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[[File:Board of Z97-98 (20190331151627).jpg|thumb|Direction Board of Z97/98]]
[[File:SS8 0192@KOT (20190313125921).jpg|thumb|right|Beijing–Kowloon through train, hauled by a [[China Railways SS8|SS8]] [[electric locomotive]], passing through [[TaiKowloon PoTong Market Stationstation]] in Hong Kong]]
 
The '''Beijing–Kowloon through train''' ({{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 railway station]], 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]].