Changping | Dongguan South | Shenzhen North | Futian | Hong Kong West Kowloon |
| G6551 | 07:56 | ● | － | ● | ● | ● | － | ● |
| G6553 | 10:13 | ● | ● | － | ● | ● | － | ● |
| G6555 | 12:01 | ● | ● | － | ● | ● | － | ● |
| G6557 | 14:27 | ● | － | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● |
| G6559 | 16:19 | ● | ● | － | ● | ● | － | ● |
| G6561 | 19:56 | ● | ● | － | ● | ● | ● | ● |

### Towards Guangzhou South

| Train No. | Departure | Hong Kong West Kowloon | Futian | Shenzhen North | Guangmingcheng | Humen | Qingsheng | Guangzhou South | Notes |
| G6582 | 08:25 | ● | ● | ● | - | ● | - | ● | Operated by MTR Vibrant Express |
| G6510 | 09:19 | ● | - | ● | - | ● | - | ● | |
| G6540 | 10:05 | ● | - | | - | | - | ● | |
| G6534 | 10:42 | ● | - | ● | - | ● | - | ● | |
| G6584 | 11:15 | ● | - | ● | - | | - | ● | Operated by MTR Vibrant Express |
| G6516 | 12:31 | ● | - | ● | - | ● | - | ● | |
| G6530 | 13:25 | ● | ● | ● | - | ● | - | ● | |
| G6536 | 13:50 | ● | - | ● | - | ● | - | ● | |
| G6542 | 15:10 | ● | ● | ● | - | ● | - | ● | |
| G6508 | 16:19 | ● | | ● | - | ● | - | ● | |
| G6586 | 16:57 | ● | - | ● | ● | - | - | ● | Operated by MTR Vibrant Express |
| G6526 | 17:13 | ● | - | - | - | - | - | ● | |
| G6538 | 17:30 | ● | - | ● | - | | ● | ● | |
| G6502 | 18:55 | ● | - | ● | - | ● | - | ● | |
| G6514 | 19:06 | ● | - | ● | - | ● | - | ● | |
| G6588 | 20:02 | ● | ● | ● | - | ● | - | ● | Operated by MTR Vibrant Express |
| G6506 | 22:21 | ● | - | ● | - | - | - | ● | |
| G6504 | 22:50 | ● | - | ● | - | - | - | ● | |

### Towards Guangzhou East

| Train No. | Departure | Hong Kong West Kowloon | Futian | Shenzhen North | Dongguan South | Changping | Dongguan | Guangzhou East |
| G6552 | 08:06 | ● | - | ● | ● | - | - | ● |
| G6554 | 10:00 | ● | - | ● | ● | ● | - | ● |
| G6556 | 12:26 | ● | - | ● | ● | - | ● | ● |
| G6558 | 14:19 | ● | - | ● | ● | - | ● | ● |
| G6560 | 16:42 | ● | - | ● | ● | - | ● | ● |
| G6562 | 19:21 | ● | - | ● | ● | ● | - | ● |
| G6564 | 22:12 | ● | - | ● | ● | - | - | ● |

### Other services

There are some other trains also providing high-speed train connections between Guangzhou and Hong Kong.
* The G79/80 Beijing–Hong Kong high-speed train
* The G99/100 Shanghai–Hong Kong high-speed train
* The G6113/6114 Changsha–Hong Kong high-speed train
* The G314/1 and G312/3 Kunming–Hong Kong high-speed train

## Rolling stocks

CR400AF-A EMUs are used on the trains operated by CR Guangzhou and CR400BF-A EMUs are used on the G6503/6504 trains operated by CR Shanghai. The EMUs have the formation shown below.
| Car No. | 1 | 2 | 3-7 | 8 | 9 | 10-14 | 15 | 16 |
| Type | SW Business | ZY First class | ZE Second class | ZE Second class | ZEC Second class/Dining car | ZE Second class | ZY Second class | ZYS Business/First class |
The Vibrant Express of MTR are operated by 8-car trainsets with first and second class seats only. A total of 68 first class seats are available in the first and last cars in 2+2 formation. The middle cars offer 511 second class seats in 3+2 formation, with wheelchair spaces are provided on the seventh car.
| Car No. | 1 | 2-6 | 7 | 8 |
| Type | ZY First class | ZE Second class | ZE Second class | ZY First class |
CRH1A are used on the trains operated by CR Guangzhou for train services between Hong Kong West Kowloon Station and Guangzhou East Station. Due to the performance limitation of the train and the speed limit of the road section, its maximum operating speed is 200 km/h.
| Car No. | 1 | 2-4 | 5 | 6-7 | 8 |
| Type | ZY First Class | ZE Second class | ZEC Second class/Dining car | ZE Second class | ZYT First class/Premier |