The Kowloon–Canton Railway was a railway network in Hong Kong. It was owned and operated by the Kowloon–Canton Railway Corporation (KCRC) until 2007. Rapid transit services,a light rail system,feeder bus routes within Hong Kong,and intercity passenger and freight train services to China on the KCR network,have been operated by the MTR Corporation since 2007.
MTR Corporation Limited is a majority government-owned public transport operator and property developer in Hong Kong which operates the Mass Transit Railway,the most popular public transport network in Hong Kong. It is listed on the Hong Kong Exchange and is a component of the Hang Seng Index. The MTR additionally invests in railways across different parts of the world,including franchised contracts to operate rapid transit systems in London,Stockholm,Beijing,Hangzhou,Taipa,Shenzhen,Sydney,and a suburban rail system in Melbourne.
The Beijing–Kowloon railway,also known as the Jingjiu railway is a dual track railway connecting Beijing West railway station in Beijing to Shenzhen railway station in Shenzhen,Guangdong Province.
Guangshen railway or Guangzhou–Shenzhen railway,also known as the Chinese section of the Kowloon–Canton railway (广九铁路华段) in 1911–1949,is a railway in Guangdong province in the People's Republic of China,between Guangzhou and Shenzhen. It is operated by Guangshen Railway Co.,Ltd.,a publicly traded company.
Shilong is an industrial town under the direct administration of the prefecture-level city of Dongguan,Guangdong province,People's Republic of China.
Shenzhen railway station,also unofficially known as Luohu railway station,is located across from Luohu Commercial City in Nanhu Subdistrict,Luohu District of Shenzhen,Guangdong and is the southern terminus of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen Railway.
Changping railway station,formerly Sheung Ping railway station and Dongguan railway station,serves the city of Dongguan in Guangdong Province,China,located in Changping Town of the city. It is served by Guangshen railway,Guangmeishan railway,Jingjiu railway as well as the Guangdong through train service.
The Guangzhou–Kowloon through train was an inter-city railway service between Hong Kong and Guangzhou jointly operated by the MTR Corporation of Hong Kong and the Guangzhou Railway Group of mainland China. Services operate along the East Rail line within Hong Kong territory,crossing the Hong Kong–Chinese border at Lo Wu,and continuing along the Guangmao Railway and Guangshen Railway in Guangdong province.
The Shanghai–Kowloon through train was a train that runs 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. The numbers of this train service were Z99B and Z100B. 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 Beijing–Kowloon through train was an intercity railway service between Hung Hom station in Hong Kong and the Beijing West railway station in China,jointly operated by the MTRC of Hong Kong and China Railway,China's national rail service. The train ran to Beijing and Hong Kong every other day. Services used the East Rail line in Hong Kong,crossed the boundary between Hong Kong and mainland China at Lo Wu and then continued along China's railway network via the Guangshen railway and the Jingguang railway to Beijing. Total journey time was approximately 23 hours,and the train uses 25T class train carriages.
KTT is a train set used by the MTR Corporation Limited in Hong Kong on the Guangdong Through Train route. It is used on the Guangdong line of the through train service.
The Hong Kong section of the Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong Express Rail Link is a 26 km (16 mi) long stretch of high-speed rail that runs along a dedicated underground rail corridor linking Hong Kong to mainland China. It is one of the most expensive infrastructure undertakings in Hong Kong's history. The line connects Kowloon with the high-speed rail network of China at Futian station in the technology hub of Shenzhen,then running north towards the commercial/ political hub of Guangzhou. As of August 2023 the line has an average ridership of 79,000 passengers a day.
West Kowloon station,also known as Hong Kong West Kowloon,is the southern terminus of and the only station on the Hong Kong section of the Guangshengang XRL. The station connects to China's high-speed rail (HSR) network across the border through dedicated tunnels and includes a Mainland Port Area where the laws of (Mainland) China are enforced. It was constructed by the MTR Corporation Limited as the project manager commissioned by the Hong Kong Government,through subcontractors.
Hong Kong is an important port in the Far East and has relied on entrepôt trade to survive its economy for more than a century.
The Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong Express Rail Link (XRL),also known as the Guangshengang XRL,is a high-speed railway line that connects Guangzhou and Hong Kong (Kowloon) via Shenzhen. Officially,the line is the Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong section of the Beijing–Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong high-speed railway.
Hong Kong's rail network mainly comprises public transport trains operated by the MTR Corporation Limited (MTRC). The MTRC operates the metro network of the territory,the commuter rail network connecting the northeastern,northwestern and southwestern New Territories to the urban areas,and a light rail network in northwestern New Territories. The operations of the territory's two leading railway companies,MTRC and the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation (KCRC),were merged in 2007 on grounds of economies of scale and cost effectiveness. The Hong Kong Government has an explicit stated transport policy of using railways as its transport backbone.
The Luohu Port is a port of entry/border crossing between mainland China and Hong Kong,located in Luohu District of Shenzhen and Lo Wu,New Territories of Hong Kong. It sits within the Frontier Closed Area. The control point is integrated with Lo Wu station of the Mass Transit Railway (MTR) and Luohu station of the Shenzhen metro,the Hong Kong counterpart being Lo Wu Control Point.
China Railway Guangzhou Group,officially abbreviated as CR Guangzhou or CR-Guangzhou,formerly,Guangzhou Railway (Group) Corporation from 1993 to 2017 and Guangzhou Railway Administration from 1953 to 1993,is a subsidiaries company under the jurisdiction of the China Railway. It supervises the railway network within Guangdong,Hunan,and Hainan Provinces.
Shenzhen has an extensive transport network,including various forms of land,water and air transport.
Baosteel Group Guangdong Shaoguan Iron and Steel Co.,Ltd. known as Shaoguan Iron and Steel or SGIS or Shaogang or Shaosteel is a Chinese steel maker.
