Passengers arriving at the West Kowloon Station in Hong Kong receive a warm welcome from MTR staff as high-speed train services resumed between the SAR and the Chinese mainland on Jan 15, 2023. (CALVIN NG / CHINA DAILY)

HONG KONG –  The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the Chinese mainland resumed high-speed train services on Sunday, with tickets each way capped at 5,000 per day.

The number of high-speed train tickets is in addition to the 60,000 daily quota currently set for HK residents traveling to the mainland.

China Railway Guangzhou Group said that it will arrange an average of 38.5 pairs of high-speed trains every day running from stations in Guangzhou and Shenzhen to Hong Kong's West Kowloon Station.

Initially, West Kowloon Station will provide trains to Shenzhen's Futian, Shenzhen North and Guangzhou South and Guangzhou East stations.

Passengers arrive at the West Kowloon Station in Hong Kong as high-speed train services resumed between the SAR and the Chinese mainland on Jan 15,  2023. (CALVIN NG / CHINA DAILY)

Passengers from the Chinese mainland prepare to board the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link at Guangzhoudong railway Station on Jan 15, 2023. (PARKER ZHENG / CHINA DAILY)

Passengers from the Chinese mainland prepare to board the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link at Guangzhoudong railway Station on Jan 15, 2023. (PARKER ZHENG / CHINA DAILY)

Passengers from the Chinese mainland prepare to board the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link at Guangzhoudong railway station on Jan 15, 2023. (PARKER ZHENG / CHINA DAILY)

Passengers from the Chinese mainland wait for their trip to the HKSAR on the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link at Guangzhoudong railway station on Jan 15, 2023. (PARKER ZHENG / CHINA DAILY)

Passengers from the Chinese mainland pose for a photo on the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link at Guangzhoudong railway Station on Jan 15, 2023. (PARKER ZHENG / CHINA DAILY)

Staff members at the Shenzhen North Railway Station welcome passengers who will take the cross-boundary high-speed train to Hong Kong's on Jan 15, 2023. (CHAI HUA / CHINA DAILY)

Travelers arrive at the Shenzhen North Railway Station to take the cross-boundary high-speed train to Hong Kong West Kowloon Station on Jan 15, 2023. (CHAI HUA / CHINA DAILY)

Passengers enter Hong Kong's West Kowloon Station on the first day of the reopening of cross-boundary high-speed rail services linking the SAR and the Chinese mainland on Jan 15, 2023. (CALVIN NG / CHINA DAILY)

Passengers enter Hong Kong's West Kowloon Station on the first day of the reopening of cross-boundary high-speed rail services linking the SAR and the Chinese mainland on Jan 15, 2023. (CALVIN NG / CHINA DAILY)

Passengers enter Hong Kong's West Kowloon Station on the first day of the reopening of the cross-boundary high-speed rail services linking the SAR and the Chinese mainland on Jan 15, 2023. (CALVIN NG / CHINA DAILY)