Beijing – Hong Kong high-speed line

Beijing – Hong Kong
Route length:	2360 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Power system :	50 Hz, 25 kV  ~
Maximum slope :	20  ‰
Minimum radius :	Control value: 9000 m, exception value 7000 m
Top speed:	350 km / h
Legend 0 Beijing West 59 Zhuozhou East 84 Gaobeidian East 139 Baoding East 200 Dingzhou East 244 Shijiazhuang Airport 280 Shijiazhuang South 323 Gaoyi West 384 Xintai East 437 Handan East 497 Anyang East 542 Hebi East 595 Xinxiang East 663 Zhengzhou East 595 Xinzheng East 744 Xuchang East 799 Luohe West 864 Zhumadian West 917 Minggang East 960 Xinyang East 1024 Xiaogan North Hengdian East 1136 Wuhan 1237 Wulongquan East 1221 Xianning North 1264 Chibi North 1346 Yueyang East 1416 Miluo East tunnel 1484 Changsha South 1524 Zhuzhou West 1591 Hengshan West 1632 Hengyang East 1687 Leiyang West 1687 Chenzhou West 1766 Lechang East 1896 Shaoguan 1966 Yingde West 2021 Qingyuan 2060 Guangzhou North Jin Shazhou tunnel 4500 m 2105 Guangzhou South 2292 Shenzhen North 2434 Hong Kong West Kowloon

The Beijing – Hong Kong high-speed line connects the capital Beijing with the southern Chinese city of Hong Kong in the People's Republic of China . This route connects the provinces of Hebei , Henan , Hubei , Hunan and Guangdong as well as Hong Kong to the capital.

It consists of the Beijing – Guangzhou high-speed line , also known as Jinggang PDL , which went into operation on December 26, 2012, and the Guangzhou – Shenzhen – Hong Kong Express Rail Link , which has been in operation between Guangzhou and Shenzhen since December 26, 2011 and opened between Guangzhou and Kowloon on September 23, 2018.

Route sections

Beijing – Wuhan high-speed line

Construction of the 281 km long Beijing-Shijiazhuang section began on October 7, 2008. On July 25, 2012, the tracks were laid. The Anyang – Zhengzhou section has been in trial operation since April 1, 2012, the Zhengzhou – Wuhan section since August 26, 2012. The Zhengzhou – Wuhan section was opened on September 28, 2012 Opened December 2012, which means that the route from Beijing to Guangzhou is in continuous operation.

Wuhan – Guangzhou high-speed line

On December 26, 2009, the 1068.6 km long southern section between Wuhan and Guangzhou with 18 stations was put into operation. Construction began on June 23, 2005. A top speed of 394 km / h was achieved during test drives. Due to the difficult route morphology, 65% of the section between Wuhan and Guangzhou consists of bridges and tunnels. The construction of the 4,500 meter long Jin Shazhou tunnel under the Pearl River near Guangzhou was a particular challenge . The structure sometimes only has a six meter cover and had to be built in the middle of a populated area. The construction cost of the entire route was approximately 17 billion US dollars.

The route is driven at a speed of up to 350 km / h. China thus claims to have the fastest commercially operated high-speed line in the world. Express trains without intermediate stops need just under three hours for the route between Wuhan and Guangzhou and thus reach an average speed of 313 km / h. Trains from the CRH2 and CRH3 series are used .

Guangzhou – Hong Kong high-speed line

→ Main article : Guangzhou – Shenzhen – Hong Kong high-speed line

On December 26, 2011, one year before the start of continuous operation in the direction of Beijing, the 102 km long section between Guangzhou South and Shenzhen North was put into operation.

On December 30, 2015, the section between Shenzhen North and Futian was added.

The section from Futian to Hong Kong opened in September 2018. The route ends at West Kowloon Station , which will be the largest underground station in the world when it opens.

literature

• M. Kreutzer, U. Schröck: 1000 km new line for high-speed railway Guangzhou-Wuhan . In: Structural Engineering . Volume 84, No. 8 , 2007, p. 583-586 ( article available for a fee ).

Web links

Commons : Beijing – Hong Kong high-speed line  - collection of images, videos and audio files

 Wikinews: People's Republic of China: Beijing – Guangzhou high-speed rail line opened  - news

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Shenzhen Daily: Guangzhou-Shenzhen High-speed Rail Opens Dec. 26th Life of Guanzhou, December 14, 2011, accessed December 27, 2012 . 
2. ^ ^{A b c} Richard Han: High-speed train leaves new railway station. Shenzhen Daily, January 8, 2016, accessed January 16, 2016 . 
3. ↑ Beijing-Shijiazhuang passenger dedicated rail line completes track-laying. (No longer available online.) Hebei Province Government, July 26, 2012, archived from original on October 29, 2012 ; Retrieved September 2, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ Shenzhen and Beijing to be linked with nine-hour trains. (No longer available online.) Shenzhen Post, Aug 7, 2012, formerly original ; Retrieved September 2, 2012 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
5. ^ Train trip to Zhengzhou to take about six hours. (No longer available online.) Shenzhen Daily, Aug 29, 2012, archived from the original on Aug 31, 2012 ; Retrieved September 2, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
6. ↑ Zhengzhou - Wuhan high speed line opens. Railway Gazette, October 4, 2012, accessed October 5, 2012 . 
7. ↑ China opens longest high-speed train route in the world. dpa , December 25, 2012, accessed on December 26, 2012 . 
8. ↑ ^{a b c} The Wuhan-Guangzhou High-Speed ​​Passenger-Dedicated Line (PDL). In: Official English website of the Hunan Province . Hunan Province, accessed April 10, 2013 . 
9. Jump up ↑ Jin Shazhou Tunnel. (PDF; 718 kB) one of the most demanding tunnel projects in China. (No longer available online.) SSF Ingenieure, archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; accessed on December 31, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
10. ↑ Fastest train in the world starts operating in China. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung No. 300 of December 28, 2009, p. 14.
11. ↑ Shenzhen Daily: Guangzhou-Shenzhen High-speed Rail Opens Dec. 26th Life of Guanzhou, December 14, 2011, accessed December 27, 2012 . 
12. ↑ Guangzhou - Shenzhen high speed line opens . Railway Gazette International , January 5, 2012.
13. ↑ Shenzhen Daily: World's Largest Underground High-Speed ​​Rail Station. freshome, May 2, 2012, accessed December 27, 2012 .