Beijing–Kowloon through train: Difference between revisions

[[File:Beijing-KowloonThroughTrain.jpg|thumb|240px|right|Beijing-KowloonBeijing–Kowloon Throughthrough Traintrain, hauled by a [[China Railways SS8|SS8]] [[electric locomotive]], passing through [[Tai Po Market Station]] in Hong Kong]]

The '''Beijing-KowloonBeijing–Kowloon Throughthrough Traintrain''' ({{zh| s=京九直通车| t＝京九直通車| p=jīng jiǔ zhítōng chē}}) is an [[Inter-city rail|intercity]] railway service between [[Hung Hom Station]] (formerly Kowloon Station until 1998) in [[Hong Kong]] and the [[Beijing West Railwayrailway Stationstation]], jointly operated by the [[MTR]] of [[Hong Kong]] and [[China Railway]], [[China]]'s national rail service. The train runs to Beijing and Hong Kong every other day. Services use the [[East Rail Line (MTR)|East Rail Line]] in [[Hong Kong]], cross the boundary between Hong Kong and mainland China at [[Lo Wu]] and then continue along China's railway network via the [[Guangshen railway]] and the [[Jingguang railway]] to Beijing. Total journey time is approximately 23 hours, and the train uses [[China Railways 25T passenger car|25T class train carriages]].

The train operates in two parts, where 11 carriages depart Hong Kong (travelling under number T97B from Beijing and T98B from Hong Kong) with an additional 8 carriages added at [[Guangzhou East Railwayrailway Stationstation]] (using number Z97A/Z98A), totalling 19 carriages. Along the route, trains stop at [[Changsha]], [[Wuhan]] and [[Zhengzhou]], though only passengers travelling from Guangzhou may disembark due to customs and immigration reasons.

The Hong Kong to Beijing section of the train is divided into three distinct classes -– [[hard sleeper]], [[soft sleeper]] and luxury soft sleeper (catering only to two persons, with better furnishing and private lavatories). The Guangzhou to Beijing section of the train only have hard sleepers and [[hard seat]]s.

|1||2||3－53–5||6－96–9||10||11||12-1512–15||16-1716–17||18||19

| colspan=6 style="color:blue;"| Carriages No.1-11 1–11 go to Hong Kong（Z97B/98B）

[[File:Beijing West Railway Station Train availability board P97 Kowloon June-2017.jpg|right|thumb|On the ticket availability board in Beijing West Railwayrailway Stationstation, the Beijing-KowloonBeijing–Kowloon through train is numbered as P97 to distinguish it from the train going to Guangzhou East.]]

Beijing-bound passengers from Hong Kong may order tickets from an online reservation system operated by the MTR Corporation. The system is limited to the one-way, Hong Kong to Beijing trips only.<ref>[http://www.it3.mtr.com.hk/B2C/frmFareBeijing.asp?strLang=Eng MTR ticketing information (Note 1 under "Beijing-KowloonBeijing–Kowloon Throughthrough Traintrain")]</ref> Ordering of tickets requires extensive registration, including a credit card number, and tickets can only be delivered in the Hong Kong SAR, which makes it impossible for most non-HK resident customers to order. Travellers for Beijing may purchase Northbound tickets at a dedicated counter at Hung Hom Station, whilst Southbound tickets from Beijing to Hong Kong can only be purchased in Beijing or from travel agencies.

[[File:Immigration and Quarantine Hall@BJX (20150105123706).JPG|thumb|Check hall for Beijing-KowloonBeijing–Kowloon through train at Beijing West Railwayrailway Stationstation.]]

| caption2 = The platform area for the Kowloon section of train Z97 in Beijing West Railwayrailway Stationstation is temporarily designated as boundary restricted area and guarded by police before departure.

Trains use platform 1 of Beijing West Railwayrailway Stationstation, which is connected to the check hall for this particular through train service. Passengers coming from or going to Hong Kong clear Chinese immigration and customs in the hall. The part of the platform between the hall and the passenger cars for Hong Kong is cordoned off by police.

|—||12:40||[[Beijing West Railwayrailway Stationstation|Beijing West]]||15:30||—

|18:25||18:31||[[Zhengzhou Railwayrailway Stationstation|Zhengzhou]]||09:37||09:44

|23:05||23:11||[[Wuchang Railwayrailway Stationstation|Wuchang]]||04:56||05:02

|02:26||02:32||[[Changsha Railwayrailway Stationstation|Changsha]]||01:29||01:35

|10:01||11:04||[[Guangzhou East Railwayrailway Stationstation|Guangzhou East]]||17:16||18:06

|—||13:00||[[Beijing West Railwayrailway Stationstation|Beijing West]]||15:13||—

|18:41||18:47||[[Zhengzhou Railwayrailway Stationstation|Zhengzhou]]||09:28||09:34

|23:16||23:22||[[Wuchang Railwayrailway Stationstation|Wuchang]]||04:48||04:54

|02:35||02:41||[[Changsha Railwayrailway Stationstation|Changsha]]||01:19||01:25

|10:01||11:03||[[Guangzhou East Railwayrailway Stationstation|Guangzhou East]]||17:16||18:06

* [[Beijing–Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong Highhigh-Speedspeed Railwayrailway]]

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