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{{Short description|Rail service between China and Hong Kong}}
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[[File:Board of Z99-100 (20190407151719).jpg|thumb|250px|The direction sign of Shanghai–Kowloon through train, taken near [[Hung Hom station]]; the southern destination has been labeled as "Hong Kong Hung Hom" since April 2019]]
{{Infobox rail service
|box_width=300px
|color={{rcr|MTR|Shanghai-Kowloon}}
|name=Shanghai–Kowloon through train<br>{{lang|zh-Hant-HK|滬九直通車}}
|image=File:201507 SS9-0155 hauls Z100 at Jinhua Station.jpg|type=[[Inter-city rail]]
|locale={{ubl|[[Shanghai]]|[[Hong Kong|Hong Kong SAR]]}}
|first={{Start date and age|1997|5|19|df=y}}
|last=
|operator=[[China Railway Shanghai Group|CR Shanghai]]
|start={{rws|Shanghai}}
|end=[[Guangzhou East railway station|Guangzhou East]]<br><s>[[Hung Hom station|Hung Hom]]</s>{{efn|Services to Hung Hom have been suspended indefinitely since 30 Jan 2020 and the train currently runs only from Shanghai to Guangzhou East.}}
|owners={{ubl|[[China Railway]] (China section)|<s>[[Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation|KCRC]] (Hong Kong section)</s>}}
}}
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[[File:Board of Z99-100 (20190407151719).jpg|thumb|250px|The direction sign of Shanghai–Kowloon through train, taken near [[Hung Hom station]]; the southern destination has been labelled as "Hong Kong Hung Hom" since April 2019]]
[[File:Shanghai-Kowloon Through Train.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Shanghai–Kowloon through train at [[Shanghai railway station]]]]
[[File:Shanghai-Kowloon Through Train.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Shanghai–Kowloon through train at [[Shanghai railway station]]]]
[[File:Closed customs area of Shanghai Railway Station.jpg|250px|thumb|The customs and immigration check area of [[Shanghai railway station]] are closed after Shanghai–Kowloon through train suspended]]
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The '''Shanghai–Kowloon through train''' is an [[Inter-city rail|intercity]] railway service between [[Hung Hom station]] in [[Hong Kong]] and [[Shanghai railway station]], jointly operated by the [[MTR]] of [[Hong Kong]] and [[China]]'s national rail service ([[Shanghai Railway Bureau]]). The numbers of this train service are '''Z99B''' (away from [[Shanghai]]) and '''Z100B''' (towards Shanghai). Services operate along the [[East Rail line]] in [[Hong Kong]], crossing the boundary between Hong Kong and mainland China at [[Lo Wu]]/[[Luohu]] and then continuing along China's railway network via the [[Guangzhou–Shenzhen railway|Guangshen railway]], [[Beijing–Guangzhou railway|Jingguang railway]] and the [[Shanghai–Kunming railway|Hukun railway]] to Shanghai. The train runs every other day. The journey time is approximately 20 hours.


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The '''Shanghai–Kowloon through train''' was a train that ran between Hong Kong and [[Shanghai railway station]] in China, jointly operated by the [[MTR Corporation Limited]] of Hong Kong and [[China Railways|China's national rail service]] ([[Shanghai Railway Bureau]]). The numbers of this train service were '''Z99B''' (away from [[Shanghai]]) and '''Z100B''' (towards Shanghai). Services operated along the [[East Rail line]] in [[Hong Kong]], crossing the boundary between Hong Kong and Mainland China at [[Lo Wu]]/[[Luohu]] and then continuing along China's railway network via the [[Guangzhou–Shenzhen railway|Guangshen railway]], [[Beijing–Guangzhou railway|Jingguang railway]] and the [[Shanghai–Kunming railway|Hukun railway]] to Shanghai. The train ran every other day. The journey time was approximately 20 hours.
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The stops on the route are [[Guangzhou East railway station|Guangzhou East]], [[Zhuzhou]], and [[Jinhuaxi railway station|Jinhuaxi]] stations. Only passengers taking '''Z99A/Z100A''' (Shanghai-Guangzhou East) can disembark at these stops.


