Beijing–Kowloon Railway

Beijing–Kowloon Railway
280px The Shoupakou level crossing of Beijing–Kowloon Railway near Guang'anmen, Beijing
Overview
Type	Heavy rail
System	China Railways
Status	In operation
Locale	People's Republic of China
Termini	Beijingxi (Beijing West) Hung Hom
Operation
Opened	1996
Operator(s)	China Railways
Technical
Line length
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Electrification	25 kV, 50 Hz Overhead catenary
Operating speed
Route map (selected stations) Legend Jingjiu railway 0Beijing West 57 Gu'an 92 Bazhou 147 Renqiu 118 Suning 212 Raoyang 239 Shenzhou 274 Hengshui 305 Zaoqiang 325 Daying 343 Nangong East 354 Qinghecheng 380 Linqing 426 Liaocheng 468 Yanggu 484 Taiqian 502 Liangshan 582 Heze 630 Caoxian 687 Shangqiu South 751 Haozhou 808 Santangji 855 Fouyang 899 Founan 916 Huaibin 971 Huangchuan 1031 Xinxian 1091 Macheng 1122 Xinzhou 1158 Huangzhou 1187 Xishiu 1256 Wuxue 1314 Jiujiang 1333 Lushan 1369 De'an 1403 Youxiu 1449 Nanchang 1477 Xiangtang 1533 Fencheng South 1533 Zhangshu East 1589 Xingan 1606 Xiajiang 1675 Ji'an 1709 Jingganshan 1788 Xingguo 1861 Ganzhou Ganlong Railway 1886 Nankang 1924 Xinfeng 1986 Longnan Guangmeishan Railway 2009 Dingnan 2046 Heping 2102 Longchuan 2177 Heyuan 2257 Huizhou 2267 Huizhou West 2311 Dongguan East Guangshen Railway Dongguan 2372 Shenzhen Hong Kong SAR / China Border 2397 Hung Hom

The Beijing-Jiujiang-Kowloon Railway, also known as the Jingjiu Railway (simplified Chinese: 京九铁路 or 京九线; traditional Chinese: 京九鐵路 or 京九線; pinyin: Jīngjiŭ tiĕlù or Jīngjiŭ Xiàn) is a railway in the China connecting Beijing West Station in Beijing to Shenzhen Station in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province. It then follows the rail-link between Shenzhen to the special administrative region of Hong Kong to Hung Hom Station (Kowloon Station) in Kowloon.

History

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Beijing West Station

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The façade of Hung Hom Station (Kowloon Station) (Hong Kong Coliseum in the background)

It is a dual-track railway. Construction began in February 1993. It was opened in 1996, connecting Beijing and Shenzhen (and thereupon with Kowloon through the KCR East Rail) through Tianjin, Hebei, Shandong, Henan, Anhui, Hubei, Jiangxi and Guangdong, with a length of 2,397 kilometres. It has 790 bridges and 160 tunnels. The Jiujiang Yangtze River Bridge, at a length of 7,679 metres, is the longest across the Yangtze River. Located between Jinghu Railway (Beijing-Shanghai) and Jingguang Railway (Beijing-Guangzhou), it was built to alleviate the congested Jingguang Railway, and to foster development in the areas to the east of Jingguang Railway.

The idea had been proposed for a long time, and some of the sections, such as the Jiujiang Yangtze River Bridge, were built before construction of the whole line official began. Some were converted from existing sections, such as between Jiujiang and Nanchang, and Fouyang and Shangqiu.

It multiplexes with the Guangmeishan Railway (Guangzhou-Meizhou-Shantou Railway) between Longchuan and Dongguan. It joins the Guangshen Railway (Guangzhou-Shenzhen Railway, formerly the Chinese Section of the Kowloon-Canton Railway) at Dongguan, and follows the same route. Within Hong Kong, it shares the same pair of tracks with the East Rail Line (formerly British Section of the Kowloon-Canton Railway).

Beijing-Kowloon Through Train services are currently provided on the Jingguang Railway and Guangshen Railway, instead of the Jingjiu Railway, probably because the former has been upgraded for high-speed services, whereas the latter has not. Passengers are required to go through customs and immigration checks for the cross-border service.

Places served

Beijing Gu'an County Bazhou Renqiu Suning Shenzhou Hengshui Zaoqiang Daying Nangong Qinghecheng Linqing Liaocheng Yanggu

Taiqian Liangshan Heze Caoxian Shangqiu Haozhou Santangji Fouyang Founan Huaibin Huangchuan Xinxian Macheng Xinzhou Huangzhou

Xishui Wuxue Jiujiang Lushan De'an Youxiu Nanchang Xiangtang Fencheng Zhangshu Xingan Xiajiang Jishui Ji'an Jinggangshan

Xingguo Ganzhou Nankang Xinfeng Longnan Dingnan Heping Longchuan Heyuan Huizhou Dongguan Shenzhen Kowloon

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Beijing–Kowloon Railway at the Shangling Station in Heping County, Guangdong province.

See also

• Rail transport in the People's Republic of China
• List of railways in China
• Guangzhou–Shenzhen Railway
• Beijing–Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong High-Speed Railway
• China Railways

External links

• MTR Intercity Through Train e-Ticketing Services, Train Route