Answered by Borut
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Dec. 25, 2025 01:56
May I suggest you something? I hope you will find it more logical and easier. Huanggang border crossing is huge, with great capacity and fine in general, but not exactly for those arriving by public transport and in general it is less appealing than Lo Wu / Luohu border crossing. So, my suggestion is, take Lo Wu / Luohu border crossing and make your visit to Shenzhen so easy logistically. You will take MTR East rail line from the very center of Hong Kong all the way to Lo Wu. At Lo Wu you will perform Hong Kong exit formalities. After that you will shortly walk to reach Luohu that is mainland China counterpart of Lo Wu. Here you will first approach visa office and not the immigration. At visa office you will perform all the formalities (nothing is done ahead of your arrival) and receive your visa. You can pay with Alipay, cash (mainland China cash only) or overseas bank cards (debit and credit), the choice is yours. The price is the same for all the citizenship - 130 CNY. When you receive your visa, you will head to the immigration and then to Shenzhen. Luohu border crossing facility has a metro line number 1 station integrated within the premises, so you can travel from there directly to different parts of Shenzhen, the very center of the city, included. When you are done with your visit to Shenzhen you can return to Hong Kong by taking any border crossing and any mean of transport, high speed train included. I hope you will accept the suggestion because it is so much easier than Huanggang logistically. Border crossings are open on January 1, do not worry. Have a nice visit to Shenzhen.