Thursday, September 11, 2008

Jingjiu railway

Jingjiu Railway is a railway in the People's Republic of China connecting in Beijing to in Shenzhen, . It then follows the rail-link between Shenzhen to the special administrative region of Hong Kong to in Kowloon.

It is a dual-track railway. Construction began in February 1993. It was opened in 1996, connecting Beijing and Kowloon through Tianjin, Hebei, Shandong, Henan, Anhui, Hubei, Jiangxi and Guangdong, with a length of 2397 kilometres. It has 790 bridges and 160 tunnels. The Jiujiang , at a length of 7,679 metres, is the longest across the Yangtze River. Located between Jinghu Railway and Jingguang Railway , 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 shares the same route with the Guangmeishan Railway between and Dongguan. It joins the Guangshen Railway at Dongguan, and follows the same route. Within Hong Kong, it shares the same pair of tracks with the .

Beijing-Kowloon Through Train services are currently provided on the Jingguang Railway and Guangshen Railway, instead of the Jingjiu Railway. Passengers are required to go through customs and immigration checks for the cross-border service.

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