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.

Beijing–Hong Kong high-speed railway
Overview
Other name(s)Jinggang high-speed railway
Native name京港高速铁路
StatusOperational
OwnerChina Railway (Mainland section)
MTR Corporation (Hong Kong section)
LocaleBeijing, Hebei, Shandong, Henan, Anhui, Jiangxi, Guangdong, Hong Kong
Termini
Service
TypeHigh-speed rail
SystemBeijing–Hong Kong (Taipei) corridor
Operator(s)China Railway High-speed (Mainland section)
MTR (Hong Kong section)
Depot(s)Beijing MU Depot
Hefei MU Depot
Nanchang MU Depot
Guangzhou MU Depot
Shenzhen MU Depot
Shek Kong Depot
Rolling stockChina Railway CRH380A
China Railway CRH380B
China Railway CRH380D
China Standardized EMU
History
Opened1 December 2019 (2019-12-01) (Shangqiu-Hefei, Nanchang-Ganzhou)
Technical
Number of tracks2
CharacterElevated
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Operating speed350 km/h (220 mph)
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese京港高速铁路
Traditional Chinese京港高速鐵路

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.

Section Description Designed
speed
(km/h)
 Length
(km)
 Construction
start date
 Open date
 Top
trip speed
Beijing–Hong Kong high-speed railway HSR Corridor connecting North with Central China, consisting of 6 segments between Beijing, Shangqiu, Hefei, Jiujiang, Nanchang, Ganzhou, Shenzhen and Hong Kong. 350 2014-12-20 See
below
Beijing–Shangqiu section
(Beijing–Shangqiu high-speed railway)		 HSR from Beijing Fengtai to Shangqiu 350 –
Shangqiu–Hefei section
(Shangqiu–Hefei high-speed railway)		 HSR from Shangqiu to Hefei 350 2015-11-30 2019-12-1 –
Hefei–Jiujiang Section[4]
(Hefei–Jiujiang high-speed railway)		 HSR from Hefei to Jiujiang 350 2015-12-25 2021-12-30 –
Jiujiang–Nanchang Section
(Jiujiang–Nanchang high-speed railway)		 HSR from Jiujiang to Nanchang 350
Nanchang-Ganzhou Section
(Nanchang-Ganzhou high-speed railway)		 HSR from Nanchang to Ganzhou 350 2014-12-20 2019-12-26
Ganzhou-Shenzhen Section
(Ganzhou-Shenzhen high-speed railway)		 HSR from Ganzhou to Shenzhen 350 2016-12-22 2021-12-10
Shenzhen–Hong Kong Section
Mainland Portion
(Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong Express Rail Link)
 HSR from Shenzhen to Futian 200 106 2005-12-18 2015-12-28 308
Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong Section
Hong Kong Portion
(Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong Express Rail Link)
 HSR from Futian to West Kowloon 200 36 (26 km in Hong Kong) 2010-01-27 2018-09-23[5]

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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