Sliver Of Normality Returns As XRL Services Resume

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  Passengers happily snap selfies and group photos on the high-speed train en route to Guangzhou. Photo: NurPhoto via AFP

The highly-anticipated resumption of Express Rail Link services to Guangdong has finally happened.

Thousands of travellers eager to reach either side of the border boarded the sleek high-speed trains for the first time since 2020 early on Sunday.

Our reporter Wendy Wong was on the first train to Guangzhou East station.

She said travelling on the high-speed rail was hassle-free – except for the mandatory pre-departure PCR test – and that it was a much needed sliver of normality after three years of the pandemic.

Click on the audio above to listen to her experience.