At 6:42 a.m. on June 16, the first D908 train from West Kowloon Station in Hong Kong arrived at Shanghai Hongqiao Station
After a night of galloping, At 6:42 a.m. on June 16, the first D908 train from West Kowloon Station in Hong Kong arrived at Shanghai Hongqiao Station , arrived at the station 3 minutes earlier than the original time.
Train D908 arrives at Shanghai Hongqiao Station at 6:42 a.m
At 6:42 a.m. on June 16, the first D908 train from West Kowloon Station in Hong Kong arrived at Shanghai Hongqiao Station 3 minutes ahead of schedule.
On the morning of June 16, train D908 arrived at Shanghai Hongqiao Station from Hong Kong, and passengers got off in succession
"Moving and sleeping are much more comfortable than flying. You can walk around in the car and get a sleep." After getting off the train, Hong Kong Saigon District Councillor Zhang Meixiong felt very happy. He told reporters that he had to commute between Shanghai and Hong Kong two or three times a year due to work and travel, and it would be more convenient to have high-speed railway mobile sleeper trains in the future.
The train stopped at platform 1 of Shanghai Hongqiao Station. The reporter saw that hundreds of passengers traveling and working from Hong Kong to Shanghai got off in succession, most of whom were dragging luggage. Maybe because it's a new experience, Some young people raised their mobile phones from the car to shoot all the way to the platform. The middle-aged and elderly people who came with the tour group took a group photo as soon as they arrived at the platform and gave a thumbs up to the camera.
On the morning of June 16, the middle-aged and elderly people who came with the travel group from Hong Kong took group photos at the first time after arriving at Shanghai Hongqiao Station
The first dynamic and sleeper train between Shanghai and Hong Kong from the evening to the morning arrived at the station, The whole journey only takes about 11 hours , marking the upgrading of cross-border passenger trains, and making it easier for Hong Kong and the mainland to communicate.
Passenger: The fare is affordable and the environment is comfortable. I'm glad to have another choice
Liao Zhenxin, Deputy Director of the Transport and Logistics Bureau of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, said in an interview that the high-speed rail motor sleeper train is very popular with the people in both places. This is a good start and can meet more people with different needs in the future. He believes that there are many citizens who are engaged in business, visiting relatives and traveling between Shanghai and Hong Kong, and the sleeper train that starts at night and arrives at dawn will be a choice for many people.
On June 15, passengers took a group photo on the D908 high-speed train from West Kowloon, Hong Kong to Hongqiao, Shanghai to remember the picture of Xinhua News Agency
On June 15, passengers displayed the Xinhua News Agency picture of the first train souvenir they received on the D908 high-speed train from West Kowloon, Hong Kong to Hongqiao, Shanghai
A young passenger from Hong Kong to Shanghai said that he would take the high-speed railway as an important transportation option to the mainland, Hong Kong West Kowloon Station is in the urban area, so it is much more convenient to take the high-speed rail than to go to the airport. In addition, the high-speed railway is very punctual, the moving and sleeping trains are more affordable, and the environment on the train is also comfortable He was happy to have another choice.
On the morning of June 16, the first D908 train from West Kowloon Station in Hong Kong arrived at Hongqiao, Shanghai, and passengers began to walk on the platform
At 20:15 on June 15, The first high-speed railway D907 from Shanghai to Hong Kong It leaves from Shanghai Hongqiao Station. The train arrived at Hong Kong West Kowloon Station at about 7:29 am on the 16th.
In the sleeping car, Ms. Wang and her husband are busy helping their daughter arrange the rest place. This family of three plans to climb the Taiping Mountain in Hong Kong on the weekend, and this trip is all due to the high-speed train.
Ms. Wang said that she would take her children to different places to play every week, and the choice of places was temporary and casual. This train made it possible to have a full day in Hong Kong on weekends, and the return trip did not affect work, so Hong Kong naturally became a travel destination.
Photographed by Wang Guangtong in the sleeper compartment
On the evening of June 15, Grandpa Guo, who was over seventy years old, boarded the D907 Shanghai Hong Kong direct train. After putting his luggage in the sleeping car, he sat on a stool by the window.
