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Beijing–Kowloon railway

Beijing–Kowloon railway 京九铁路 京九鐵路
The Shoupakou level crossing of Beijing–Kowloon railway near Guang'anmen, Beijing
Overview
Status	In operation
Locale	Beijing, Hebei, Shandong, Henan, Anhui, Hubei, Jiangxi, Guangdong, Hong Kong
Termini	Beijing West Hung Hom
Service
Type	Heavy rail
System	China Railway
Operator(s)	China Railway
History
Opened	1 September 1996; 27 years ago (1996-09-01)
Technical
Line length	2,311 km (1,436 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Electrification	25 kV, 50 Hz Overhead catenary
Operating speed	150–200 km/h (93–124 mph)
Route map Legend km Beijing–Guangzhou railway toGuangzhou Beijing–Guangzhou HSR toGuangzhou South 0 Beijing West 4 Guang'anmen Beijing underground cross-city railway Beijing Beijing–Harbin railwaytoHarbin Beijing–Tianjin ICRtoTianjin Beijing South Beijing–Shanghai HSR toShanghai Hongqiao Beijing–Shanghai railway Beijing Fengtai Fengtai West marshalling yard │ Dahongmen freight yard 16 Liying Beijing–Shanghai railway 23 Huangcun Beijing–Shanghai railway toShanghai Gu'an Tianjin–Bazhou railway toTianjin 92 Bazhou Tianjin–Baoding intercity railway toXushui│to Tianjin West 147 Renqiu 239 Shenzhou Shijiazhuang–Dezhou railway toShijiazhuang 274 Hengshui Shijiazhuang–Dezhou railway toDezhou ↑ Beijing Group ↓ Jinan Group 380 Linqing Handan–Jinan railwaytoHandan 421 Liaocheng North toHandan–Jinan railwaytoJinan 426 Liaocheng Yanggu Shanxi–Henan–Shandong railway freight-only 484 Taiqian Tangyin–Taiqian railwaytoTangyin Liangshan 526 Yuncheng Xinxiang–Yanzhou railway toYanzhou 582 Heze Xinxiang–Yanzhou railway toXinxiang ↑ Jinan Group ↓ Zhengzhou Group Shangqiu North Longhai railway toLanzhou│to Lianyun 687 Shangqiu South ↑ Zhengzhou Group ↓ Shanghai Group 751 Bozhou Qinglongshan–Fuyang railway toQinglongshan Luohe–Fuyang railwaytoLuohe Fuyang North 855 Fuyang Fuyang–Huainan railway toHuainan ↑ Shanghai Group ↓ Wuhan Group Nanjing–Xi'an railwaytoXinyang 971 Huangchuan Nanjing–Xi'an railwaytoNanjing 1,091 Macheng Macheng–Wuhan railway toWuhan North 1,158 Huangzhou ↑ Wuhan Group ↓ Nanchang Group Jiujiang Yangtze River Bridge Hefei–Jiujiang railwaytoHefei Tongling–Jiujiang railway toShizishan 1,314 Jiujiang 1,327 Jiujiang West Wuhan–Jiujiang railway toWuchang 1,333 Lushan 1,369 De'an 1,403 Yongxiu 1,449 Nanchang 1,477 Xiangtang Xiangtang–Liangjiadu railway toLiangjiadu 1,479 Xiangtang West Shanghai–Kunming railway toKunming│to Shanghai Xiangtang–Tangang railway toTangang Xiangtang–Putian railway toNanchang West 1,487 Sanjiangzhen Xiangtang–Putian railway toFuzhou 1,675 Ji'an 1,709 Taihe Ganzhou–Longyan railway toLongyan 1,854 Ganzhou East 1,861 Ganzhou Ganzhou–Shaoguan railway toShaoguan East 2,009 Dingnan ↑ Nanchang Group ↓ Guangzhou Group Zhangping–Longchuan railway toZhangping 2,102 Longchuan 2,177 Heyuan 2,257 Huizhou Huizhou Port railway 2,311 Dongguan East Guangzhou–Shenzhen railway toGuangzhou Changping Guangzhou–Shenzhen railway 2,328 Zhangmutou 2,352 Pinghu 2,356 Pinghu South Pinghu–Yantian railway toYantian Pinghu–Nanshan railway toShenzhen West Pinghu marshalling yard Xiamen–Shenzhen railway toXiamen North Xiamen–Shenzhen railway toShenzhen North 2,364 Shenzhen East 2,368 Sungang 2,372 Shenzhen Guangdong Hong Kong ↑ Guangzhou Group ↓ MTR Corporation 2,397 Hung Hom 2,399 Exhibition Centre 2,400 Admiralty km This diagram: view talk edit

Beijing–Kowloon railway
Simplified Chinese	京九铁路
Traditional Chinese	京九鐵路
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Jīngjiǔ tiělù Yue: Cantonese Jyutping ging1 gau2 tit3 lou6
Alternative Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	京九线
Traditional Chinese	京九線
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Jīngjiǔ Xiàn Yue: Cantonese Jyutping ging1 gau2 sin3

The Beijing–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) is a dual track railway connecting Beijing West railway stationinBeijingtoShenzhen railway stationinShenzhen, Guangdong Province.

It is connected with Hong Kong's East Rail line across the border, which conventional railway service terminates at Hung Hom in southern Kowloon. Conventional railway service between Shenzhen and Hung Hom stations has been suspended indefinitely since 2020.

Construction of the railway began in February 1993. It was opened on 1 September 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 (1,489 mi). It has 790 bridges and 160 tunnels. The Jiujiang Yangtze River Bridge, at a length of 7,679 metres (25,194 ft), is the longest across the Yangtze River.^[1] 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 officially began. Some were converted from existing sections, such as between Jiujiang and Nanchang, and Fuyang and Shangqiu.

The railway uses the same line as 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, because Beijing-Kowloon line emphasizes freight traffic and pass through less major cities. Passengers are required to go through customs and immigration checks for the cross-border service. However, cross-border services have been suspended indefinitely since 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Electrification of the line between Beijing West and Lehua was completed in May 2010 allowing operating speeds to increase from 160 to 200 km/h (99 to 124 mph) with provisions for operation of double-stack container trains.^[2][3][4][5]

• Rail transport in China
• List of railway lines in China
• Guangzhou–Shenzhen Railway
• Beijing–Guangzhou high-speed railway
• China Railways

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