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The stops on the route were [[Guangzhou East railway station|Guangzhou East]], and [[Jinhua railway station|Jinhua]] stations. Only passengers taking '''Z99A/Z100A''' (Shanghai-Guangzhou East) could disembark at these stops.
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Since 1 October 2003, passengers cannot disembark at the stops listed above, as all travelers to Hong Kong from Shanghai clear Chinese immigration and customs at Shanghai station, and once they have done so they are considered to have left Mainland China and are no longer permitted to leave the train until their arrival at Hung Hom station. The same rule also applies to Northbound travelers who will clear Chinese immigration once they have arrived at Shanghai station.<ref>http://big5.huaxia.com/zt/2003-21/902652.html {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref> 144-hour visa-free transit for passengers who are of selected nationalities are available since 30 January 2016.<ref>http://www.sh-immigration.gov.cn/listPageEn.aspx?lx=40&id=4414</ref>


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After 1 October 2003, passengers taking Z99B could not disembark at the stops listed above, as all travellers to Hong Kong from Shanghai clear Chinese immigration and customs at Shanghai station, and once they had done so they were considered to have left Mainland China and were no longer permitted to leave the train until their arrival at Hung Hom station. The same rule also applied to northbound travellers (Z100B) who would clear Chinese immigration once they had arrived at Shanghai station.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://big5.huaxia.com/zt/2003-21/902652.html |title=京九、滬九到香港的旅客不再下車通關 |website=big5.huaxia.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170324081308/http://big5.huaxia.com/zt/2003-21/902652.html |archive-date=2017-03-24}}</ref> 144-hour visa-free transit for passengers who were of selected nationalities were available since 30 January 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sh-immigration.gov.cn/listPageEn.aspx?lx=40&id=4414 |title=Shanghai General Station of Immigration Inspection |access-date=2016-06-19 |archive-date=2016-04-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160407105702/http://sh-immigration.gov.cn/listPageEn.aspx?lx=40&id=4414 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Due to the [[coronavirus pandemic]], the service has been suspended indefinitely since 30 January 2020.

Due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], services to Hong Kong have been suspended indefinitely since 30 January 2020. There has been no plan to resume its service, even after the end of the pandemic. After the resumption of train services was suspended due to COVID-19, this series of train services only retain the itinerary within mainland China (Shanghai-Guangzhou) and no longer operate the itinerary to Hong Kong.

On 4 June 2024, China Railway announced that the train services from Shanghai and Beijing to Hung Hom would be replaced by high-speed sleeper trains to [[Hong Kong West Kowloon railway station|West Kowloon station]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Trains to depart Hong Kong at night, arrive in Beijing in morning from June 15 |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/transport/article/3265283/high-speed-sleeper-trains-depart-hong-kong-night-arrive-beijing-shanghai-morning-june-15?module=Transport&pgtype=section |work=South China Morning Post |date=4 June 2024 |language=en}}</ref> The train number was renamed from Z99/100 to D907/908 (Later G899/900). Shanghai railway station port is closed officially on 5 July 2024.<ref>{{cite web |title=海关总署公告2024年第96号（关于关闭北京西站、上海站、广州、东莞等4个铁路口岸的公告） |url=http://www.customs.gov.cn/customs/302249/2480148/6013329/index.html |website=General Administration of Customs |accessdate=2024-08-01}}</ref>