In the 1970s, Grandpa Guo went to Hong Kong from Shanghai to settle down. In recent years, he returned to Shanghai 1-2 times a year. Not long ago, the old man had already bought a ticket for the high-speed rail from Shanghai to Hong Kong. The news that the high-speed rail mobile sleeper train started made him change his mind again.
"I saw this bus on the 15th, which is very suitable for our seniors, so I changed the high-speed rail ticket and bought this bus." Grandpa Guo said that in order to take this bus, his return time was delayed by about a week. The Shanghai Hong Kong High speed Railway Fuxing will arrive in Hong Kong at around 10 p.m., and the mobile and sleeper trains will arrive in the morning. Grandpa Guo thinks the time is much more suitable, and it is more convenient to take the subway from West Kowloon after arriving.
More comfortable to ride
The customs clearance time is greatly reduced
The reporter inquired 12306 and found that Hong Kong West Kowloon Station to Shanghai Hongqiao Station High speed railway mobile sleeper At present, the ticket price is 800 yuan after discount, 622 yuan for second class seats, and 1470 yuan for the most expensive senior mobile sleeper.
China National Railway Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "China Railway Group") told reporters that since June 15, the ordinary speed through trains Z97/98 and Z99/100 running between Beijing West, Shanghai and Hong Kong Hung Hom stations have been upgraded to high-speed train D909/910 between Beijing West, Shanghai Hongqiao and Hong Kong West Kowloon stations D907/908, the whole journey time from Beijing and Shanghai to Hong Kong was shortened from 24:31 and 19:34 to 12:34 and 11:14, respectively, and the journey between Beijing and Hong Kong and between Shanghai and Hong Kong started in the evening and arrived in the morning.
At present, on the basis of running a pair of daytime high-speed trains between Beijing and Hong Kong, Shanghai and Hong Kong respectively, China Railway Group has carefully designed a quality improvement and upgrading plan for ordinary speed through trains, One pair of moving and sleeping trains will be added to the high-speed railway from the west to the morning. The high-speed train running from Shanghai Hongqiao to Hong Kong West Kowloon Station runs through Shanghai Hangzhou, Hangzhou Shenzhen, Guangzhou Shenzhen Hong Kong high-speed railway. Among them, train D907 starts at 20:15 from Shanghai Hongqiao Station and arrives at Hong Kong West Kowloon Station at 7:29 the next day; The D908 train left Hong Kong West Kowloon Station at 19:49 and arrived at Shanghai Hongqiao Station at 6:45 the next day.
The person in charge of the passenger transport department of China Railway Group said that the operation of the high-speed train is an upgrade of the original ordinary speed through train between Beijing West, Shanghai and Hong Kong Hung Hom. First, operation quality improvement and upgrading. The high-speed railway moving and sleeping train is composed of It is composed of 2 second-class carriages, 13 mobile sleeping carriages and 1 dining car The train equipment and facilities are more advanced, and passengers are more comfortable to ride. The number of transit seats on each train has increased to more than 600, a significant increase compared with ordinary speed through trains. The whole journey time between Beijing and Hong Kong and between Shanghai and Hong Kong is significantly reduced compared with the ordinary through train. Second, the customs clearance mode is convenient and fast. Change the customs clearance mode of "two places and two inspections" from the original normal speed through train starting and ending to High speed railway trains will be subject to "one place, two inspections" at West Kowloon Station in Hong Kong, greatly reducing customs clearance time. Third, the access scope is more extensive. Cross border passengers can only depart or arrive from Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong by the original ordinary express through train, Instead, passengers can leave or arrive at Shijiazhuang, Guangzhou, Shenzhen North, Hangzhou East and other stations along the Beijing Hong Kong and Shanghai Hong Kong high-speed trains The cross-border travel of passengers is more convenient. Fourth, optimization and adjustment of the opening date. The original normal speed through train is operated every other day, and it is changed to the Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday operation mode of high-speed train, The number of trains operated per week has increased from 14 through trains at normal speed to 16 dynamic and sleeper trains on high-speed railway And provide convenience for passengers to cross border travel on weekends.
