The Beijing–Hong Kong (Taipei) corridor is a proposed high-speed railway corridor in China and Taiwan. It is planned to run in a north–south direction from Beijing to Hong Kong, with a branch leading from Hefei to Taipei across the Taiwan Strait, of which the Taiwan section is proposed unilaterally. It is planned to connect the cities of Beijing, Xiong'an, Fuyang, Hefei, Jiujiang, Nanchang, Ganzhou, Shenzhen and Hong Kong on the main line, and Fuzhou and Taipei on the branch line.
The line was announced by the Chinese government in 2016 as part of China's "Eight Vertical and Eight Horizontal" network.
Route Name Route Design speed(km/h) Length(km) Status Construction start Opened RemarksBeijing–Shangqiu high-speed railway – 350 85in planningExpected in 2024Expected in 2029 Xiong'an – . 553open29 September 202228 September 2026 Shangqiu–Hangzhou high-speed railway – Fuyang West – 350400 30 November 2015 1 December 2019 The section from Fuyang West to Hefei is part of the eastern routeHefei–Anqing–Jiujiang high-speed railway – – 350 16925 December 201522 December 2020The section from west of Hefei to east of Huangmei is part of the eastern route – 171 30 September 2017 30 December 2021Fuyang–Huanggang high-speed railway – 324in planningExpected in 2024Expected in 2029Western routeHuanggang–Huangmei high-speed railway – 125open20 December 201822 April 2022 Nanchang–Jiujiang high-speed railway – 137under construction 21 November 2022 Expected in 2027 Nanchang–Ganzhou high-speed railway – 416open 20 October 2014 26 December 2019 Ganzhou–Shenzhen high-speed railway – 436 20 December 2018 10 December 2021 Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong Express Rail Link Mainland Section – Sham Chun River 200 13 16 January 2010 30 December 2015 Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong Express Rail Link Hong Kong Section Sham Chun River – 26 23 September 2018 Under the control of Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation, not China Railways Branch line to Taipei, Taiwan Hefei–Fuzhou high-speed railway – 350 813open 31 December 2009 28 June 2015 Nanchang–Fuzhou railway – 200 636 23 November 2007 26 September 2013 Fuzhou branch of Xiangtang–Putian railway Fuzhou–Pingtan railway – 88 31 October 2013 26 December 2020 Pingtan–Taipei high-speed railway (Taiwan Strait Tunnel Project) – HsinchuProposed HSR crossing the Taiwan Straits from Pingtan to Taipei, Taiwan, using a tunnel from Pingtan to Hsinchu, Taiwan and existing Taiwan High Speed Rail infrastructure from Hsinchu to Taipei. Pingtan–Taipei high-speed railway (Taiwan High Speed Rail) Hsinchu – Taipei 300 66open March 1999 1 May 2007 Under the control of Taiwan High Speed Rail Corporation, not China Railways
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See also High-speed rail in China