The first express passenger trains are scheduled to begin running between Shenyang, capital of northeast China's Liaoning Province, and Shenzhen, in southern China, on Dec. 18, local railway sources announced on Thursday (Dec. 9th).

The train trip between Shenyang and Shenzhen, a booming city neighboring Hong Kong, will take 37 hours and 25 minutes. Air-conditioned passenger trains, T188 and T186, of the Shenyang Railway Administration will leave the North Railway Station of Shenyang at 5:22 p.m. every day. The train will arrive at Shenzhen at 6:47 a.m. on the third day. Trains leave Shenzhen at 9:13 p.m. each day and arrive at Shenyang at 9:50 a.m. on the third day.

The train journey is 3,151 kilometers long and has 26 stops.

The train trip begins at the North Railway Station of Shenyang and ends at the Shenzhen Railway via nine provinces and municipalities. It crosses four major rivers: the Liaohe, Yellow, the Yangtze and Pearl.

Zhang Fuhai, deputy head of the Shenyang Railway Station, said that launch of the express passenger train service will greatly push forward economic exchange and cooperation between the northeastern and central and south parts of China. The service will link the Pearl River Delta and Hong Kong and Macao.

Zhang said, travelers also be able to visit scenic spots along the railway such as Lushan Mountain in Jiangxi Province, and Jinggang Mountains in central China's Hunan Province.

Editor: Catherine