Living in a soft sleeper with four bedrooms You can also eat Hong Kong style food
In order to do a good job in the service of Beijing Hong Kong and Shanghai Hong Kong high-speed trains, Guangzhou Railway Group organized to focus on the repair of the doors and windows, seats, electric tea stoves, toilets, toilets and other equipment and facilities of the EMU trains, and carried out a number of innovative pilots on high-speed trains for the first time. For example, in the toilet equipped with a toilet, the toilet lid opener should be installed uniformly to facilitate the use of passengers, and high-quality solid aromatherapy and hand sanitizer, as well as decorative flower art, storage boxes (combs, cotton swabs, rubber bands) and other toilet supplies should be selected to create a good and sanitary environment; For sleeper passengers on the train, "U color wash bag" and other beautiful and practical travel supplies are provided free of charge, and "four color" disposable slippers are provided under the sleeper for passengers to distinguish when using.
"The 'U color wash bag' distributed on the train contains disposable items such as toothbrush, toothpaste, combs, two compressed towels, facial cleanser, skin lotion and other items, which are convenient for passengers to use," said Ma Xiaoxiao, a senior engineer of the passenger management section of the passenger transport department of Guangzhou Railway Group.
Internal environment and goods provided by high-speed railway
In order to facilitate the dining needs at night and in the morning, Guangzhou Railway bullet train catering company, based on the characteristics of the route, Specially prepared Hong Kong style dishes such as litchi meat set meal, three fresh fish balls set meal, shrimp wonton noodles, honey sauce barbecued rice vermicelli, etc To create a delicious journey on the tip of your tongue. At the same time, independent meal tags are set up in the mobile and sleeper carriages to facilitate passengers to understand and select meal varieties, and quickly order meals through the Changxing Code.
Hong Kong style meals on high-speed railway
Cross border passenger flow between Hong Kong and the mainland maintains strong growth
More diverse and frequent modes of transportation will bring greater opportunities for economic and cultural exchanges between Shanghai and Hong Kong.
Jin Lei, deputy director of the Shanghai Culture and Tourism Administration, told reporters that Shanghai and Hong Kong have close cultural and economic ties. On the basis of very frequent interactions in the past, increasing the number of high-speed rail mobile and sleeping shifts will provide better basic conditions for mutual exchanges between citizens and tourists in the two places.
The drama "Flowers" is a microcosm of the close cultural exchanges between the two places. lately, "Fanhua" began to be popular on Hong Kong TV, from the mainland to Hong Kong and Macao There are a lot of cultural elements of Shanghai and Hong Kong in this elaborately produced drama. "I think it is a play that has made Shanghai and Hong Kong popular." Jin Lei said that the stage play "Flowers" will also be performed in Hong Kong from Shanghai.
In April 2024, the sixth meeting of the Shanghai Hong Kong Cooperation Conference was held in Hong Kong. The two cities signed the Memorandum of the Sixth Meeting of the Shanghai Hong Kong Cooperation Conference, and the relevant departments of Shanghai and Hong Kong signed 20 cooperation agreements in legal services, commerce, finance, science and technology, urban development, culture and other fields.
Jin Lei said that the supply of cultural and tourism products between Shanghai and Hong Kong is continuously increasing and enriching, including watching cultural relics, art exhibitions, watching good dramas, listening to songs and many other aspects. "The close integration between the two places provides more opportunities for culture and tourism, and also increases the supply of cultural and tourism products. In the future, we hope to hear the opinions of different audiences in the two places on cultural and tourism works, so that we can improve together."
From the traffic data, the cross-border passenger flow between Hong Kong and the mainland has maintained a strong growth trend. From January to May 2024, 10.777 million cross-border passengers have been sent, with a year-on-year growth of 79.3%.
From June 15, when running the Xi Departure Morning High Speed Railway between Beijing and Hong Kong and Shanghai and Hong Kong, 3 pairs of multiple unit trains will be opened between West Kowloon, Hong Kong and Guangzhou East Station, 2 pairs of multiple unit trains will be opened between West Kowloon, Hong Kong and Shenzhen North Station, and 1 pair of multiple unit trains will be opened between West Kowloon, Hong Kong and Zhangjiajie West Station for the first time. According to daily, weekend On the peak map, multiple unit trains are arranged to run, with a maximum of 127 pairs per day, reaching 16 provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government).
This article is synthesized from: Pengpai News, South+, New Express, Xinhua News Agency, CCTV News
Relevant authors: Li Jiawei, Wang Jun, Jiang Lelai
