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 | |||||||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1 December 2019 (Shangqiu-Hefei, Nanchang-Ganzhou) | ||||||||||||||
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| 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) | ||||||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 京港高速铁路 | ||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 京港高速鐵路 | ||||||||||||||
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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.