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Nine routes

Both banks of the Pearl River estuary, twenty minutes apart.

  • 4

    Hubs

  • 6

    Spokes

  • 449 km

    Network km

  • 886

    Departures a day

Select any line for detail; each pill carries the route number and its distance in km.

PEARL RIVER ESTUARYSZ – HK boundaryMacau boundaryL136L240L344L468L555L650L762L845L949Futian CBDShekouShenzhen AirportHK Int'l AirportHumenSongshan LakeDaya BaySheung WanZhuhai JiuzhouMacau Taipa

Every route

Flight · Door to door · Ground

  • Futian CBD ↔ HK Int'l Airport

    Flight
    12′
    Door to door
    38′
    On the ground today
    ≈130′
    Fare
    ¥490

    Downtown Shenzhen straight to HKIA — 2 to 2.5 hours on the ground.

  • Shekou ↔ Sheung Wan

    Flight
    13′
    Door to door
    39′
    On the ground today
    ≈100′
    Fare
    ¥530

    Replaces a ferry that runs only four or five times a day.

  • Shenzhen Airport ↔ HK Int'l Airport

    Flight
    14′
    Door to door
    40′
    On the ground today
    ≈120′
    Fare
    ¥570

    Airport-to-airport interlining, bags checked straight through.

  • Humen ↔ HK Int'l Airport

    Flight
    20′
    Door to door
    46′
    On the ground today
    ≈180′
    Fare
    ¥820

    Dongguan has no airport of its own — HKIA is its international gateway.

  • Shekou ↔ Macau Taipa

    Flight
    17′
    Door to door
    43′
    On the ground today
    ≈150′
    Fare
    ¥680

    No direct bridge between Shenzhen and Macau — 2.5 hours the long way round.

  • Futian CBD ↔ Songshan Lake

    Flight
    16′
    Door to door
    40′
    On the ground today
    ≈90′
    Fare
    ¥350

    Business travel along the manufacturing corridor; 75–90 min by car at peak.

  • Futian CBD ↔ Daya Bay

    Flight
    19′
    Door to door
    43′
    On the ground today
    ≈100′
    Fare
    ¥420

    Commuter belt and petrochemical cluster with no direct rail link.

  • Shekou ↔ Zhuhai Jiuzhou

    Flight
    14′
    Door to door
    38′
    On the ground today
    ≈110′
    Fare
    ¥310

    No fixed link between Shenzhen and Zhuhai — today it is the boat or nothing.

  • Shekou ↔ Humen

    Flight
    15′
    Door to door
    39′
    On the ground today
    ≈90′
    Fare
    ¥340

    Skips the permanently congested Humen Bridge.

L1
38′ / ≈130′
L2
39′ / ≈100′
L3
40′ / ≈120′
L4
46′ / ≈180′
L5
43′ / ≈150′
L6
40′ / ≈90′
L7
43′ / ≈100′
L8
38′ / ≈110′
L9
39′ / ≈90′

Route selection uses three rules

  1. The leg has to be 36–68 km. Shorter, and the fixed cost of getting to the pad and through screening eats the whole advantage. Longer, and rail wins again.

  2. The ground has to be at least twice as slow. A sea, a border, or a bridge that always jams must sit in between — otherwise the line has no reason to exist.

  3. Both ends must already carry crowds. Border posts, airports, piers, industrial parks — we do not create demand, we take over an existing pain point.

Lines we deliberately cut

  • Shenzhen ↔ Zhongshan

    The Shenzhen–Zhongshan Link opened in 2024; the drive is 30 minutes. No advantage left.

  • Shenzhen ↔ Guangzhou

    56 minutes on the high-speed line, 178 departures a day. Too frequent to beat.

  • Shenzhen ↔ Tangxia / Fenggang / Chang'an

    Only 20–30 km — too close for the fixed overhead to pay off.

  • Futian ↔ West Kowloon

    14 minutes by high-speed rail. This leg was never the painful one.