We had wanted to name this China HSR, WIP, but the presence of more than one TLA (three-letter acronym) might have been a little too much for quite a number of you… so we decided to tone it down a bit and expand the latter acronym.
We’ll start with China’s three most dynamic regions: Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, and show you what HSR routes are planned in each of these regions…
Note: The railway term “passenger railway” (in Chinese: “客运专线” or “铁路客运专线”) has been merged into the nearby term “high speed rail” (in Chinese “高速铁路”), as the two are very much identical.
AROUND BEIJING
NOW OPEN
- Beijing-Shanghai High Speed Railway (京沪高速铁路)
- Beijing-Tianjin Intercity Railway (京津城际铁路)
OPENING SOON
- Beijing-Hong Kong High Speed Railway (Shijiazhuang-Wuhan) (京港高速铁路，石家庄—武汉); also known as the Shiwu High Speed Railway (石武高速铁路)
WORKS UNDERWAY
- Beijing-Hong Kong High Speed Railway (Beijing-Shijiazhuang) (京港高速铁路，北京—石家庄)
- Beijing-Tianjin Intercity Railway (Tianjin – Yujiapu) (京津城际铁路，天津—于家堡); also known as the Jinbin Intercity Railway (津滨城际铁路)
- Tianjin-Baoding Railway (津保铁路)
- Tianjin-Qinhuangdao High Speed Railway (津秦高速铁路)
- Tianjin-Tianjin West Underground Railway Link (天津地下直径线)
ITEMS PLANNED
- Beijing-Kowloon High Speed Railway (京九高速铁路)
- Beijing-Shenyang High Speed Railway (京沈高速铁路)
- Beijing-Shijiazhuang Intercity Railway (京石城际铁路)
- Beijing-Tangshan Intercity Railway (京唐城际铁路)
- Beijing-Zhangjiakou (Kalgan) Intercity Railway (京张城际铁路)
POSSIBLE IDEAS
- Beijing-Langfang-Tianjin Intercity Railway (京廊津城际铁路)
- Bohai Regional Intercity Railway (环渤海城际铁路)
AROUND SHANGHAI
NOW OPEN
- Beijing-Shanghai High Speed Railway (京沪高速铁路)
- Shanghai-Hangzhou High Speed Railway (沪杭高速铁路)
- Shanghai-Nanjing Intercity High Speed Railway (沪宁城际高速铁路)
WORKS UNDERWAY
- Hangzhou-Ningbo Intercity Railway (杭甬高速铁路)
- Nanjing-Hangzhou Intercity Railway (宁杭城际铁路)
ITEMS PLANNED
- Nanjing-Anqing Intercity Railway (宁安城际特路)
- Shanghai-Hangzhou Intercity Railway (沪杭城际铁路)
- Shanghai-Hangzhou Maglev (沪杭磁浮)
- Shanghai-Huzhou Intercity Railway (沪湖城际铁路)
POSSIBLE IDEAS
- Nanjing-Changzhou-Shanghai Intercity Railway (宁常沪城际铁路)
- Nanjing-Lianyungang Intercity Railway (宁连城际铁路)
- Nanjing-Nantong Intercity Railway (宁通城际铁路)
- Yangzhou-Ma’anshan Intercity Railway (扬马城际铁路)
AROUND GUANGZHOU
NOW OPEN
- Beijing-Hong Kong High Speed Railway (Wuhan-Guangzhou) (京港高速铁路，武汉—广州), also known as the Wuguang High Speed Railway (武广高速铁路)
- Guangshen Railway (广深铁路)
- Guangzhou-Zhuhai Intercity Railway (广珠城际铁路)
OPENING SOON
- Beijing-Hong Kong High Speed Railway (Guangzhou-Shenzhen) (京港高速铁路，广州—深圳); also known as the Guangshen High Speed Railway (广深高速铁路)
WORKS UNDERWAY
- Beijing-Hong Kong High Speed Railway (Shenzhen-Hong Kong) (京港高速铁路，深圳—香港)
- Guizhou-Guangzhou High Speed Railway (贵广高速铁路)
- Nanning-Guangzhou High Speed Railway (南广高速铁路)
- Xiamen-Shenzhen High Speed Railway (厦深高速铁路)