==Train carriages==
==Train carriages==
Shanghai–Kowloon through train uses [[China Railways 25T passenger car|25T class train carriages]]. The train has 18 carriages in total. But only 11 carriages go to Hong Kong because other 7 carriages serve Z99A/Z100A, they are separated (for Z99B go to Hong Kong) at the Guangzhou East railway station.
Shanghai–Kowloon through train used [[China Railways 25T passenger car|25T class train carriages]]. The train had 18 carriages in total. But only 11 carriages went to Hong Kong because the other 7 carriages served Z99A/Z100A, they were decoupled (for Z99B to go to Hong Kong) at the Guangzhou East railway station.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; font-size: small;"
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; font-size: small;"
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| style="width: 10%;" | YW25T<br />Hard Sleeper
| style="width: 10%;" | YW25T<br />Hard Sleeper
| style="width: 10%;" | RW25T<br />[[Soft sleeper]]<br />(Chinese:<br />软卧车)
| style="width: 10%;" | RW25T<br />[[Soft sleeper]]<br />(Chinese:<br />软卧车)
| style="width: 10%;" | RW19T<br />Luxury Soft Sleeper<br />(Chinese:<br />高级包厢软卧车）
| style="width: 10%;" | RW19T<br />Luxury Soft Sleeper<br />(Chinese:<br />高级包厢软卧车)
| style="width: 10%;" | CA25T<br />[[Dining car]]<br />(Chinese:<br />餐车)
| style="width: 10%;" | CA25T<br />[[Dining car]]<br />(Chinese:<br />餐车)
| style="width: 10%;" | YW25T<br />Hard Sleeper<br />
| style="width: 10%;" | YW25T<br />Hard Sleeper<br />
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!Notes
!Notes
| colspan=6 style="color:blue;"| Carriages No.1-11 go to Hong Kong (Z99B/Z100B)
| colspan=6 | Carriages No.1-11 go to Hong Kong (Z99B/Z100B)
| colspan=3 | Carriages No.12-18 only serve passengers taking Z99A/Z100A
| colspan=3 | Carriages No.12-18 only serve passengers taking Z99A/Z100A
|}
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!Arrive||Depart||Arrive||Depart
!Arrive||Depart||Arrive||Depart
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|-
|—||18:02||[[Shanghai railway station|Shanghai]]||10:22||—
| -||17:27||[[Shanghai railway station|Shanghai]]||10:40||-
|-
|-
|21:04||21:08||[[Jinhua railway station|Jinhua]]||07:02||07:06
|20:40||20:46||[[Jinhua railway station|Jinhua]]||07:24||07:30
|-
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|10:08||-||[[Guangzhou East railway station|Guangzhou East]]||-||18:01
|03:05||03:21||[[Zhuzhou]]||00:51||01:11
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|10:08||11:04||[[Guangzhou East railway station|Guangzhou East]]||17:16||18:12
|-
|13:01||—||[[Hung Hom station|Hung Hom]]||—||15:15
|}
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* [[Hangzhou–Fuzhou–Shenzhen railway]]
* [[Hangzhou–Fuzhou–Shenzhen railway]]
* [[Beijing–Kowloon through train]]
* [[Beijing–Kowloon through train]]

==Notes==
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==References==
==References==

Latest revision as of 15:08, 8 December 2024

Shanghai–Kowloon through train
滬九直通車
Overview
Service typeInter-city rail
Locale
First service19 May 1997; 27 years ago (1997-05-19)
Current operator(s)CR Shanghai
Route
TerminiShanghai
Guangzhou East
Hung Hom[a]
Technical
Track owner(s)
The direction sign of Shanghai–Kowloon through train, taken near Hung Hom station; the southern destination has been labelled as "Hong Kong Hung Hom" since April 2019
Shanghai–Kowloon through train at Shanghai railway station
The customs and immigration check area of Shanghai railway station are closed after Shanghai–Kowloon through train suspended

The Shanghai–Kowloon through train was a train that ran between Hong Kong and Shanghai railway station in China, jointly operated by the MTR Corporation Limited of Hong Kong and China's national rail service (Shanghai Railway Bureau). The numbers of this train service were Z99B (away from Shanghai) and Z100B (towards Shanghai). Services operated along the East Rail line in Hong Kong, crossing the boundary between Hong Kong and Mainland China at Lo Wu/Luohu and then continuing along China's railway network via the Guangshen railway, Jingguang railway and the Hukun railway to Shanghai. The train ran every other day. The journey time was approximately 20 hours.

The stops on the route were Guangzhou East, and Jinhua stations. Only passengers taking Z99A/Z100A (Shanghai-Guangzhou East) could disembark at these stops.

