Beijing–Hong Kong high-speed railway

Beijing–Hong Kong high-speed railway
Beijing–Hong Kong high-speed railway
Overview
Other name(s)	Jinggang high-speed railway
Native name	京港高速铁路
Status	Operational
Owner	China Railway (Mainland section); MTR Corporation (Hong Kong section)
Locale	Beijing, Hebei, Shandong, Henan, Anhui, Jiangxi, Guangdong, Hong Kong
Termini	Beijing Fengtai; Hong Kong West Kowloon;
Service
Type	High-speed rail
System	Beijing–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 stock	China Railway CRH380A; China Railway CRH380B; China Railway CRH380D; China Standardized EMU
History
Opened	1 December 2019 (Shangqiu-Hefei, Nanchang-Ganzhou)
Technical
Number of tracks	2
Character	Elevated
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Operating speed	350 km/h (220 mph)
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	京港高速铁路
Traditional Chinese	京港高速鐵路
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Jīnggǎng Gāosù Tiělù
IPA	[tɕíŋ.kàŋ káʊ.sû tʰjè.lû]
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping	ging1gong2 gou1cuk1 tit3lou6
IPA	[keŋ˥.kɔːŋ˧˥ kou˥.tsʰok̚˥ tʰiːt̚˧.lou˨]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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^{[citation needed]}	2018-09-23^[5]