Beijing–Hong Kong (Taipei) corridor
Proposed railway corridor in Asia
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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.
| Beijing–Hong Kong (Taipei) corridor 京港（台）通道 | |
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| Overview | |
| Status | Under construction |
| Locale | China Taiwan (proposed) |
| Termini | |
| Service | |
| Type | High-speed rail |
| Operator(s) | China Railway High-speed |
| Technical | |
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge |
| Electrification | 25 kV AC overhead catenary (50 Hz in China, 60 Hz in Taiwan) |
| Operating speed | 350 km/h (217 mph) |
| Beijing–Hong Kong (Taipei) corridor | |||||||
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| Chinese | 京港（台）通道 | ||||||
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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 | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beijing–Shangqiu high-speed railway | Beijing Fengtai – Xiong'an | 350[1] | 85 | in planning | Expected in 2024 | Expected in 2029 | |
| Xiong'an – Shangqiu.[1] | 553[1] | under construction | 29 September 2022 | Expected in 2026 | |||
| Shangqiu–Hangzhou high-speed railway | Shangqiu – Fuyang West – Hefei | 350[2] | 400 | open | 30 November 2015 | 1 December 2019 | The section from Fuyang West to Hefei is part of the eastern route |
| Hefei–Anqing–Jiujiang high-speed railway | Hefei – Anqing West – Jiujiang | 350 | 169 | 25 December 2015 | 22 December 2020 | The section from west of Hefei to east of Huangmei is part of the eastern route[3] | |
| Anqing West – Lushan | 171 | 30 September 2017 | 30 December 2021 | ||||
| Fuyang–Huanggang high-speed railway | Fuyang West – Huanggang East | 324 | in planning | Expected in 2024 | Expected in 2029 | Western route | |
| Huanggang–Huangmei high-speed railway | Huanggang East – Huangmei East | 125 | open | 20 December 2018 | 22 April 2022 | ||
| Nanchang–Jiujiang high-speed railway | Lushan – Nanchang East | 137 | under construction | 21 November 2022 | Expected in 2027[4] | ||
| Nanchang–Ganzhou high-speed railway | Nanchang – Ganzhou West | 416 | open | 20 October 2014 | 26 December 2019 | ||
| Ganzhou–Shenzhen high-speed railway | Ganzhou West – Shenzhen North | 436[5] | 20 December 2018 | 10 December 2021 | |||
| Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong Express Rail Link Mainland Section | Shenzhen North – Sham Chun River | 200 | 13 | 16 January 2010 | 30 December 2015 | ||
| Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong Express Rail Link Hong Kong Section | Sham Chun River – Hong Kong West Kowloon | 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 | Hefei South – Fuzhou | 350 | 813 | open | 31 December 2009 | 28 June 2015 | |
| Nanchang–Fuzhou railway | Nanchang West – Fuzhou | 200 | 636 | 23 November 2007 | 26 September 2013 | Fuzhou branch of Xiangtang–Putian railway | |
| Fuzhou–Pingtan railway | Fuzhou – Pingtan | 88 | 31 October 2013 | 26 December 2020 | |||
| Pingtan–Taipei high-speed railway (Taiwan Strait Tunnel Project) | Pingtan – Hsinchu | Proposed 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 | 66 | open | March 1999 | 1 May 2007 | Under the control of Taiwan High Speed Rail Corporation, not China Railways |