Shenzhen to Kowloon bus

Buses from Shenzhen to Kowloon start at €19.96 and take 5h 52m at their fastest.

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The Buses from Shenzhen to Kowloon starts at €19.96 and takes 5h 52m door to door, run by 2 operators over 135 km, with around 1 departure a day. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.

Checked September 23, 2026Priced for September 28, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 5h 52mDoor to door
  • 3h 18mMoving
  • €19.96 to €24.93From
  • 07:30 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 1Per day
  • 3.9 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on September 28, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€19.96 to €24.93 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

12Go lists the departures it sells between Shenzhen and Kowloon.

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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 €24.93Thu24
  2. about €24.38Fri25
  3. about €23.28Sat26
  4. about €19.97Sun27
  5. about €19.96Mon28
  6. about €19.96Tue29
  7. about €19.96Wed30
  8. about €19.96Thu1
  9. about €19.96Fri2
  10. about €19.96Sat3
  11. about €19.96Sun4
  12. about €19.96Mon5
  13. about €19.96Tue6
  14. about €19.96Wed7

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

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026

Cheapest€19.96
  1. 永東巴士 S-970607:301h 3m08:33Shenzhen Bay Port山房驿站
  2. CKS CK571410:002h 15m12:15九州港客运码头KOWLOON

Changes at Zhuhai, with 87 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.

Door to door 5h 52mCO2 3.9 kgChanges 1Changeable for a fee

Carriers

Bus operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorTypical speedOn board
永東巴士72 km/hPower outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi
CKS33 km/hBar, Bicycles, Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms

The bus 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 bus 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 Shenzhen to Kowloon

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

  1. €19.9690 days
  2. €19.9660 days
  3. €19.9645 days
  4. €19.9630 days
  5. €19.9621 days
  6. €19.9614 days
  7. €19.967 days
  8. €23.283 days
  9. €24.931 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €19.96.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 25 percent. The most expensive point is €24.93, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits outside the cheap window, which opens around 90 days before departure. There is no advantage to booking this minute.
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. €19.96Sun
  2. €19.96Mon
  3. €19.96Tue
  4. €19.96Wed
  5. €19.96Thu
  6. €19.96Fri
  7. €19.96Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Shenzhen

Bus
  • Shenzhen Bay Port
  • 世界之窗总站

Kowloon

Bus
  • Kowloon City Ferry
  • Kowloon City (Shing Tak Street)
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 135 km against 28 km in a straight line, a detour of 389 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Humen, Zhuhai. The gap between arriving and leaving is 83 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 12 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 Shenzhen at 07:30 and the last at 07:30, across 1 departure The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
The alternatives

Buses against the other ways to make this journey

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Train5h 41m3h 11m2h 30m€24.533.8 kg1
Coach5h 52m3h 18m2h 34m€19.963.9 kg1

Questions about Shenzhen to Kowloon

The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 Coach from Shenzhen to Kowloon take?

The Coach from Shenzhen to Kowloon takes 5h 52m door to door, of which 3h 18m is spent moving. The route runs 135 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 Coach from Shenzhen to Kowloon cost?

The Coach from Shenzhen to Kowloon starts at €19.96 for one passenger, as of September 23, 2026. A typical fare is €19.96. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Coach from Shenzhen to Kowloon?

2 operators run the Coach from Shenzhen to Kowloon: 永東巴士, CKS. Between them they file around 1 departure 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 Coach from Shenzhen to Kowloon use?

The Coach from Shenzhen to Kowloon leaves from Shenzhen Bay Port 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.

Is the Coach the best way from Shenzhen to Kowloon?

Traveling from Shenzhen to Kowloon by Train costs €24.53 and takes 5h 41m door to door, against 5h 52m by Coach. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.

When should I book the Coach from Shenzhen to Kowloon?

Fares for the Coach from Shenzhen to Kowloon bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €19.96. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 25 percent, measured on September 23, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Shenzhen to Kowloon produce?

The Coach from Shenzhen to Kowloon produces about 3.9 kg of CO2 per passenger over 135 km, which works out at roughly 29 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Coach from Shenzhen to Kowloon?

Operators on the Coach from Shenzhen to Kowloon publish Bar, Bicycles, Cabins, Cafe, Power outlets, Restaurant, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 5h 52m 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 labeled 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 Shenzhen to Kowloon on September 23, 2026: 135 km of route against 28 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €19.96, and 5h 52m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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