KTT ( zh, t=九廣通, s=九广通, order=ts) was a
push-pull train set used by the
MTR Corporation Limited
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 K ...
in
Hong Kong
Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...
on the
Guangdong Through Train route. It was used on the Guangdong line (
Hung Hom
Hung Hom (, ) is an area in the southeast of Kowloon Peninsula, Hong Kong. Including the areas of Whampoa, Tai Wan, Hok Yuen, Lo Lung Hang and No. 12 Hill are administratively part of the Kowloon City District, with a portion west of ...
(Kowloon), Hong Kong -
Changping -
Guangzhou East) of the through train service.
The
double-deck "KTT" trailers have bottom floors which are lower than ordinary cars serving on the same pair of tracks.
After the Guangdong Through Train and all other intercity passenger services were suspended in early 2020 amidst the
coronavirus pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December ...
, the KTT trains were placed into storage. On 31 July 2024, the
General Administration of Customs announced that in June 2024, the
State Council had approved the closure of all four railway ports of the inter-city through trains, effective from the date of notice, citing that
high-speed passenger trains have effectively met the travel needs of passengers between the mainland and Hong Kong.
Since 17 January 2025, one of the Re460 locomotives and 2 of the compartments are displayed at the "Station Rail Voyage" exhibition at
Hung Hom Station
Hung Hom () is a passenger railway List of MTR stations, station in Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It is an interchange station between the and the domestic services of the MTR network. This station serves the southern terminus of the East Ra ...
.
Rolling stock
Although the locomotive has a top speed of , KTT only runs at a maximum service speed of on the Hong Kong section of the Guangzhou - Kowloon Railway and at
on the Guangzhou - Shenzhen Railway. KTT now has ten compartments (eight first-class compartments and two executive-class compartments).
Since March 2018, all KTT coaches have undergone minor refurbishments. Refurbished trains feature
reupholstered seats, new flooring, train automatic broadcast system devices and improved barrier-free facilities.
See also
*
Guangshen Railway Company Xinshisu - former service from
Guangdong
) means "wide" or "vast", and has been associated with the region since the creation of Guang Prefecture in AD 226. The name "''Guang''" ultimately came from Guangxin ( zh, labels=no, first=t, t= , s=广信), an outpost established in Han dynasty ...
to
Hong Kong
Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...
*
LRC (train)
The LRC (a bilingual initialism: in English: ''Light, Rapid, Comfortable''; in ) is a series of lightweight diesel-powered passenger trains that were used on short- to medium-distance inter-city service in the Canadian Provinces of Ontario and Qu ...
References
Kinki Sharyo rolling stock
MTR rolling stock
Rail transport in Guangdong
Train-related introductions in 1998
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