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Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway

Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway
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Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway

 

Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway

 

       The Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway, abbreviated as Jinghu High-speed Railway, also known as the Beijing-Shanghai Passenger Dedicated Line, serves as a rapid passenger transport channel between Beijing and Shanghai. It is one of the "one vertical" lines in China's "four vertical and four horizontal" high-speed railway network, and a major project in China's "Medium and Long-Term Railway Network Plan", characterized by its large investment scale and high technological level. It is the longest, highest-investment, and highest-standard high-speed railway built since the founding of the People's Republic of China. Construction officially started on April 18, 2008, and it opened on June 30, 2011, with then-Premier Wen Jiabao presiding over the opening ceremony.

       The line runs from Beijing South Railway Station to Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station, with a total length of 1318 kilometers. It traverses three municipalities directly under the Central Government (Beijing, Tianjin, and Shanghai) and four provinces (Hebei, Shandong, Anhui, and Jiangsu), connecting the two major economic zones of the Bohai Rim and the Yangtze River Delta. The total investment is approximately 220.9 billion yuan, with 23 stations. The infrastructure is designed for a speed of 380 kilometers per hour, but the current operating speed is reduced to 300 kilometers per hour. The fastest G1 train takes only 4 hours and 48 minutes from Beijing to Shanghai.