The Shanghai–Kowloon through train is an

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railway service between

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in Kowloon,

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and Shanghai railway station in China, jointly operated by the

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and

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's national rail service (

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). The numbers of this train service are Z99B (away from

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) and Z100B (towards Shanghai). Services operate along the

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, crossing the boundary between Hong Kong and Mainland China at

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and then continuing along China's railway network via the Guangshen railway, Jingguang railway and the Hukun railway to Shanghai. The train runs every other day. The journey time is approximately 20 hours. The stops on the route are Guangzhou East,

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, and Jinhuaxi stations. Only passengers taking Z99A/Z100A (Shanghai-Guangzhou East) can disembark at these stops. Since 1 October 2003, passengers cannot disembark at the stops listed above, as all travellers to Hong Kong from Shanghai clear Chinese immigration and customs at Shanghai station, and once they have done so they are considered to have left Mainland China and are no longer permitted to leave the train until their arrival at Hung Hom station. The same rule also applies to northbound travellers who will clear Chinese immigration once they have arrived at Shanghai station. 144-hour visa-free transit for passengers who are of selected nationalities are available since 30 January 2016. Due to the

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, the service has been suspended indefinitely since 30 January 2020.

Train carriages

Shanghai–Kowloon through train uses 25T class train carriages. The train has 18 carriages in total. But only 11 carriages go to Hong Kong because other 7 carriages serve Z99A/Z100A, they are separated (for Z99B go to Hong Kong) at the Guangzhou East railway station. File:T99 100 Hard Sleeper Car.jpg, Hard sleeper Car of 25T class train carriages File:T99 100 Soft Sleeper Car.jpg, Soft Sleeper Car of 25T class train carriages File:T99–100_train_RW19T_Deluxe_Soft_Sleeper_Car.jpg, Luxury Soft Sleeper Car of 25T class train carriages File:T99 100 Dining Car.jpg, Dining Car of 25T class train carriages

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Train carriages

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