Beijing–Tangshan intercity railway is a

high-speed railway High-speed rail (HSR) is a type of rail transport network utilising trains that run significantly faster than those of traditional rail, using an integrated system of specialised rolling stock and dedicated railway track, tracks. While there is ...

connecting

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

Tangshan Tangshan ( zh, c=唐山 , p=Tángshān) is a coastal, industrial prefecture-level city in the northeast of Hebei province. It is located in the eastern part of Hebei Province and the northeastern part of the North China Plain. It is located in t ...

in eastern

Hebei Hebei is a Provinces of China, province in North China. It is China's List of Chinese administrative divisions by population, sixth-most populous province, with a population of over 75 million people. Shijiazhuang is the capital city. It bor ...

. The railway opened on 30 December 2022. From

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 ...

to Baodi railway station, the

Beijing–Binhai intercity railway Beijing–Binhai intercity railway (abbreviated as Jingbin intercity railway), formerly known as the Second Beijing–Tianjin intercity railway, is a high-speed railway connecting the municipalities (China), municipalities of Beijing and Tianjin ...

will share its northern segment with the Beijing–Tangshan intercity railway before continuing southeast-ward to Binhai West railway station.

Overview

The railway will begin at

, which is located in Dongcheng District of Beijing. The Beijing Sub-Center railway station is under construction and will be finished in 2025. And then it crossing into

Xianghe County Xianghe County () is a county of central Hebei province with 449,038 inhabitants in 2020, up from 343,372 inhabitants in 2010. It is under the administration of Langfang prefecture-level city. Xianghe has 7 towns and 2 townships. It is southeast ...

. Next it crosses

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 ...

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 ...

to re-enter Hebei at

City's Yutian County and

Fengrun District Fengrun District () is a district of the city of Tangshan, Hebei province, China. The district spans an area of , and has a population of 800,740 as of 2020. History During the Warring States period, the area of present-day Fengrun District belo ...

. Finally, it will terminate at

Tangshan railway station Tangshan railway station () is a station in Lubei District, Tangshan, Hebei, China. It is located on the Tianjin–Shanhaiguan railway, Tianjin–Qinhuangdao high-speed railway and the Beijing–Tangshan intercity railway. History Construct ...

. Total line length of will be approximately , with a total of 8 stations and a design speed of .

History

Construction on the railway was originally scheduled to start in 2009 but the completion has been delayed after a nationwide rail review following the 2011 Wenzhou Rail Incident. Construction was eventually started on 29 December 2015. The railway opened on 30 December 2022.

Stations

References

High-speed railway lines in China Rail transport in Beijing Rail transport in Hebei Tangshan Railway lines opened in 2022 {{PRChina-rail-transport-stub