Trains cover the 182 kilometers from Hong Kong in about two hours, including a stop at Dongguan. Through Trains to Guangzhou East Railway Station depart from Hong Kong at Hung Hom railway station in Kowloon and arrive in Guangzhou at the East station. Through train services are operated by Hong Kong MTR. [3]. The one-way journey price starts from 190HKD-230HKD.

It is cheaper to take the Guangshen intercity train service (¹ãÉî³Ç¼ÊÁгµ) from Shenzhen to Guangzhou East Railway Station. Some trips also stop at Guangzhou Railway Station. Shenzhen is right across the border from Hong Kong and thousands of people walk over the bridge between the two every day through Luohu (ÂÞºþ). Tickets can be bought at the Shenzen Rail Station in Luohu. The one-way journey price starts from ¥80.

A project is underway to link the entire Pearl River Delta area with high speed (300+ km/h) railway network. The Zhuhai-Guangzhou section is open in 2011, and the journey will take just 57 minutes. Guangzhou- Shenzhen line has been completed and is expected to open soon. A new long distance line from Guangzhou to Wuhan is open. It travels through major cities such as Changsha and Shaoguan. It takes only less than over 3 hours for a journey to Wuhan, nearly 1,000 km away. One way ticket is from ¥490. This train holds the current world record for commercial train services in term of average speed. This is part of a nationwide high-speed network that is under construction. Eventually, this will allow a 7-hour Guangzhou- Beijing ride. Guangzhou South Railway Station (¹ãÖÝÄÏÕ¾) is the new home to the high-speed train services.

It is possible to book a train ticket from Guangzhou to Lhasa, Tibet. The 4,980 km journey takes 54 hours and 39 minutes and runs every other day from Guangzhou Station (¹ãÖÝÕ¾). A sleeper costs ¥923 and up. The last stretch is on the new Qinghai-Tibet railway; for discussion see Overland to Tibet.

Bear in mind there are now three major train stations in Guangzhou. Countless travelers have gone to the wrong station and missed their scheduled trips, so be sure of your departing station, which is specified on the ticket.

Guangzhou East Railway Station (¹ãÖݶ«Õ¾, Dong-Zhan) services routes to Hong Kong and some mainland cities. Metro line 1 ends here.
Guangzhou Railway Station (¹ãÖÝÕ¾, Guangzhou-Zhan) is one of the biggest in the country and services routes that go all the way to Harbin. Metro lines 2 and 5 have a connection stop here.
Guangzhou South Railway Station (¹ãÖÝÄÏÕ¾, Nan-Zhan) is the newest and serves the high-speed network.
Guangzhou also has several other stations such as the North Station and West Station. There are also name variations for each of the stations. Be sure to use official names to avoid confusion.

Although some signs are available in English, staff may not understand English well enough, except at the Guangzhou-Kowloon counter. Bring a phrasebook or a Chinese friend if you're planning on traveling deeper into China.

guangzhou Railway station

Guangzhou Railway Station  serves the city of Guangzhou, China. It sits on the high speed Guangshen railway just west of Guangzhou East station. As one of the busiest railway stations in southern China, Guangzhou station is known for its notorious safety record.[citation needed] CRH trains from Guangzhou serves Shenzhen six times daily.

Services from this station include trains to Beijing (Jingguang railway) and Lhasa. It is served by the Guangzhou Metro on Line 2 and Line 5.

hongkong to guangzhou

The Guangdong Through Train is an inter-city railway service operated jointly by the MTR Corporation of Hong Kong and the Ministry

of Railways of the People's Republic of China. Services operate along the East Rail Line within Hong Kong territory, crossing the

Hong Kong-China border at Lo Wu, and continuing along the Guangshen Railway in Guangdong province.

Twelve trains run in each direction every day, with a journey time of 1 hour 40 minutes.

The MTRC operates the KTT service on this route. The KTT service is provided by double decker trains, usually comprising two

Premium Class carriages and five First Class carriages. A mainland operator provides the other trains on this route.

Places served by the MTRC Guangdong Through Train include:

Guangzhou East Station

Guangzhou East at DuskGuangzhou East Railway Station serves the city of Guangzhou, China. It is located in Tianhe District,
Guangzhou, Guangdong province.
There is a immigration check point within the station for Guangdong Through Train passengers travelling to and from Hong Kong.