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Beijing–Guangzhou high-speed railway
China Railway High-speed
A CRH380AL trainset departing Beijing for Shenzhen as G71
Overview
Other name(s)Jingguang high-speed railway
Native name京广高速铁路
StatusOperational
Owner
LocaleBeijing, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong
Termini
Stations42
Service
TypeHigh-speed rail
SystemBeijing–Hong Kong (Macau) corridor
Operator(s)
Depot(s)
  • Beijing MU Depot
  • Shijiazhuang MU Depot
  • Zhengzhou MU Depot
  • Wuhan MU Depot
  • Changsha MU Depot
  • Guangzhou MU Depot
Rolling stock
History
Opened26 December 2012 (2012-12-26)
Technical
Line length2,230 km (1,390 mi)
Number of tracks2 (Double-track)
Character
  • Elevated
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification25 kV 50 Hz AC (Overhead line)
Operating speed
  • 350 km/h (220 mph)
SignallingCTCS-3
Average inter-station distance47.8 km (29.7 mi)
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese京广高速铁路
Traditional Chinese京廣高速鐵路
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinJīngguǎng Gāosù Tiělù
IPA[tɕíŋ.kwàŋ káʊ.sû tʰjè.lû]
Yue: Cantonese
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IPA[kɪŋ˥.kʷɔŋ˧˥ kɔw˥.tsʰʊk̚˥ tʰit̚˧.lɔw˨]
Route map

Legend
km
Beijing underground cross-city railway
to Beijing
0
 Beijing West Beijing Subway
59
 Zhuozhou East
84
 Gaobeidian East
139
 Baoding East
200
 Dingzhou East
244
 Zhengding Airport Airport interchange
Shijiazhuang–Jinan high-speed railway
to Jinan East
280
 Shijiazhuang high-speed rail
Shijiazhuang–Taiyuan high-speed railway
to Taiyuan
323
 Gaoyi West
384
 Xingtai East
437
 Handan East
496
 Anyang East
542
 Hebi East
595
 Xinxiang East
Yellow River
663
 Zhengzhou East high-speed rail
Zhengzhou–Xi'an high-speed railway
744
 Xuchang East
799
 Luohe West
864
 Zhumadian West
917
 Minggang East
960
 Xinyang East
1,024
 Xiaogan North
Hengdian East
Hankou
Tianxingzhou Yangtze River Bridge
1,136
 Wuhan high-speed rail
Wulongquan East
1,221
 Xianning North
1,264
 Chibi North
1,346
 Yueyang East
1,416
 Miluo East
Shanghai–Kunming high-speed railway
to Shanghai South
1,484
 Changsha South high-speed rail
Shanghai–Kunming high-speed railway
to Kunming South
 Zhuzhou West
1,591
 Hengshan West
1,632
 Hengyang East
1,687
 Leiyang West
1,766
 Chenzhou West
Lechang East
1,896
 Shaoguan
1,966
 Yingde West
2,023
 Qingyuan
2,060
 Guangzhou North
2,105
 Guangzhou South high-speed rail
Guangzhou–Zhuhai Intercity Railway
to Zhuhai
2,136
 Qingsheng
Shiziyang Tunnel (10.8 km)
under Pearl River estuary
2,155
 Humen
2,191
 Guangmingcheng
Hangzhou–Fuzhou–Shenzhen HSR
to Hangzhou East
2,208
 Shenzhen North high-speed railShenzhen Metro
2,216
 Futian Shenzhen Metro
Guangdong
Hong Kong
border
 Hong Kong West Kowloon
km
This diagram:

The Beijing–Guangzhou high-speed railway or Jingguang high-speed railway from its Chinese name is a high-speed railway corridor of the CRH passenger service, connecting Beijingxi station in Beijing and Guangzhounan station in Guangdong. It is 2,230 kilometres (1,390 mi) long, and is the only Chinese high-speed railway to cross a border that requires immigration and customs clearance.[1][2][3] The existing, conventional Jingguang railway runs largely parallel to the line.

