West Kowloon station (abbreviated WEK), also known as Hong Kong West Kowloon,
is the southern
terminus
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* Terminal train station or terminus, a railway station serving as an end destination
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of and the only station on the
Hong Kong section of the
Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong Express Rail Link
Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong Express Rail Link (XRL), also known as “Guangshengang XRL” (officially Beijing–Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong high-speed railway, Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong section), is a high-speed railway line tha ...
(HSR). The station connects to
China's HSR network across the border through dedicated
tunnel
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s and includes a Mainland Port Area where the
laws of (Mainland) China are enforced. It was constructed by the
MTR Corporation Limited
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as the project manager
commissioned by the
Hong Kong Government
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, through subcontractors.
The terminal railway station is located in
Jordan
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,
West Kowloon
West Kowloon () is the western part of Kowloon Peninsula in Hong Kong, situated within the Yau Tsim Mong District and Sham Shui Po District. It is bounded by Canton Road to the east, Victoria Harbour to the west and the south, and Jorda ...
, north of the
West Kowloon Cultural District
The West Kowloon Cultural District (WKCD) is a large arts development in Hong Kong. Based on a Foster and Partners master plan and comprising , the district will eventually include 17 venues. The Xiqu Centre for Chinese opera, the Freespace c ...
between the
Airport Express
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and
Tung Chung line
The Tung Chung line is one of the ten lines of the MTR system in Hong Kong, linking the town of Tung Chung with central Hong Kong. A part of the Tung Chung line was built along with the Kap Shui Mun Bridge and the Tsing Ma Bridge. The line cu ...
's
Kowloon station and the
Tuen Ma line
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's
Austin station. The footprint of the new station extends into the basement of the West Kowloon Cultural District.
The original While construction of the station was still planned for completion in 2015, major flooding occurred in the railway tunnels under construction on 30 March 2014. This resulted in great damage to the
tunnel boring machine
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s. Internal MTR reports suggested causes were incomplete tender drawings, site surveys, and planning before construction began.
The station was formally opened on 4 September 2018 and high-speed trains started to run to destinations in Mainland China from 23 September 2018.
RTHK
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reported that the final cost of the construction was 30% more than the initial estimate.
Due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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, then chief executive of the territory
Carrie Lam
Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor ( Cheng; ; born 13 May 1957) is a retired Hong Kong politician who served as the 4th Chief Executive of Hong Kong from 2017 to 2022. She served as Chief Secretary for Administration between 2012 and 2017 and Secr ...
announced that West Kowloon station will be closed from midnight of until further notice. The station has since then remained closed to the public, although it was used on 30 June and 1 July 2022 to facilitate
Chinese leader Xi Jinping
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and
first lady
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Peng Liyuan
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's visit to Hong Kong for ceremonies related to 25th anniversary of the
Hong Kong handover
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and inauguration of
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as the new
Chief Executive
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.
Mainland Port Area
The Mainland Port Area is an area inside West Kowloon station that serves as a
border control point between
mainland China
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and
Hong Kong
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. The area has been effectively ceded to Mainland China for a token
HK$1,000 a year in rent. Since September 2018, Mainland Chinese immigration and police personnel operate exclusively within the area, and the laws of
Mainland China
"Mainland China" is a geopolitical term defined as the territory governed by the People's Republic of China (including islands like Hainan or Chongming), excluding dependent territories of the PRC, and other territories within Greater China. ...
, rather than Hong Kong, are enforced.
This arrangement was controversial both before and after its implementation. Pro-democracy advocates were concerned about the erosion of Hong Kong's freedoms and autonomy under the "
One Country, Two Systems
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The constitutional principle was formulated in the early ...
" framework, and the
Hong Kong Bar Association
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Victor Dawes SC is the current chairman of the Cou ...
stated that the arrangement caused "the integrity of the
Basic Law" to be "irreparably breached" and would "severely undermine" confidence in the
rule of law
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in Hong Kong. Notably, the
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
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, which applies in Hong Kong, does not apply in the Mainland Port Area, leading to
human rights
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concerns.
Area definition
The area delineated and coloured
orange
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** Orange blossom, its fragrant flower
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* ...
on Plan No. 1 and Annex 1 to Plan No. 1 in Schedule 2 of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link (Co-location) Ordinance is declared as the Mainland Port Area. It comprises the designated areas on B2 and B3 levels, the
platform
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areas on B4 level as well as the connecting passageways.
