???????A new high-speed rail service linking Hong Kong with Wuhan, capital city of central China's Hubei Province, officially launched on Sunday.

The inaugural train, G885, departed from Wuhan Station at around 16:00, embarking on a four-hour and 33-minute journey that would take it through stations in Hunan and Guangdong provinces before reaching Hong Kong's West Kowloon Terminal.
Passenger Wei Junyi expressed excitement about the new route.
"I'm here to experience our first train. I think it's very convenient and very quick to go directly to Hong Kong," she said. 
With nearly 1,200 seats per train, the new high-speed rail link is poised to facilitate the flow of people and economic activities between the central region and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
Hong Kong entered the high-speed rail era in 2018, when the Hong Kong section of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link opened.
China aims to expand the length of its operational high-speed rail tracks to about 60,000 kilometers by 2030, up from 48,000 kilometers at the end of 2024, data from the country's railway operator shows.