Originally Posted by
deadinabsentia
END OF KA perhaps.. if you can take a highspeed train from Kowloon Station to PEK in 5hrs , would you ever bother flying?
Well, at current 300 km/h the fastest train (G80) takes 8 hours from Guangzhou to Beijing. Even at 350 km/h it would need 7 hours. So there *might* still be a reason to fly, but personally, we're talking about PEK, I would take the high speed rail, pay for the lay-flat business class seat and relax for 7 hours.