The 34-kilometre railway provides a suburban service to the new towns in the north-eastern New Territories,a freight service to and from China,and passenger services to and from Changping/Guangzhou and Foshan/Zhaoqing.

• 这条全长34公里的铁路，除了为新界东北部的新巿镇提供郊区列车服务外，也供货运列车来往香港与内地之用，以及供客车来往九龙与常平/广州及佛山/肇庆之间。