Stuck at Hong Kong international Airport and have half a day or more to kill?





Lucky you! Unlike many other cities, Hong Kong is extremely accessible on a limited timespan. If you have 6 or more hours to spare, then there really is little excuse to waste it loitering round at the airport (it is a pretty awesome airport to be fair, I mean it does have an IMAX cinema!)





The Airport Express train takes 24 minutes to reach central Hong Kong and links conveniently with the MTR network, which will take you in all directions around the Island and the Kowloon peninsula. Trains run frequently starting at 6am till the last airport bound train around 12:30am. Just keep in mind that the MTR (subway) trains stop around midnight.



One thing to note is that if you intend on heading straight to Kowloon, it is still easier to take the Airport Express train to Hong Kong station and then switch to the red line MTR train to go back over the harbour to Kowloon. This is because Kowloon station where the Airport Express makes a stop is located quite far away from all the action, with no convenient MTR link available.







Click here for a downloadable PDF map of the MTR network