Beijing–Binhai intercity railway (abbreviated as Jingbin intercity railway), formerly known as the Second Beijing–Tianjin intercity railway, is a

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connecting the

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Beijing Beijing, Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital city of China. With more than 22 million residents, it is the world's List of national capitals by population, most populous national capital city as well as ...

and

Tianjin Tianjin is a direct-administered municipality in North China, northern China on the shore of the Bohai Sea. It is one of the National Central City, nine national central cities, with a total population of 13,866,009 inhabitants at the time of the ...

. The western section of the railway is built as part of the

Beijing–Tangshan intercity railway Beijing–Tangshan intercity railway is a High-speed rail, high-speed railway connecting Beijing and Tangshan in eastern Hebei. The railway opened on 30 December 2022. From Beijing railway station to Baodi railway station, the Beijing–Binhai ...

. From Baodi railway station onwards, the railway will branch south along new trackage to Binhai West railway station in

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of Tianjin. Together with the

, this railway forms part of a proposed regional 4 North-South lines, 4 East-West lines that together form a network for fast commuter services across the densely populated Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei area.

History

Baodi to Beichen section

Advanced engineering commenced onsite at 29 December 2015. The section opened on 30 December 2022.

Beichen to Binhai West section

The remaining section from to began construction on 6 November 2022.

Route

It starts at

Beijing railway station Beijing railway station, or simply Beijing station, is a passenger railway station in Dongcheng District, Beijing. The station is located just southeast of the city centre inside the Second Ring Road with Beijing Station Street to the north an ...

, which is located in Dongcheng District. And then it goes into

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, and

Baodi District Baodi District () is a district of the municipality of Tianjin, People's Republic of China. Transport Rail Station * Baodi * Baodi South * Dakoutun * jingjinxincheng Railway * Tianjin–Jizhou railway * Beijing–Tangshan intercity ...

, Tianjin. This project then deviates from the Beijing-Tangshan ICR alignment to travel south through eastern

Wuqing District Wuqing District () is a district of Tianjin, bordering Hebei province to the north and west, Beijing Municipality to the northwest, Baodi District to the northeast, and Beichen District and Xiqing District to the southeast/south. Administrative di ...

, Ninghe District,

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serving a station at

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then terminating in Tianjin's

Stations

The section from Baodi to opened on 30 December 2022. The remaining section is also under construction.

References

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