Dongguan to Kowloon train

Trains from Dongguan to Kowloon start at €21.77 and take 4h 39m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Dongguan to Kowloon starts at €21.77 and takes 4h 39m door to door, run by 3 operators over 105 km, with around 3 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.

Checked 24 September 2026Priced for 3 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 4h 39mDoor to door
  • 2h 18mMoving
  • €21.77 to €32.78From
  • 07:30 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 3Per day
  • 4.2 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on 3 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€21.77 to €32.78 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.

Departure times on this route

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Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €32.78Fri25
  2. about €27.28Sat26
  3. about €23.43Sun27
  4. about €25.08Mon28
  5. about €23.43Tue29
  6. about €22.88Wed30
  7. about €21.78Thu1
  8. about €23.43Fri2
  9. about €21.77Sat3
  10. about €21.78Sun4
  11. about €22.33Mon5
  12. about €21.77Tue6
  13. about €21.77Wed7
  14. about €21.78Thu8

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 3 October 2026

Cheapest€21.77
  1. Guangshen Railway Company GR354607:3034m08:04Dongguan railway stationMawan railway station
  2. CKS CK328309:181h 44m11:02Shenzhen Airport Ferry TerminalKOWLOON

Changes at Bao'an, with 74 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.

Door to door 4h 39mCO2 3.0 kgChanges 1Changeable for a fee

Carriers

Train operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Guangshen Railway Company140 km/hRefundablePower sockets, Wi-Fi
CKS33 km/hChangeableBar, Bicycles, Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Toilets
珠江船務33 km/hChangeableBar, Bicycles, Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Toilets

The train gets you into Kowloon. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Kowloon for the night the train gets in

Sort by distance from Kowloon City Ferry and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Dongguan to Kowloon

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €21.7790 days
  2. €21.7760 days
  3. €21.7745 days
  4. €21.7730 days
  5. €21.7721 days
  6. €21.7814 days
  7. €21.787 days
  8. €23.433 days
  9. €32.781 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €21.77.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 51 percent. The dearest point is €32.78, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €21.78Sun
  2. €22.33Mon
  3. €21.77Tue
  4. €21.77Wed
  5. €21.78Thu
  6. €23.43Fri
  7. €22.33Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Dongguan

Rail
  • Dongguan railway station
  • Dongguanxi Railway Station
  • Dongguangang Railway Station
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting
0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 105 km against 90 km in a straight line, a detour of 70 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Bao'an, Daliang, Nantou. The gap between arriving and leaving is 74 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 13 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Dongguan at 07:30 and the last at 07:30, across 3 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Dongguan to Kowloon

The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does the Train from Dongguan to Kowloon take?

The Train from Dongguan to Kowloon takes 4h 39m door to door, of which 2h 18m is spent moving. The route runs 105 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Train from Dongguan to Kowloon cost?

The Train from Dongguan to Kowloon starts at €21.77 for one passenger, as of 24 September 2026. A typical fare is €22.34. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Train from Dongguan to Kowloon?

3 operators run the Train from Dongguan to Kowloon: Guangshen Railway Company, CKS, 珠江船務. Between them they file around 3 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Train from Dongguan to Kowloon use?

The Train from Dongguan to Kowloon leaves from Dongguan railway station and arrives at KOWLOON. Allow about 1h 7m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

When should I book the Train from Dongguan to Kowloon?

Fares for the Train from Dongguan to Kowloon bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €21.77. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 51 percent, measured on 24 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Dongguan to Kowloon produce?

The Train from Dongguan to Kowloon produces about 4.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 105 km, which works out at roughly 40 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Train from Dongguan to Kowloon?

Operators on the Train from Dongguan to Kowloon publish Bar, Bicycles, Cabins, Cafe, Power sockets, Restaurant, Toilets, Wi-Fi. That is what 3 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 4h 39m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Dongguan to Kowloon on 24 September 2026: 105 km of route against 90 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €21.77, and 4h 39m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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