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Buses from Hong Kong to Beijing

  • 01-03-2016 11:02am
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    Fred Swanson
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    spurious
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    Buses would be crazy - it's a right hoof even by train.
    http://www.travelchinaguide.com/china-trains/beijing-hongkong.htm

    Flying is not that expensive when you factor in the comfort factor.


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    Vic_08
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    Fred Swanson wrote: »
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    It is rather a long way, near enough 2400km, did the 3 hour flight time not make that apparent?

    By high speed train it would be around 15 hours with connections, indirect via Shenzen or 24 hours by sleeper train direct HK-Beijing.

    By bus you'd be looking at well over a day travelling time, I doubt any direct ones operate so you'd be needing several long distance coaches, I doubt you'd do it in much less than 2 days overall.


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    Fred Swanson
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    steve-o
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    Fred Swanson wrote: »
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    As long as your homeward flight is not via Hong Kong. You can't depart to same country you arrived from.


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    Fred Swanson
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    killbillvol2
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    I think the fastest way by land would be train to Guangzhou (about 4 hours) and then the high speed train to Beijing (8 hours). I've done Beijing-Guangzhou on the high speed train and it's a nice journey.

    But, the total cost including a visa would be close to €200 anyway apart from the hassle of getting a Chinese visa.

    Chinese long range buses are comfortable but the times given for journeys are total fiction.

    I think you've already figured it out but flying is the easy option.


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    haro124
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    Don't even consider the bus. It would probably be 45 hours. The longest bus I was on in China was 18 hours and it was horrific. You could cross the border to Shenzhen and then fly to Beijing, would be cheaper


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