The line forms part of the Beijing–Harbin, Beijing–Hong Kong (Macau) corridor, based on the "Eight Verticals and Eight Horizontals" railway master plan announced in 2016.

History

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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 opened on 23 September 2018.[4] The line is the world's longest high-speed rail route.[5] The high speed rail line cuts travel time by more than half.[5] The line fully opened on 23 September 2018.[6]

Through-services with other high-speed lines

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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.[7][8] The Hangzhou–Fuzhou–Shenzhen high-speed railway have through operation to Guangzhou South albeit limited due to track situation in Shenzhen North Station.

Connections to local transport

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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.[9] One notable exception is Shijiazhuang station, which is shared with conventional trains and located in city centre (but moved south from the original). It is also possible for high-speed trains to stop at Zhengzhou station and Hankou station, which shared the characteristics of Shijiazhuang Station, but unlike Shijiazhuang they are not on main track of the Beijing-Guangzhou High Speed line.

To alleviate this 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 (Line 2) and Beijingxi station served by Beijing Metro (Line 7, 9). Wuhan station is served by Wuhan Metro's Line 4 and Zhengzhoudong station by Zhengzhou Metro's Line 1, both of which opened in December 2013, and Shijiazhuang station by Shijiazhuang Metro's Line 3, opened in June 2017.

Transfers to other rail lines

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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, and Guangzhoubei.

Immigration clearance

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As Hong Kong is a Special Administrative Region, the Shenzhen-Hong Kong portion of the high speed rail passes through an immigration control point. The West Kowloon Terminus was designed to allow both Mainland and Hong Kong officials to conduct immigration control in Hong Kong,[10] but for several years there was an unclear constitutional issue as Mainland officials were thought not to have the constitutional authority to enforce Mainland law in Hong Kong.[11][12] In November 2017, the Government of Hong Kong resolved this by signing the Co-operation Arrangement for Implementing Co-location Arrangement, designating a portion of West Kowloon railway station as the "Mainland Port Area" that would be subject to Mainland law.[13] Travelers coming from Hong Kong therefore pass through Mainland immigration and customs clearance before boarding their trains, allowing direct service to the entire Mainland high-speed rail network without having to stop at the Mainland-Hong Kong border.[14]

Sections

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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 2012-12-26 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[15] -
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

Station list

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Major railway terminals are in bold. Medium-size stations that trains can regularly terminate are in Italics

