Jingjiu railway

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Jingjiu railway

0 Beijing West 57 Gu'an 92 Bazhou 147 Renqiu 118 Suning 212 Raoyang 239 Shenzhou 274 Hengshui 305 Zaoqiang 325 Daying 343 Nangong East 354 Qinghecheng 380 Linqing 426 Liancheng 468 Yanggu 484 Taiqian 502 Liangshan 582 Heze 630 Caoxian 687 Shangqiu South 751 Haozhou 808 Santangji 855 Fouyang 899 Founan 916 Huaibin 971 Huangchuan 1031 Xinxian 1091 Macheng 1122 Xinzhou 1158 Huangzhou 1187 Xishiu 1256 Wuxue 1314 Jiujiang 1333 Lushan 1369 De'an 1403 Youxiu 1449 Nanchang 1477 Xiangtang 1533 Fencheng South 1533 Zhangshu East 1589 Xingan 1606 Xiajiang 1675 Ji'an 1709 Jingganshan 1788 Xingguo 1861 Ganzhou 1886 Nankang 1924 Xinfeng 1986 Longnan 2009 Dingnan 2046 Heping 2102 Longchuan 2177 Heyuan 2257 Huizhou 2267 Huizhou West 2311 Dongguan East Guangshen railway Dongguan 2372 Shenzhen Hong Kong SAR / China Border 2397 Hung Hom

Jingjiu Railway (also known as Beijing-Kowloon Railway, Beijing-Kowloon Line; simplified Chinese: 京九铁路 or 京九线; traditional Chinese: 京九鐵路 or 京九線) is a railway in the People's Republic of China connecting Beijing West Station in Beijing to Shenzhen Station in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province. It then follows the rail-link between Shenzhen to the special administrative region of Hong Kong to Hung Hom Station (Kowloon Station) in Kowloon.

It is a dual-track railway. Construction began in February 1993. It was opened in 1996, connecting Beijing and Kowloon through Tianjin, Hebei, Shandong, Henan, Anhui, Hubei, Jiangxi and Guangdong, with a length of 2397 kilometres. It has 790 bridges and 160 tunnels. The Jiujiang Yangtze River Bridge, at a length of 7,679 metres, is the longest across the Yangtze River.^[1] Located between Jinghu Railway (Beijing-Shanghai) and Jingguang Railway (Beijing-Guangzhou), it was built to alleviate the congested Jingguang Railway, and to foster development in the areas to the east of Jingguang Railway.

The idea had been proposed for a long time, and some of the sections, such as the Jiujiang Yangtze River Bridge, were built before construction of the whole line official began. Some were converted from existing sections, such as between Jiujiang and Nanchang, and Fouyang and Shangqiu.

It shares the same route with the Guangmeishan Railway (Guangzhou-Meizhou-Shantou Railway) between Longchuan and Dongguan. It joins the Guangshen Railway (Guangzhou-Shenzhen Railway, formerly the Chinese Section of the Kowloon-Canton Railway) at Dongguan, and follows the same route. Within Hong Kong, it shares the same pair of tracks with the East Rail Line (formerly British Section of the Kowloon-Canton Railway).

Beijing-Kowloon Through Train services (京九直通車) are currently provided on the Jingguang Railway and Guangshen Railway, instead of the Jingjiu Railway. Passengers are required to go through customs and immigration checks for the cross-border service.

Contents 1 Places served 2 See also 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Places served

Beijing Gu'an Bazhou Renqiu Suning Raoyang Shenzhou Hengshui Zaoqiang Daying Nangong Qinghecheng Linqing Liancheng Yanggu Taiqian Liangshan Heze Caoxian Shangqiu Haozhou Santangji Fouyang Founan Huaibin Huangchuan Xinxian Macheng Xinzhou

Huangzhou Xishiu Wuxue Jiujiang Lushan De'an Youxiu Nanchang Xiangtang Fencheng Zhangshu Xingan Xiajiang Jishui Ji'an Jingganshan Xingguo Ganzhou Nankang Xinfeng Longnan Dingnan Heping Longchuan Heyuan Huizhou Huizhou Dongguan Shenzhen Kowloon

[edit] See also

• Rail transport in the People's Republic of China
• List of railways in China
• Guangshen Railway
• China Railways

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• MTR Intercity Through Train e-Ticketing Services, Train Route