We are big fans of the bullet trains in China.
They are fast, cheap and green!
And now they go from West Kowloon Station in Hong Kong.
The easiest way to book if you’re a foreigner is on Trip then pick up your tickets at the station. Trip accepts foreign credit cards.
Pack light. There are stairs at the stations to climb between platforms but otherwise its a fast and efficient world class service that is so much easier than catching a flight!
For our 2020 join-anywhere Yangshuo river towns pre ride,; Hunnan Zhangjiajie pre pre ride and Beijing and the Great Wall pre pre pre ride, the train is going to let you pick and choose from numerous starting points depending on the length of the cycling adventure you choose.
Important joining dates and stations
Gongcheng is the station to join our pre ride on the 22nd.
Xing Ping is the station to join our pre ride from the 21st.
Guilin is the station to join our pre ride from the 20th.
Changsha is the station to join on the 12th.
Beijing is the station to join on the 6th.
If you’re just joining The Yangshuo Bike Feast on the 24th May 2020 – get your self to Yangshuo or Gongcheng stations. There’re many trains now and they are a mere 2-3 hours from Guangzhou / Shenzhen/ Hong Kong /Macau /Zhu Hai and efficient from many other places in China too.
There are a few tricks to buying train tickets when they appear to be sold out… namely choose a station further along the track.
Read the case study : How to get a ticket to yangshuo when you cant get a ticket
Flights
Guilin is the closest International airport with flights from all over China as well as Hong Kong, Macau, Thailand, Malaysia and Korea.
From Hong Kong
Cathay Dragon flies at 2.10 pm on the Friday, and returns on the Sunday at 4.30 pm.
Transfers
Guilin airport to Yangshuo is 90 minutes minutes by private pick up.
Gongcheng Station to Yangshuo is 60 minutes.
Yangshuo station is 45 minutes.