A train compartment of a
passenger train
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in operation on the
Hong Kong Section of the Express Rail Link is to be regarded as part of the Mainland Port Area. This arrangement will facilitate mainland
border control preclearance in Hong Kong. Reports in the
British press
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suggested this area amounts to a
cession
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of of the station for a token annual rent of HK$ 1,000 (reported as being equivalent to £99).
Except for reserved matters, the Mainland Port Area is to be regarded as an area lying outside
Hong Kong
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but lying within
Mainland China
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for the purposes of the application of the
laws of Mainland China, and of the
laws of Hong Kong, in the Mainland Port Area; and the delineation of jurisdiction over the Mainland Port Area. It does not affect the
boundary
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of the
administrative division
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of the
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
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.
Although the West Kowloon HSR station is listed on a page titled by the Shenzhen municipal government online, it is unclear whether this qualifies as a Port of Exit for the
Shenzhen SEZ Visa on Arrival.
Implementation process
The joint meeting on 8 August 2017 of the Panel on Transport, the Panel on Security and the Panel on Administration of Justice and Legal Services of the
Legislative Council passed the motion supporting the implementation of the "co-location arrangement" at the West Kowloon station.
The meeting on 15 November 2017 of the Legislative Council passed the motion on taking forward the follow-up tasks of the co-location arrangement at the West Kowloon station.
The
Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
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signed the Co-operation Arrangement between the Mainland and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on the Establishment of the Port at the West Kowloon Station of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link for Implementing Co-location Arrangement with the People's Government of
Guangdong Province
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on 18 November 2017.
On 27 December 2017, the
Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
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approved the Co-operation Arrangement and stated that it is consistent with the
Constitution of the People's Republic of China
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and the
Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
The Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong Express Rail Link (Co-location) Bill was passed by the
Legislative Council at the meeting on 14 June 2018. The Ordinance
gazetted
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on 22 June 2018 and come into operation on a day to be appointed by the
Secretary for Transport and Housing
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by notice published in the ''
Hong Kong Government Gazette
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''.
After a ceremony to "mark the commissioning of the Mainland Port Area" was held jointly by
Frank Chan
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, Secretary for Transport and Housing, and "a leading
Communist party
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official from
Guangdong province
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",
democracy activists
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noted that it constituted an erosion of the
SAR
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* Sar, Tibet, Tibet Autonomous Region of China
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...
's autonomy, with Tanya Chan reported as telling local radio that "the unlawful and unconstitutional joint checkpoint has been implemented forcefully — it has caused an irreparable damage to our legal system and rule of law."
Chief Executive
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Carrie Lam
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, however, denied that there was any attempt to cover up the event, despite the ceremony being closed to press and being held without advance notice to
news media
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or to members of the
Legislative Council.
In the Court of First Instance of the
High Court,
Judge
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Anderson Chow refused the applications for leave to apply for
judicial review
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by his decision dated 27 September 2017 and 18 April 2018. He refused the applications for interim relief by his decision dated 14 August 2018. He granted the applications for leave to apply for judicial review but dismissed the substantive applications for judicial review by his judgment dated 13 December 2018.
Mainland police operations
Since the Mainland Port Area began operations, there have been several reported cases of travellers being detained or arrested by mainland officials in Hong Kong. In one case,
Simon Cheng
Simon Cheng Man-kit (; born 10 October 1990) is a Hong Kong activist. He was formerly a trade and investment officer at the British Consulate-General in Hong Kong. Cheng was detained by Chinese authorities in August 2019 in West Kowloon statio ...
, a Hong Kong resident working for the
British consulate
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was detained upon returning to Hong Kong and sent back to mainland China by mainland police officers. Amid the
2019–20 Hong Kong protests, Chinese border officers have also begun to routinely search the phones of travellers for evidence of involvement in the protests.
Structure
Construction of the West Kowloon station project was divided into two parts, XRL810A (northern part) and XRL810B (southern part) (XRL meaning e''X''press ''R''ail ''L''ink). The northern construction area was awarded to
Leighton Contractors
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&
Gammon Construction
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responsible for joint operations. The southern part of the project was awarded to a consortium of Laing O'Rourke, HCCG (Hsin Chong) & Paul Y jointly responsible for the construction.
As a cross-border station, the West Kowloon station has customs and immigration facilities for passengers to go through prior to boarding, removing the need for trains to stop at the
Hong Kong
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-
Mainland China
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border, reducing travel time.
Platforms
The station serves both 16-car
long-haul trains and shorter 8-car
short-haul regional trains. In its current initial stages, the station uses only 10 tracks (6 long-haul and 4 short-haul) with 14 platforms (6 long-haul and 4 short-haul) consisting of 5 island platforms and 4 side platforms. However, the station was designed with 15 tracks (9 long-haul and 6 short-haul) with 21 platforms (9 long-haul and 12 short-haul) using 9 island platforms and 3 side platforms for full operations.
