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Beijing–Hong Kong high-speed railway

The Beijing–Hong Kong high-speed railway or Jinggang high-speed railway from its Chinese name is a high-speed railway corridor of the CRH passenger service, connecting Beijing Fengtai railway station in Beijing and Futian railway station in Shenzhen, Guangdong (from there onwards to cross the border to West Kowloon station in Kowloon, Hong Kong through the XRL). The existing, conventional Jingjiu railway runs largely parallel to the line.

The line forms part of the Beijing–Hong Kong (Taipei) corridor, based on the "Eight Verticals and Eight Horizontals" railway master plan announced in 2016. Note that it goes through Shandong, Anhui, Jiangxi where Beijing–Guangzhou high-speed railway does not. The relationship between the two is much like the conventional Beijing–Kowloon railway and Beijing–Guangzhou railway, parallel yet different.

History

Construction started in 2014.[1] The Shangqiu–Hefei and Nanchang–Ganzhou section opened in December 2019, the Ganzhou–Shenzhen section opened in December 2021.[2][3]

Sections

Operational lines in the table below are marked with green background.

References

  1. ^ "昌吉赣客专正式开工 建设工期5年 昌赣2小时抵达". 凤凰网. 21 December 2014. Archived from the original on 1 December 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  2. ^ "How does the opening of the Ganzhou–Shenzhen section of the Beijing–Hong Kong high-speed rail from the old district to the special zone promote economic and social development along the line? _Xinhua Newspaper Net".
  3. ^ "New high-speed railway to bolster travel between Ganzhou, Shenzhen".
  4. ^ "Hefei-Anqing section of Beijing-Hong Kong high-speed railway starts operation".
  5. ^ "Hong Kong Launches First High Speed Rail Service". finance.yahoo.com. Retrieved 26 September 2018.

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