Citizens stand in line to buy Tickets for trains on Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link at the West Kowloon railway station in Hong Kong, China, 10 September 2018. Tickets for trains on Hong Kong's new high-speed rail line to mainland China will be available for sale from Monday (10 September 2018) through online platforms, a telephone hotline and counters at the West Kowloon terminal, the operator said on Friday. MTR Corporation operations director Adi Lau Tin-shing said counter sales would kick off from 8am, with buyers allowed to purchase up to eight tickets per person when presenting valid original identification from the passengers. This includes home return permits and passports. There will be 95 trains running on September 23 ¨C the day the line officially opens ¨C departing between 7am and 5.18pm, Lau said. The first train from the West Kowloon station will leave at 7am for Shenzhen North, followed by one to Chaoshan at 7.23am. The inaugural train to Guangzhou South is due to leave at 8.30am.
