Beijing–Shenyang high-speed railway is a -long high-speed rail line of the

China Railway High-speed China Railway High-speed (CRH) is a high-speed rail service operated by China Railway. The introduction of CRH series was a major part of the sixth national railway speedup, implemented on April 18, 2007. By the end of 2020, China Railway H ...

between

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and

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, the capital of

Liaoning Liaoning () is a coastal province in Northeast China that is the smallest, southernmost, and most populous province in the region. With its capital at Shenyang, it is located on the northern shore of the Yellow Sea, and is the northernmost ...

province. It is a section of the

Beijing–Harbin high-speed railway The Beijing–Harbin high-speed railway () is an operational high-speed railway corridor, announced in 2008 as part of the "Four Verticals and Four Horizontals" master railway network plan. It is part of the China Railway High-speed, CRH's system ...

. The line was intended to relieve a significant bottleneck in China's transportation network between the

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region and Beijing. The route runs to the north and inland of the existing routes which hug the coast around the Bohai sea. The new line leaves Beijing heading northeast to

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in Hebei province then turn east through Chaoyang, and

Fuxin Fuxin () is a prefecture-level city in northwestern Liaoning province, People's Republic of China, bordering the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region to the north. As of the 2020 census, its decreasing total population was 1,647,280 inhabitants (1,8 ...

in Liaoning province, on route to Shenyang. There are 16 stations, which were the last section of the

to be completed; the other sections of that line had been operational since December 1, 2012. The line has a maximum design speed of though regular services operate at around . Travel time between Shenyang and Beijing was cut from the former 4 hours to just 2 hours and 17 minutes.

History

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Construction was supposed to have started in 2010 with the project to be completed in 2012 but was delayed repeatedly until March 2014. Protests by residents along the planned route caused several safety review to examine the potential

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and

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. The first two reviews suggested installing noise shielding along sensitive parts of the line. The third review called for similar noise shielding in addition to above ground tunnels to completely enclose the line while near urban areas. In addition the starting point has been relocated to

Beijing Chaoyang railway station Beijing Chaoyang railway station (), formerly known as Xinghuo railway station (), is a railway station in Chaoyang District, Beijing. This station is the main terminus of the Beijing–Harbin high-speed railway, and one of eight main passeng ...

(formerly known as Xinghuo railway station) in Chaoyang District of Beijing. In August 2013, the Beijing municipal government published a notice calling for bids to build the line and its status is completed and operational. The total investment was expected to be 124.5 billion yuan. The

to Chengde South section opened on 29 December 2018. The remaining section between Chengde South and Beijing Chaoyang opened on 22 January 2021. On June 25, 2021, G902/903, G907/908 and G915/916 trains were extended to

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, thus the Beijing-Shenyang high-speed railway has charted trains arriving and departing at

Stations

References

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History

Stations

See also

References