Some high -speed rails from Hong Kong and Shanghai and Beijing will open a new sleeper train with sleep facilities on June 15.
Comprehensive Surging News and Sing Tao Daily reported that China National Railway Group Co., Ltd. announced that it will be upgraded to the high -speed rail trains, and the high -speed rail trains will be upgraded to Hong Kong and Beijing and Shanghai.Open on June 15.
Trains from Shanghai Hongqiao Station and Beijing West Railway Station at West Kowloon Station in Hong Kong, can be "departed at night" (departure in the evening, arrived early in the morning).
From this Hong Kong time, Beijing time, from the original more than 24 hours, shortening to 12:34; the Shanghai time from 19:34, shortening to 11:14.
Hong Kong Chief Executive Li Jiachao said that the number of new sleeper train classes has increased to 600, and the customs clearance mode from the start and the end of the "two places, two inspections" to the high -speed rail train is uniformly implemented at the West Kowloon Station of Hong Kong."One place and two inspections".From June 15th, there will also be new shifts to Zhangjiajie, Hunan.
The head of the Passenger Department of the National Railway Group said that the cross -border passenger flow between Hong Kong and mainland China maintained a strong growth trend. From January to May this year, a total of 10.74 million cross -border passengers were sent, an increase of 79.9%year -on -year.
