Shenzhen is the symbol of the economic boom of China . It is located in the south coast of the Guangdong Province. Historically it was a shipping village on the “Silk Road” and nowadays it becomes the China’s richest city with the development of hotels, office towers, factories, etc…

Shenzhen has a common Border with Hong Kong and many foreigners or Hong Kong residents come here to benefit of good bargains in the shopping malls and also of various very cheap massages in the numerous “Spa”. It takes about one hour to get there by MTR/KCR from Hong Kong Island and almost the same if chose to go by bus. 

By Bus

There is a 24hr bus from Wanchai in Hong Kong to Huanggang in Shenzhen (Huanggang border is open 24/7). The bus company is named “All China Express Limited”. It is a direct bus (no stop between Wanchai and Shenzhen). It takes about 45mn to go there. This border is less crowded so it is quite fast to go through the immigration.

The starting point of bus is located at Wanchai Ferry Pier:

You can buy the ticket directly in front of the bus station. It costs only:

• HKD45 one way during the day
• HKD50 one way between 0:00am till 7am.

The bus will bring you to the Hong Kong Border where you will have to exit the bus and pass the HK immigration. Once you’ve done it, the bus should have been through the different control by the immigration so you just have to go back to the same bus in no man’s land (between HK and China border). The bus will then take you for a final ride to the China border (only 2mn trip).

Once you exit the Chinese immigration, you have the choice to pick-up any transport: Taxi, local bus, shuttle bus, mini-van or private car.

The return is quite similar except that you have to pass through the Chinese immigration in order to buy the Bus ticket. The counter is located on the left at the exit of the immigration building. You can not miss it, it is the last counter closed to the toilets in front of a row of different bus.

By Train (KCR)

From Central you need to take the MTR to Kowloon Tong or Hung Hom. You head for the Rail Line called also KCR (blue line on the map below).

This line can take two directions after Sheung Shui station: “Lo Wu” or “Lok Ma Chau”, you must be very careful and check the destination on the electronic panel. The KCR will do a lot of stops as shown on the map below. It takes about 40mn from East Tsim Sha Tsui to Lo Wu. The cost is about HKD34. Obviously the journey and the cost will be lower depending on where you get in the train.

“Lok Ma Chau” / Huanggang is the same border. “Lok Ma Chau” is just the name of the border on Hong Kong side whilst Huanggang is the one for China side.

Once arrived there, you just have to follow all the people who exit from the train. Arriving at the Immigration desk you are split into two queues, one for “foreigners” (not Hong Kong residents nor Chinese nationals) and an other for “Hong Kong residents”. After getting your exit stamp from Hong Kong, you need to reach the Chinese Border to obtain your entry stamp (usually there is a lot of queue).

You can go back to Hong Kong by train except that the KCR closed at arround 12am.

By Ferry

You have also a ferry from Hong Kong/Macau Ferry Pier (Shun Tak Building) in Central to Shekou in Shenzhen. It is another entry point to China. The ferry has a very specific schedule between 9am till 9pm. You can check the departyure time on the website ShekouLive http://www.shekoulive.com/ferry.html. It takes about 1 hour to go there and cost RMB110. The schedule is not really convenient but it can be useful when you want to go to Shenzhen Airport.

To summarize, there are 3 different ways/transportations to go to Shenzhen. It all depends on what you want to do and where you want to go. As you can see below the entry are quite far from each other:

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