Beijing–Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong High-Speed Railway
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The Beijing–Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong High-Speed Railway or Jingguangshengang High-Speed Railway from its Chinese name (simplified Chinese: 京广深港高速铁路; traditional Chinese: 京廣深港高速鐵路) is a high-speed railway corridor of the CRH passenger service, ultimately connecting Beijingxi Station in Beijing and Futian Station in Shenzhen. It will then cross the border and follow the Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong Express Rail Link Hong Kong section to West Kowloon Station in Hong Kong. When finished, it will be 2,230 kilometres (1,390 mi) long, and will be the only Chinese high-speed railway to cross a border that requires immigration and customs clearance.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] The existing, conventional Jingguang railway runs largely parallel to the line. The Beijing-Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong High-Speed Railway has, as part of the "Eight Verticals and Eight Horizontals" railway master plan in 2016, since been absorbed into the Beijing–Harbin, Beijing–Hong_Kong (Macau) Passageway.
History
Construction started in 2005. The Wuhan–Guangzhou section opened in December 2009, the Guangzhou–Shenzhen section opened in December 2011, the Zhengzhou–Wuhan section opened in September 2012, and the Beijing–Zhengzhou section was opened in December 2012. The 36-kilometre (22 mi) cross-border Shenzhen–Hong Kong section is expected to open in the third quarter of 2018.[8] The line is the world's longest high-speed rail route.[9] The high speed rail line cuts travel time by more than half.[9]
Through-services with other high-speed lines
Besides trains running between Beijing, Shijiazhuang, Zhengzhou, Wuhan, Changsha, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, the railway also has direct service with other connecting high-speed lines. The direct Xi'an–Zhengzhou–Wuhan–Guangzhou–Shenzhen service started simultaneously with the opening of the Zhengzhou–Wuhan section in September 2012, as well as the direct interline service Xi'an-Zhengzhou–Beijing, Taiyuan–Shijiazhuang–Guangzhou, Taiyuan–Shijiazhuang–Wuhan–Guangzhou.[10][11] Future connections will include Fujian province destinations and possibly Hangzhou with testing of the Hangzhou–Fuzhou–Shenzhen High-Speed Railway commencing and soon to open.
Connections to local transport
To minimize disruptions to existing urban areas and provide large curve radii, the Beijing–Guangzhou High-Speed Railway, similar to other such railways in China, was constructed in an alignment somewhat different from the existing Beijing–Guangzhou Railway. In most cities served by the high-speed railway, its trains stop at stations built specifically for the new line, which are away from the urban core and the city's conventional railway station. In some of the larger cities, it may take more than an hour to ride a bus or taxi from the city centre to the high-speed rail station.[12]
Most of the cities involved have improved the public transit access to the new high-speed rail stations, or plan to do so. Guangzhounan Station is already served by Guangzhou Metro and Beijingxi Station served by Beijing Metro. Wuhan Station is served by Wuhan Metro's Line 4, which opened in December 2013. Zhengzhoudong Station will be served by the future Zhengzhou Metro, and Shijiazhuang Station, by the future Shijiazhuang Metro.
Transfers to other rail lines
Guangzhounan Station and Wuhan Station are designed as hubs for several high-speed railway (HSR) lines. Frequent service to Zhuhai is available at Guangzhou South, while a connection to Yichang can be made at Wuhan.
Although the Beijing–Guangzhou HSR largely parallels the older conventional Beijing–Guangzhou line, most of the HSR stations are located away from the local conventional train stations. Therefore, direct transfer to conventional (not high-speed) trains is possible only at a few stations along the route. Among them are Beijing West (which is one of the nation's main passenger railway hubs), Shijiazhuang, Wuhan (which has a few conventional trains, although fewer than the city's two other stations, at Hankou and Wuchang), and Guangzhoubei.