Station
name 		Chinese Total
distance
(km) 		Travel time Rail
transfers* 		Metro and Commuter rail
transfers* 		Platforms Tracks served
by platform 		Location
250 km/h 350 km/h Prefecture/
City 		Province/
Territory
Beijingxi 北京西 0 0:00
(D2031)		 0:00
(G71)		 Beijing–Guangzhou railway
Beijing–Kowloon railway
Beijing–Xiong'an intercity railway
Beijing underground cross-city railway		 Beijing Subway  7  9 
Sub-Central		 Beijing Beijing
Zhuozhoudong 涿州东
涿州東		 59 0:25
(D2021)[failed verification][16]		 0:25
(G527)[17]		 Baoding Hebei
Gaobeidiandong 高碑店东
高碑店東		 84 0:30
(D2031)[failed verification][18]		 0:30
(G567)[19]
Baodingdong 保定东
保定東		 139 0:54
(D2031)		 0:41
(G71)[20]
Dingzhoudong 定州东
定州東		 200 2:13
(D2021)		 1:01
(G567)
Zhengding Airport 正定机场
正定機場		 244 1:38
(D2031)		 1:17
(G6701)[21]		 Shijiazhuang
Shijiazhuang 石家庄
石家莊		 280 1:54
(D2031)		 1:00
(G69)		 Beijing–Guangzhou railway
Shijiazhuang–Dezhou railway
Shijiazhuang–Taiyuan railway
Shijiazhuang–Taiyuan passenger railway		 Shijiazhuang Metro  2   3 
Gaoyixi 高邑西 323 2:12
(D2031)		 1:38
(G563)[22]
Xingtaidong 邢台东
邢臺東		 384 2:39
(D2031)		 1:58
(G563)		 Xingtai
Handandong 邯郸东
邯鄲東		 437 2:58
(D2031)		 2:01
(G71)		 Handan
Anyangdong 安阳东
安陽東		 496 3:17
(D2031)		 2:28
(G567)		 Anyang Henan
Hebidong 鹤壁东
鶴壁東		 542 3:54
(D2031)		 2:31
(G527)		 Hebi
Xinxiangdong 新乡东
新鄉東		 595 4:12
(D2031)		 2:41
(G71)		 Xinxiang
Zhengzhoudong 郑州东
鄭州東		 663 4:44
(D2031)		 2:11
(G97)		 Xuzhou–Lanzhou high-speed railway
Zhengzhou–Kaifeng intercity railway
Zhengzhou–Xinzheng Airport intercity railway		 Zhengzhou Metro  1   5  Zhengzhou
Xuchangdong 许昌东
許昌東		 744 5:09
(D2031)		 3:31
(G527)		 Xuchang
Luohexi 漯河西 799 5:38
(D2031)		 3:50
(G503)[23]		 Luohe
Zhumadianxi 驻马店西
駐馬店西		 864 5:58
(D2031)		 3:53
(G71)		 Zhumadian
Minggangdong 明港东
明港東		 917 6:17
(D2031)		 Xinyang
Xinyangdong 信阳东
信陽東		 960 6:32
(D2031)		 4:22
(G527)
Xiaoganbei 孝感北 1024 6:52
(D2031)		 4:33
(G71)		 Xiaogan Hubei
Hengdiandong 横店东
橫店東		 Wuhan
Wuhan 武汉
武漢		 1136 7:25
(D2031)		 3:48
(G65)		 Shanghai–Wuhan–Chengdu high-speed railway
Wuhan–Jiujiang passenger railway
Wuhan–Huangshi intercity railway
Wuhan–Huanggang intercity railway 		 metro   4 
Xianningbei 咸宁北
咸寧北		 1221 7:49
(D2103)[24]		 5:32
(G501)[25]		 Xianning
Chibibei 赤壁北 1264 8:10
(D2103)		 5:46
(C503)
Yueyangdong 岳阳东
岳壁東		 1346 8:33
(D2103)		 5:58
(G71)		 Yueyang Hunan
Miluodong 汨罗东
汨羅東		 1416 8:59
(D2103)		 6:19
(G501)
Changshanan 长沙南
長沙南		 1484 9:25
(D2103)		 5:09
(G811)		 Shanghai–Kunming high-speed railway Changsha Metro  2   4 
 Maglev 		 Changsha
Zhuzhouxi 株洲西 1524 9:46
(D2103)		 Zhuzhou
Hengshanxi 衡山西 1591 10:10
(D2103)		 7:07
(G71)		 Hengyang
Hengyangdong 衡阳东
衡陽東		 1632 10:28
(D2103)		 7:22
(G71)
Leiyangxi 耒阳西
耒陽西		 1687 10:53
(D2103)		 7:41
(G71)
Chenzhouxi 郴州西 1766 11:22
(D2103)		 8:09
(G71)		 Chenzhou
Lechangdong 乐昌东
樂昌東		 Shaoguan Guangdong
Shaoguan 韶关
韶關		 1896 11:55
(D2103)		 8:29
(G81)[26]
Yingdexi 英德西 1966 12:21
(D2103)		 Qingyuan
Qingyuan 清远
清遠		 2023 12:59
(D2103)
Guangzhoubei 广州北
廣州北		 2060 13:13
(D2103)		 With connection line to Guangzhou Baiyun railway station Guangzhou Metro  9  Guangzhou
Guangzhounan 广州南
廣州南		 2105 13:55
(D2103)		 7:16
(G79)		 Guangzhou–Zhuhai intercity railway
Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong Express Rail Link
Guiyang–Guangzhou high-speed railway
Nanning–Guangzhou high-speed railway		 Guangzhou Metro  2  7  22 
Foshan Metro  2 

See also

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References

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