Beijing–Kowloon Railway

Jingjiu railway
 0Beijing 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 Liaocheng
 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 Ganlong Railway
 1886 Nankang
 1924 Xinfeng
 1986 Longnan Guangmeishan Railway
 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

The Beijing-Jiujiang-Kowloon Railway, also known as the Jingjiu Railway (simplified Chinese: 京九铁路 or 京九线; traditional Chinese: 京九鐵路 or 京九線; pinyin: Jīngjiŭ tiĕlù or Jīngjiŭ Xiàn) is a railway in the 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.

History

Beijing West Station
The façade of Hung Hom Station (Kowloon Station) (Hong Kong Coliseum in the background)

It is a dual-track railway. Construction began in February 1993. It was opened in 1996, connecting Beijing and Shenzhen (and thereupon with Kowloon through the KCR East Rail) through Tianjin, Hebei, Shandong, Henan, Anhui, Hubei, Jiangxi and Guangdong, with a length of 2,397 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 multiplexes 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 are currently provided on the Jingguang Railway and Guangshen Railway, instead of the Jingjiu Railway, probably because the former has been upgraded for high-speed services, whereas the latter has not. Passengers are required to go through customs and immigration checks for the cross-border service.

Places served

Beijing–Kowloon Railway at the Shangling Station in Heping County, Guangdong province.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "The Jingjiu Railway and Shangjiu Railway". New Orient Express. Archived from the original on 8 August 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-14.

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