The long-haul trains use longer platforms located on the eastern end of the station. This part of the station has 9 tracks with 4 island platforms and 1 side platform. However, as of 2022, it has only ever used 6 tracks with 2 side platforms and 2 island platforms (Platforms 4–9). Passengers here board and alight from the same platform. Each platform here has 4 lifts and 4 escalators (2 for arrivals and 2 for departures). This means an island platform has a total of 8 escalators and 8 lifts. The arrivals escalators and lifts connect to the Arrival concourse on B2 and the departures connecting from the Departure concourse on B3.
Short-haul trains (including
MTR Vibrant Express) use shorter platforms which employ the
Spanish solution
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Description
This platform arrangement allo ...
arrangement, where platforms for
boarding and alighting are separately located on opposing sides of the track. This reduces
dwell times of trains in the station by reducing boarding and alighting times of passengers to allow for a higher frequency of service. Currently, there are only 4 tracks in use for the short-haul trains, with 3 island platforms (2 of which are used for alighting) and 2 side platforms with a total of 8 platforms (Platforms 11–18). The boarding platforms (both island and side) each use 3 lifts and 2 lifts. The alighting platforms each use 2 lifts and 3 escalators. In the future, there will be a total of 6 tracks (5 island platforms and 2 side platforms) serving short-haul trains.
Exits
A:
Austin station
B: Wui Man Road Pick-up/Drop-off
C: Lin Cheung Road (closed)
D: Green Plaza
F: Green Plaza
G: Xiqu Centre
H: Green Plaza
J: Coach Pick-up/Drop-off
K1:
Austin station
K2: West Kowloon Station Bus Terminus
K4: Sky Corridor
M:
Elements
N:
Austin station
Landscaping
West Kowloon station features an extensive green garden across the roof area of the station. It also sets up a large collection of cultural elements and entertainment spaces. Passengers can easily cross the ground floor between
Kowloon station,
Austin station and
West Kowloon Cultural District
The West Kowloon Cultural District (WKCD) is a large arts development in Hong Kong. Based on a Foster and Partners master plan and comprising , the district will eventually include 17 venues. The Xiqu Centre for Chinese opera, the Freespace c ...
, providing
Hong Kong
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residents and visitors ample public open space and a comfortable green walking environment. Above the station, an area of approximately has been planted with a large number of plants and trees with
traffic
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Traffic laws govern and regulate traffic, while rules of the road include traffic ...
separated. All to create a pedestrian area, a green platform, and a wooded park that will integrate with the
West Kowloon Cultural District
The West Kowloon Cultural District (WKCD) is a large arts development in Hong Kong. Based on a Foster and Partners master plan and comprising , the district will eventually include 17 venues. The Xiqu Centre for Chinese opera, the Freespace c ...
harbourside parklands.
In addition, the West Kowloon station entrance lobby area features a green ecological leisure channel zone to tie in with the greenery on top of the building.
Train services
The West Kowloon station is served by both short-distance and long-haul train services. Short-distance services consist of a frequent service to mainland Chinese cities in neighbouring Guangdong province, including Shenzhen, Dongguan, and Guangzhou, while long-distance services link Hong Kong to at least 16 major destinations in mainland China. Short-haul trains are operated by both
MTR's Vibrant Express
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and
China Railway
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China Railway operates passenger and freight transport throughout Ch ...
, whereas the long-haul trains are only operated by China Railway.
Both MTR and China Railway sell tickets for the other's trains. Ticket prices are set in
Renminbi (RMB) which are used by China Railway's ticketing services. MTR use only
Hong Kong Dollars (HKD) which fares are set monthly based on China Railway's RMB prices and current conversion rates with the RMB. Seat selection and remaining seat information are not available on MTR's online ticketing platform.
Short-haul services
* 2 trains per hour to
Futian
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Name
There are two theor ...
* 4 trains per hour to
Shenzhen North
* 1 train per hour to
Humen
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* 2 trains per hour to
Guangzhou South
Long-haul services
* 8 trains per day to
Chaoshan
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* 1 train per day to
Shantou
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* 1 train per day to
Xiamen North
* 3 trains per day to
Xiamen
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* 1 train per day to
Fuzhou
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* 1 train per day to
Zhaoqing East
* 1 train per day to
Nanning East
* 2 trains per day to
Guilin West
* 1 train per day to
Guiyang North
* 1 train per day to
Guiyang East
* 1 train per day to
Kunming South
* 1 train per day to
Chongqing West
* 1 train per day to
Tianjin West
* 1 train per day to
Beijing West
According to a 2008 study, it is expected that by 2030, train services will increase in frequency.
