The Beijing–Harbin, Beijing–Hong Kong (Macau) corridor is a high-speed rail passage connecting Harbin in Heilongjiang province to the Hong Kong and Macau Special Administrative Regions via Beijing. The passage will pass through the cities of Changchun, Shenyang, Beijing, Shijiazhuang, Zhengzhou, Wuhan, Changsha, and Guangzhou before splitting into two lines: one passing through Shenzhen before terminating at Hong Kong, the other passing through Zhuhai before terminating at Macau.
Announced in 2016 as part of China's "Eight Vertical and Eight Horizontal" network, the passage is essentially a merger of two lines previously under the "Four Vertical and Four Horizontal" high-speed railway network: the Beijing–Harbin high-speed railway and the Beijing–Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong high-speed railway, with the addition of the Guangzhou–Macau branch line. The Shenyang–Dalian railway section, initially considered part of the Beijing–Harbin high-speed railway, now forms part of the Coastal corridor, a different rail corridor.
Route
Main route (Harbin to Hong Kong) Section Railway line Description Designed speed (km/h) Length (km) Construction start date Open date Harbin–Shenyang Harbin–Dalian high-speed railway (section) HSR from Harbin to Shenyang, part of longer route to Dalian and Changchun. 350 (summer) 250 (winter) 921 2007-08-23 2012-12-01 Shenyang-Beijing Beijing–Shenyang high-speed railway HSR from Beijing to Shenyang via Chengde, Fuxin and Chaoyang 350 684 2014-02-28 2018-12-29 (Chengde South–Shenyang section)2021-01-22 (Beijing Chaoyang–Chengde South section)Beijing–ShijiazhuangBeijing–Shijiazhuang high-speed railwayHSR from Beijing to Shijiazhuang3502812008-10-082012-12-26Shijiazhuang–WuhanShijiazhuang–Wuhan high-speed railwayHSR from Shijiazhuang to Zhengzhou3508382008-10-152012-12-26HSR from Zhengzhou to Wuhan2012-09-28Wuhan–GuangzhouWuhan–Guangzhou high-speed railwayHSR from Wuhan to Guangzhou via Changsha3509682005-09-012009-12-262010-01-30Guangzhou–ShenzhenGuangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong Express Rail LinkMainland section of the Express Rail Link. HSR from Guangzhou to Shenzhen North Railway Station.3501162008-08-202011-12-26Mainland section of the Express Rail Link. HSR from Shenzhen North to the border of Hong Kong.2015-12-30Shenzhen–Hong Kong Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong Express Rail Link (Hong Kong section) Hong Kong section of the Express Rail Link. HSR from the border of Shenzhen to Hong Kong.2002620102018-09-23
Branch line (Guangzhou to Macau) Section Railway line Description Designed speed (km/h) Length (km) Construction start date Open date Guangzhou–Zhuhai intercity railway Intercity railway between Guangzhou and Zhuhai. Zhuhai Station next to Macau border. 200 187 2005-12-18 2011-01-07
See also High-speed rail in China
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