After 1 October 2003, passengers taking Z99B could not disembark at the stops listed above, as all travellers to Hong Kong from Shanghai clear Chinese immigration and customs at Shanghai station, and once they had done so they were considered to have left Mainland China and were no longer permitted to leave the train until their arrival at Hung Hom station. The same rule also applied to northbound travellers (Z100B) who would clear Chinese immigration once they had arrived at Shanghai station.[1] 144-hour visa-free transit for passengers who were of selected nationalities were available since 30 January 2016.[2]

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, services to Hong Kong have been suspended indefinitely since 30 January 2020. There has been no plan to resume its service, even after the end of the pandemic. After the resumption of train services was suspended due to COVID-19, this series of train services only retain the itinerary within mainland China (Shanghai-Guangzhou) and no longer operate the itinerary to Hong Kong.

On 4 June 2024, China Railway announced that the train services from Shanghai and Beijing to Hung Hom would be replaced by high-speed sleeper trains to West Kowloon station.[3] The train number was renamed from Z99/100 to D907/908 (Later G899/900). Shanghai railway station port is closed officially on 5 July 2024.[4]

Train carriages

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Shanghai–Kowloon through train used 25T class train carriages. The train had 18 carriages in total. But only 11 carriages went to Hong Kong because the other 7 carriages served Z99A/Z100A, they were decoupled (for Z99B to go to Hong Kong) at the Guangzhou East railway station.

Carriage number 1 2 3－6 7－9 10 11 12-14 15-17 18
Type of carriages XL25T
Baggage car
(Chinese:
行李车) 		YW25T
Hard sleeper
(Chinese:
硬卧车) 		YW25T
Hard Sleeper 		RW25T
Soft sleeper
(Chinese:
软卧车) 		RW19T
Luxury Soft Sleeper
(Chinese:
高级包厢软卧车) 		CA25T
Dining car
(Chinese:
餐车) 		YW25T
Hard Sleeper
 YZ25T
Hard seat
(Chinese:
硬座车) 		YW25T
Hard Sleeper
Notes Carriages No.1-11 go to Hong Kong (Z99B/Z100B) Carriages No.12-18 only serve passengers taking Z99A/Z100A
  • Hard sleeper Car of 25T class train carriages
    Hard sleeper Car of 25T class train carriages
  • Soft Sleeper Car of 25T class train carriages
    Soft Sleeper Car of 25T class train carriages
  • Luxury Soft Sleeper Car of 25T class train carriages
    Luxury Soft Sleeper Car of 25T class train carriages
  • Dining Car of 25T class train carriages
    Dining Car of 25T class train carriages

Timetable

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Shanghai-Kowloon Through Train
Z99[5] Stops Z100[6]
Arrive Depart Arrive Depart
- 17:27 Shanghai 10:40 -
20:40 20:46 Jinhua 07:24 07:30
10:08 - Guangzhou East - 18:01

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Services to Hung Hom have been suspended indefinitely since 30 Jan 2020 and the train currently runs only from Shanghai to Guangzhou East.

References

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  1. ^ "京九、滬九到香港的旅客不再下車通關". big5.huaxia.com. Archived from the original on 2017-03-24.
  2. ^ "Shanghai General Station of Immigration Inspection". Archived from the original on 2016-04-07. Retrieved 2016-06-19.
  3. ^ "Trains to depart Hong Kong at night, arrive in Beijing in morning from June 15". South China Morning Post. 4 June 2024.
  4. ^ "海关总署公告2024年第96号（关于关闭北京西站、上海站、广州、东莞等4个铁路口岸的公告）". General Administration of Customs. Retrieved 2024-08-01.
  5. ^ "T99B列车时刻表_T99B次列车时刻表_T99B次列车票价_T99B次列车 (T99B Train Timetable and Train Fare)". 8684.cn.
  6. ^ "T100B列车时刻表_T100B次列车时刻表_T100B次列车票价_T100B次列车 (T100B Train Timetable and Train Fare)". 8684.cn.
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