Road network
Related developments by the
Hong Kong government
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in
West Kowloon
West Kowloon () is the western part of Kowloon Peninsula in Hong Kong, situated within the Yau Tsim Mong District and Sham Shui Po District. It is bounded by Canton Road to the east, Victoria Harbour to the west and the south, and Jorda ...
, expect to improve the efficiency of road and pedestrian access routes, as well as to resolve a problematic traffic intersection in West Kowloon. These road developments hope to meet the transport needs of the entire area of the new development area of
West Kowloon Cultural District
The West Kowloon Cultural District (WKCD) is a large arts development in Hong Kong. Based on a Foster and Partners master plan and comprising , the district will eventually include 17 venues. The Xiqu Centre for Chinese opera, the Freespace c ...
and West Kowloon station after completion.
Transportation Study identified the following specific road improvement measures:
* Build a connection from
Austin Road West
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(near
Canton Road
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) to Lin Cheung Road (
Jordan Road north) via an underground carriageway, so that pedestrians will have unimpeded access and egress between
West Kowloon Cultural District
The West Kowloon Cultural District (WKCD) is a large arts development in Hong Kong. Based on a Foster and Partners master plan and comprising , the district will eventually include 17 venues. The Xiqu Centre for Chinese opera, the Freespace c ...
, West Kowloon station and Kowloon station
* Conduct Austin Road and Canton Road junction improvement works, including considering the widening of the Canton Road carriageway and expansion of the existing underground pedestrian tunnel system
* Other road improvement projects in West Kowloon will be directly connected to a newly developed area near the
West Kowloon Highway
West Kowloon Highway is a section of Route 3 in Hong Kong, built as part of the Airport Core Programme. This dual-three-lane expressway runs for 4.2 km (), connecting Western Harbour Crossing in the south with Tsing Kwai Highway in the nor ...
, in order to reduce the load on the region's transportation network
Awards
In 2010, the West Kowloon station design won "Cityscape Awards for Architecture" in the Emerging Markets of Tourism, Travel & Transport Future Awards. In the same year on 4 November, the West Kowloon station design won the "Best Future Project ─ Infrastructure" World Architecture Festival Awards.
West Kowloon Terminus
World Buildings Directory
See also
* Woodlands Train Checkpoint
Woodlands Train Checkpoint (abbreviated as WTCP, also known as Woodlands CIQ) is a railway station and border checkpoint in Woodlands, Singapore. Located close to the Malaysia–Singapore border, the station is owned by Singapore's Immigration an ...
* Juxtaposed controls
Juxtaposed controls (in french: link=no, bureaux à contrôles nationaux juxtaposés, or ; in nl, link=no, kantoren waar de nationale controles van beide landen naast elkaar geschieden) are a reciprocal arrangement between Belgium, France, the ...
- co-location of immigration and customs on trains and ferries
References
Further reading
*s:zh:内地与香港特别行政区关于在广深港高铁西九龙站设立口岸实施“一地两检”的合作安排, Cooperation arrangements between the Mainland and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on the establishment of a port at the West Kowloon Station of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link to implement "Co-location Arrangement"
*s:zh:关于对《关于批准〈内地与香港特别行政区关于在广深港高铁西九龙站设立口岸实施“一地两检”的合作安排〉的决定(草案)》的说明, Note on the "(Draft) Decision on the Approval of the Cooperation Arrangement between the Mainland and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on the Establishment of Ports at the West Kowloon Station of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link"
*s:zh:全国人民代表大会法律委员会对《关于批准〈内地与香港特别行政区关于在广深港高铁西九龙站设立口岸实施“一地两检”的合作安排〉的决定(草案)》审议结果的报告, Report on the outcome of the review by the Law Committee of the National People's Congress, regarding the "(Draft) Decision on the Approval of the Cooperation Arrangement between the Mainland and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on the Establishment of Ports at the West Kowloon Station of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link"
*s:zh:全国人民代表大会常务委员会关于批准《内地与香港特别行政区关于在广深港高铁西九龙站设立口岸实施“一地两检”的合作安排》的决定, Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on Approving the Cooperation Arrangement between the Mainland and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on the establishment of a port at the West Kowloon Station of Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link to implement "Co-location Arrangement"
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Kwun Chung
West Kowloon
China–Hong Kong border crossings
Juxtaposed border controls
Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong Express Rail Link
Railway stations in Hong Kong opened in 2018
25 kV AC railway electrification
MTR