How to Get from Hong Kong to Guilin 2024

Hong Kong to Guilin Direct High Speed Train

From: Hong Kong West Kowloon Terminus
To: Guilin West Railway Station

Traveling from Hong Kong to Guilin or from Guilin to Hong Kong by bullet train takes less than 3.5 hours. There are usually 3 high speed trains operated in the morning. Though the train traveling time is about 2 hours longer than taking direct flights, you are more suggested to the take the High Speed Trains. The ticket price of high speed trains is much cheaper than that of the flights. Besides, Hong Kong West Kowloon Terminus (or called Hong Kong West Kowloon Railway Station), which is located in the downtown area, enjoys more convenient location and more great hotels and near attractions of Hong Kong, such as the most famous Victoria Harbour.

Transfer Tip: Hong Kong West Kowloon Terminus is now the only available High Speed Railway Station of Hong Kong. From there, you could take the Hong Kong West Rail Line, East Rail Line, and Disneyland Resort Line to Hong Kong Disney Resort for about 50 minutes, take Tung Chung Line and city bus to Stanley Market for about 1.5 hours, and take West Rail Line, Tung Chung Line and Airport Express to Hong Kong International Airport for about 1.5 hours, etc.

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Hong Kong to Guilin via Shenzhen by Bullet Train

Shenzhen is the nearest big city from Hong Kong, thus it is hotly chosen as an alternative transfer city to Guilin by the Hong Kong Guilin travelers. The High Speed Trains traveling from Hong Kong to Shenzhen takes only about 14-20 minutes, while the trains traveling from Shenzhen to Guilin takes about 3 hours. Among the mainly used High Speed Railway Stations of Shenzhen, only Shenzhen North Railway Station operates High Speed Trains to Guilin. For more details about transportation condition of the two separate sections, you can check the following information:

From Hong Kong to Shenzhen

From: Hong Kong West Kowloon Terminus
To: Shenzhen North Railway Station / Futian Railway Station

Currently, there are about 80 daily High Speed G-trains are serving between Hong Kong and Shenzhen. 55 of those High Speed Trains make stopover at Shenzhen North Railway Station, the only railway station available for High Speed Trains traveling from Shenzhen to Guilin. Besides, 25 of those trains make stopover at Futian Railway Station. Futian Railway Station has no High Speed Trains to Guilin. If you take the trains traveling from Hong Kong to Futian, you have to transfer to Shenzhen North Railway Station to take your High Speed Train to Guilin. Futian Railway Station is well connected with Shenzhen North Railway Station by both High Speed Trains (about 8 minutes ride) and Shenzhen Metro Lines (about 37 minutes).

Transfer Tip: Shenzhen North Railway Station is situated at No. 28 Middle Zhiyuan Road, Shenzhen, Guangdong (广东省深圳市致远中路28号 深圳北站). Till the end of June, 2018, taxi, bus lines and Shenzhen Metro Line 4 and 5 have already connected Shenzhen North Railway Station with the downtown area of Shenzhen.

Useful Links: Hong Kong to Shenzhen Train Schedule | Shenzhen to Hong Kong Train Schedule

From Shenzhen to Guilin

From: Shenzhen North Railway Station
To: Guilin North Railway Station / Guilin Railway Station / Guilin West Railway Station

At present, about 6 pairs of High Speed G-trains are providing service between Shenzhen and Guilin. The traveling time of those G-trains is about 3-3.5 hours. For the G-trains traveling from Shenzhen to Guilin, they may arrive at Guilin Railway Station, Guilin North Railway Station and also Guilin West Railway Station. You are suggested to have a check about your arrival station before booking your High Speed Train tickets.

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