The Hong Kong section of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link (XRL) has started trial operations on April 1, 2018, reports the Changjiang Daily.

 

《长江日报》报道，广州-深圳-香港高铁香港部分已于4月1日开始试运营。

 

Through the new rail link, which will be connected to the 25,000 kilometer national high-speed rail network, a total of 16 Chinese mainland¹ cities, including Beijing, Shanghai and Wuhan, will have express trains to Hong Kong, according to the report.

 

The XRL is 142 kilometers in total, including 116 kilometers on the Chinese mainland and 26 kilometers in Hong Kong.

 

There are two stations in Hong Kong, including the terminus and Kowloon West.

 

The train will run at speeds of 200 kilometers per hour.

 

From Hong Kong, it will take about 23 minutes to get to Shenzhen and about 48 minutes to get to Guangzhou, when completed sometime in the 3rd quarter of 2018.

 

China's new generation Fuxing bullet² trains will be run on the XRL.

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