Immigration clearance
As Hong Kong is a Special Administrative Region, the Shenzhen-Hong Kong portion of the high speed rail will pass through an immigration control point, and as of early 2013, the details of how immigration control will work have not been finalized. Although the West Kowloon Terminus is designed to allow both Mainland and Hong Kong officials to conduct immigration control in Hong Kong,[13] there is a constitutional issue as Mainland officials do not have the constitutional authority to enforce Mainland law in Hong Kong.[14][15]
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–Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong High-Speed Railway |
HSR Corridor connecting North with Central China, consisting of four segments between Beijing, Shijiazhuang, Wuhan, Guangzhou and Hong Kong. | 350 | 2230 | 2005-09-01 | 2018 | See below |
| Beijing–Shijiazhuang Section (Beijing–Shijiazhuang High-Speed Railway) |
HSR from Beijingxi (further: Fengtai) to Shijiazhuang | 350 | 281 | 2008-10-08 | 2012-12-26[16] | - |
| Shijiazhuang–Wuhan Section (Shijiazhuang–Wuhan High-Speed Railway)  |
HSR from Shijiazhuang to Wuhan via Zhengzhoudong | 350 | 838 | 2008-10-15 | 2012-09-28 (ZZD–WH) 2012-12-26 (SJZ–ZZD) |
- |
| Wuhan–Guangzhou Section (Wuhan–Guangzhou High-Speed Railway)  |
HSR from Wuhan to Guangzhounan via Changshanan | 350 | 968 | 2005-09-01 | 2009-12-26 | 313[17] |
| Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong Section Mainland Portion (Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong Express Rail Link)  |
HSR from Guangzhounan to Futian via Shenzhenbei | 350 (GZN–SZB) 200 (SZB–FT) |
106 | 2005-12-18 | 2011-12-26 (GZN–SZB) 2014-07[18] (SZB–FT) |
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 |
Station list
Major railway stations are in bold.
| Station name |
Chinese | Total distance (km) |
Travel time | High-speed rail transfers* |
Metro transfers* |
Platforms | Tracks served by platform |
Location | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 250 km/h | 350 km/h | Prefecture/ City |
Province/ Territory | |||||||
| Beijing West | 北京西 | 0 | 0:00 (D2031) | 0:00 (G71) | Beijing Underground Cross City Railway |  7 9 | Beijing | Beijing | ||
| Zhuozhou East | 涿州东 涿州東 | 59 | 0:25 (D2021)[19] | 0:25 (G527)[20] | Baoding | Hebei | ||||
| Gaobeidian East | 高碑店东 高碑店東 | 84 | 0:30 (D2031)[21] | 0:30 (G567)[22] | Baoding | Hebei | ||||
| Baoding East | 保定东 保定東 | 139 | 0:54 (D2031) | 0:41 (G71)[23] | Baoding | Hebei | ||||
| Dingzhou East | 定州东 定州東 | 200 | 2:13 (D2021) | 1:01 (G567) | Baoding | Hebei | ||||
| Zhengding Airport | 正定机场 正定機場 | 244 | 1:38 (D2031) | 1:17 (G6701)[24] | Shijiazhuang | Hebei | ||||
| Shijiazhuang | 石家庄 石家莊 | 280 | 1:54 (D2031) | 1:19 (G71) | Shijiazhuang–Taiyuan |  3 | Shijiazhuang | Hebei | ||
| Gaoyi West | 高邑西 | 323 | 2:12 (D2031) | 1:38 (G563)[25] | Shijiazhuang | Hebei | ||||
| Xingtai East | 邢台东 邢台東 | 384 | 2:39 (D2031) | 1:58 (G563) | Xingtai | Hebei | ||||
| Handan East | 邯郸东 邯鄲東 | 437 | 2:58 (D2031) | 2:01 (G71) | Handan | Hebei | ||||
