A staff member displays a reminder card of the high-speed sleeper trains D907 and D908 between Shanghai and Hong Kong, at Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station in east China’s Shanghai, June 15, 2024. High-speed sleeper trains linking Beijing and Shanghai with Hong Kong commenced operations on Saturday. (Photo: Xinhua)
The first high-speed sleeper train from the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) arrived at Beijing West Station on Sunday morning, where local railway officials displayed banners to welcome the first batch of passengers on board, domestic media outlets reported.
Days ahead of the 27th anniversary of the HKSAR’s return to the motherland on July 1, the new rail link will facilitate cross- boundary people-to-people,…