Hong Kong to Shenzhen
Guay is 过, the crossing
Which door, which wallet, which bags
Most English Shenzhen guides are written for a tourist with a hotel. This one is for the Sunday Sam's run, the dentist, the new Huanggang Port when everything else has closed.
Crossing picker
The land crossings, from the 24-hour new Huanggang Port to the quiet ones. Filter by hours, or where you are actually going.
Open the picker
Sam's runs
Futian is a walk from the Spur Line. Qianhai is west. Longgang is further.
Pick a store
How to pay
WeChat Pay HK and Alipay HK. Octopus is transit. Cash is backup.
Set up the wallets
If it goes wrong
Lost permit, kids, medicine, the last train. Official lines, not a chat-group fee.
Lost permit
The doors
- Ferry vs land
- New Huanggang Port (24 hours)
- Coaches and buses to Huanggang
- Crossing late at night
- Huanggang and Heung Yuen Wai
- Lo Wu
- Futian / Spur Line
- Shenzhen Bay
- High-speed vs land
- Avoid queues
- Easy Boundary wait times
- Golden Week 2026 at the crossings
- e-Channel
- With kids
- Shenzhen airport from Hong Kong
- Luggage on cross-border buses
The shop and the bags
- Sam's Club Shenzhen from Hong Kong
- Futian Sam's
- Qianhai Sam's
- Longgang Sam's
- Membership
- Costco, IKEA and Huaqiangbei
- Departure tax refund
- Customs
- Meat, eggs and food
- Bringing medicine back
- Dogs and cats
Once you are through
- How to pay
- Octopus
- HKD to yuan
- Data
- Didi and taxis
- Metro
- Home Return Permit, explained
- Lost permit
- Hotels and day rooms
- Hospital: HKU-Shenzhen
- Dentist
- A day trip, not a hotel weekend
Quick answers
- What does Guay mean?
- 过, to cross. The site is the Hong Kong to Shenzhen crossing, not a hotel blog.
- Do you invent port hours?
- No. We point at the Immigration Department control-point table.
- Does the picker upload where I am going?
- No. Filters run in your browser.
- Is this for tourists?
- No. It is for people who already live in Hong Kong and go north often.