| Anyang East | 安阳东 安陽東 | 496 | 3:17 (D2031) | 2:28 (G567) | Anyang | Henan | ||||
| Hebi East | 鹤壁东 鶴壁東 | 542 | 3:54 (D2031) | 2:31 (G527) | Hebi | Henan | ||||
| Xinxiang East | 新乡东 新鄉東 | 595 | 4:12 (D2031) | 2:41 (G71) | Xinxiang | Henan | ||||
| Zhengzhou East | 郑州东 鄭州東 | 663 | 4:44 (D2031) | 3:04 (G71) | Zhengzhou–Xi'an |  1 | Zhengzhou | Henan | ||
| Xuchang East | 许昌东 許昌東 | 744 | 5:09 (D2031) | 3:31 (G527) | Xuchang | Henan | ||||
| Luohe West | 漯河西 | 799 | 5:38 (D2031) | 3:50 (G503)[26] | Luohe | Henan | ||||
| Zhumadian West | 驻马店西 駐馬店西 | 864 | 5:58 (D2031) | 3:53 (G71) | Zhumadian | Henan | ||||
| Minggang East | 明港东 明港東 | 917 | 6:17 (D2031) | Xinyang | Henan | |||||
| Xinyang East | 信阳东 信陽東 | 960 | 6:32 (D2031) | 4:22 (G527) | Xinyang | Henan | ||||
| Xiaogan North | 孝感北 | 1024 | 6:52 (D2031) | 4:33 (G71) | Xiaogan | Hubei | ||||
| Hengdian East | 横店东 橫店東 | Wuhan | Hubei | |||||||
| Wuhan | 武汉 武漢 | 1136 | 7:25 (D2031) | 4:17 (G79) | Shanghai–Wuhan–Chengdu |  4 | Wuhan | Hubei | ||
| Wulongquan East | 乌龙泉东 烏龍泉東 | Wuhan | Hubei | |||||||
| Xianning North | 咸宁北 咸寧北 | 1221 | 7:49 (D2103)[27] | 5:32 (G501)[28] | Xianning | Hubei | ||||
| Chibi North | 赤壁北 | 1264 | 8:10 (D2103) | 5:46 (C503) | Xianning | Hubei | ||||
| Yueyang East | 岳阳东 岳壁東 | 1346 | 8:33 (D2103) | 5:58 (G71) | Yueyang | Hunan | ||||
| Miluo East | 汨罗东 汨羅東 | 1416 | 8:59 (D2103) | 6:19 (G501) | Yueyang | Hunan | ||||
| Changsha South | 长沙南 長沙南 | 1484 | 9:25 (D2103) | 6:34 (G71) | Shanghai–Kunming |  2  Maglev | Changsha | Hunan | ||
| Zhuzhou West | 株洲西 | 1524 | 9:46 (D2103) | Zhuzhou | Hunan | |||||
| Hengshan West | 衡山西 | 1591 | 10:10 (D2103) | 7:07 (G71) | Hengyang | Hunan | ||||
| Hengyang East | 衡阳东 衡陽東 | 1632 | 10:28 (D2103) | 7:22 (G71) | Hengyang | Hunan | ||||
| Leiyang West | 耒阳西 耒陽西 | 1687 | 10:53 (D2103) | 7:41 (G71) | Hengyang | Hunan | ||||
| Chenzhou West | 郴州西 | 1766 | 11:22 (D2103) | 8:09 (G71) | Chenzhou | Hunan | ||||
| Lechang East | 乐昌东 樂昌東 | Shaoguan | Guangdong | |||||||
| Shaoguan | 韶关 韶關 | 1896 | 11:55 (D2103) | 8:29 (G81)[29] | Shaoguan | Guangdong | ||||
| Yingde West | 英德西 | 1966 | 12:21 (D2103) | Qingyuan | Guangdong | |||||
| Qingyuan | 清远 清遠 | 2023 | 12:59 (D2103) | Qingyuan | Guangdong | |||||
| Guangzhou North | 广州北 廣州北 | 2060 | 13:13 (D2103) | Guangzhou | Guangdong | |||||
| Guangzhou South | 广州南 廣州南 | 2105 | 13:55 (D2103) | 9:38 (G71) | Guangzhou–Zhuhai |  2 7 | Guangzhou | Guangdong | ||
| Qingsheng | 庆盛 慶盛 | 2136 | 4 | Guangzhou | Guangdong | |||||
| Humen | 虎门 虎門 | 2155 |  2 | Dongguan | Guangdong | |||||
| Guangmingcheng | 光明城 | 2191 | Shenzhen | Guangdong | ||||||
| Shenzhen North | 深圳北 | 2208 | 10:16 (G71) | Hangzhou–Fuzhou–Shenzhen Maoming–Shenzhen |  4 5 | Shenzhen | Guangdong | |||
| Futian | 福田 | 2216 | 2 3 11 | Shenzhen | Guangdong | |||||
| West Kowloon | 西九龍 西九龙 | 2247 |  (via Kowloon) (via Austin) | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | |||||
References
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