The Beijing–Fuzhou high-speed railway () is a completed high-speed rail corridor, intended to connect

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

Fuzhou Fuzhou is the capital of Fujian, China. The city lies between the Min River (Fujian), Min River estuary to the south and the city of Ningde to the north. Together, Fuzhou and Ningde make up the Eastern Min, Mindong linguistic and cultural regi ...

Route

The line shares tracks with the following railway lines: *

Beijing–Shanghai high-speed railway The Beijing–Shanghai high-speed railway (or Jinghu high-speed railway) is a high-speed railway that connects two major economic zones in the People's Republic of China: the Bohai Economic Rim and the Yangtze River Delta.Hefei–Bengbu high-speed railway Hefei–Bengbu high-speed railway (or the Hefei–Bengbu section of the Beijing–Taipei high-speed rail corridor) is a high-speed rail line between Hefei and Bengbu in Anhui province. It is a part of the future Jingfu line connecting Beijin ...

between Bengbu and Hefei *

Hefei–Fuzhou high-speed railway Hefei–Fuzhou high-speed railway (), is a double track, dual-track, Railway electrification system, electrified, passenger-dedicated, high-speed rail in China, high-speed rail line between Hefei and Fuzhou, the provincial capitals of Anhui and F ...

between Hefei and Fuzhou *

Fuzhou–Pingtan railway The Fuzhou–Pingtan railway is a railway line in China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by popu ...

, between Fuzhou and Pingtan Thereafter, it would cross an undersea tunnel which has been proposed by the Chinese government, which would connect Pingtan and

Hsinchu Hsinchu (, ), officially Hsinchu City, is a city located in northwestern Taiwan. It is the most populous city in Taiwan that is not a special municipality, with estimated 450,655 inhabitants. Hsinchu is a coastal city bordering the Taiwan ...

. It would share tracks with the

Taiwan High Speed Rail Taiwan High Speed Rail (THSR) is a high-speed railway network in Taiwan, which consists of a single line that runs approximately along the western coast of the island, from the capital Taipei in the north to the southern city of Kaohsiung. Its c ...

from Hsinchu to Taipei. Project planning is unilateral, undertaken without the participation of

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, which the People's Republic of China claims, but has never controlled. The Pingtan–Taipei portion of the railway headed to Taiwan is referred as "possible long-term future expansions" in construction documents of Fuzhou–Pingtan section.

Parallel corridors

The Chinese government has planned the

Beijing–Hong Kong (Taipei) corridor The Beijing–Hong Kong (Taipei) corridor is a proposed high-speed railway corridor in Greater China. It will run in a north–south direction from Beijing to Hong Kong, with a branch leading from Hefei to end at Taipei across the Taiwan Stra ...

as a parallel railway corridor. The corridor will pass through the cities of Hengshui, Shangqiu, Hefei and Fuzhou.

Reception

The plan has been both mocked and welcomed by different parties in Taiwan.

References

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Route

Parallel corridors

Reception

See also

References