Train to Hung Hom Station (also known as Kowloon Railway Station), Hong Kong (T97) leaves Beijing West Railway Station at 12:00 and arrives at 13:05 the next day; while for the back journey, train (T98) leaves Hung Hom Station at 15:16 and arrives at 15:41 the next day. Train runs 25 hours for the whole journey. Passengers should go through the procedure of getting off the country at Beijing West Railway Station and the procedure for getting into Hong Kong at Hung Hom Station. The ticket can be bought 60 days in advance. The train leaves every two days.
Tips: Over 4 persons buying the tickets in the same date, train, destination and seat can enjoy a group preferential price: 30%/40% discount for a single trip in high/low season, 40%/50% discount for a round trip in high/low season. For individual, 20% discount is available in low season for a round trip ticket.
Trains operate from either terminating stations on an alternate schedule, under the following timetable:
| T97 | Stops | T98 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arrive | Depart | Arrive | Depart | |
| — | 13:08 | Beijing West | 14:51 | — |
| 18:40 | 18:44 | Zhengzhou | 09:15 | 09:18 |
| 23:16 | 23:33 | Wuchang | 04:30 | 04:42 |
| 03:00 | 03:06 | Changsha | 01:07 | 01:13 |
| 10:10 | 11:03 | Guangzhou East | 17:09 | 18:05 |
| 12:56 | — | Hung Hom | — | 15:15 |
Buy Beijing - Hong Kong Train Tickets
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. 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 purched in Beijing or from travel agencies.