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Some high-speed rail services between Hong Kong and mainland China axed due to poor weather

  • Services axed on Sunday and Monday, including new high-speed sleeper trains between Hong Kong and Shanghai

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The Observatory issued an amber rainstorm signal at 5:50am, removing it nearly five hours later at 10.40am. Photo: Sam Tsang
Some high-speed rail services between Hong Kong and mainland China have been cancelled on Sunday and Monday as rain lashes the city and parts of Guangdong province.
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Flooding was also reported in the city over the weekend, with the Hong Kong Observatory issuing an amber rainstorm warning on two consecutive mornings.

“A broad trough of low pressure is bringing heavy showers and squally thunderstorms to the coast of Guangdong,” the forecaster said.

Authorities cancelled 12 rail services from Hong Kong to Shenzhen, Shanghai, Chaoshan, Xiamen and Fuzhou on Sunday.

Another 13 from those destinations to the city were also axed, including one from Shantou.

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The D908 high-speed sleeper train from Hong Kong to Shanghai on Monday was cancelled, with the D907 service in the other direction also cut.

Authorities made the decision to axe the services due to the adverse conditions.

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