Beijing–Zhangjiakou intercity railway

Beijing–Zhangjiakou intercity railway 京张城际铁路
Overview
Type	High-speed rail
Status	Under construction
Locale	Beijing Hebei
Termini	Beijing North Zhangjiakou South
Stations	10
Services	1
Operation
Operator(s)	China Railway High-speed
Technical
Line length	173.947 km (108.086 mi)
Track gauge	4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Route map Beijing North Qinghe Shahe Beijing Northern Circle Railway Beijing–Baotou Railway Changping Badaling Great Wall to Yanqing Beijing–Baotou Railway Fengtai–Shacheng Railway to Fengtai Beijing–Baotou Railway Donghuayuan North Beijing–Baotou Railway Huailai Beijing–Baotou Railway Xiahuayuan North Xuanhua North Beijing–Baotou Railway Zhangjiakou South Beijing–Baotou Railway Datong–Zhangjiakou High-Speed Railway Zhangjiakou–Hohhot High-Speed Railway

The Beijing-Zhangjiakou intercity railway, also known as the Jingzhang Intercity Railway, is high-speed railway currently under construction between Beijing and Zhangjiakou in Hebei province. This route will have a length of approximately 173.947 kilometers of double tracked high speed rail, with a maximum speed of 350 km/h (220 mph) between Changping and Donghuayuan North. However within urban Beijing the maximum speed is restricted to between 120 to 80 km/h (75 to 50 mph).^[1] The rest of the line has a designed speed of 250 km/h (160 mph) but operating at 200 km/h (120 mph). The line is expected to be complete by August 2019.^[2]

Initially the line was planned to feature 9 stations, with a 10th station added with the branch to Yanqing. The railway was originally scheduled to start construction in 2009,^[3] however due to the Ministry of Railways adjusting the high-speed rail construction program this was postponed until 2014.^[4] This railway is expected to connect with the future Zhangjiakou–Hohhot High-Speed Railway and Datong–Zhangjiakou High-Speed Railway (zh), both also currently under construction.

Route description

Leading north from Beijing North Railway Station the line will pass Qinghe Railway Station, Shahe Railway Station, Changping Railway Station. It will entering a tunnel under the Great Wall and with a new station, Badaling Great Wall Railway Station, this will avoid the famous switchback, zigzag conventional railway line. North of this tunnel will connect the Hong Yan branch to Yanqing in preparation for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games venues there. After entering Hebei provincial territory, there will be a new station at Donghuayuan North Railway Station, travelling along the Beijing-Zhangjiakou highway across the Guanting Reservoir, before arriving at the Huailai Railway Station, the new stations at Xiahuayuan North Railway Station, Xuanhua North Railway Station before terminating at the existing Zhangjiakou South Railway Station.

Total length of this project 173.947 kilometres, of which 70.42 kilometres will be with in Beijing and 103.527 kilometres with in Zhangjiakou, Hebei Province. The project has an estimated investment cost of 23.62 billion Yuan. Construction of the unit is carried out by the "Beijing-Zhangjiakou Inter-city Railway Limited ", a company incorporated in November 7, 2013. Registered capital of 100 million yuan. Shareholders are in this company are the Beijing Railway Bureau (60.02%), Beijing Infrastructure Investment Co. Ltd. (formerly the Beijing Subway Group Co., Ltd.) (32.42%) and Zhangjiakou Winton Holdings Limited with 7.56% of total shares.

Stations

Station Name	Chinese	Total distance (km)	Travel Time	High-speed rail transfers	Metro and local rail transfers	Platforms	Tracks served by platform	Location
Beijing North	北京北	0	0		(  2   4   13  via Xizhimen)			Beijing	Xicheng
Qinghe	清河								Haidian
Shahe	沙河								Changping
Changping	昌平
Badaling Great Wall	八达岭长城								Yanqing
Donghuayuan North	东花园北							Hebei	Zhangjiakou	Huailai
Huailai	怀来
Xiahuayuan North	下花园北									Xiahuayuan
Xuanhua North	宣化北									Xuanhua
Zhangjiakou South	张家口南			Zhangjiakou–Hohhot High-Speed Railway (future) Zhangjiakou–Datong High-Speed Railway (future)	Jingbao Railway Zhangji Railway					Qiaodong

2022 Winter Olympic Games

This high-speed railway is considered a crucial and vital link between all three venue clusters for the 2022 Winter Olympics to be held in Beijing. The urban area of Beijing will host most of the indoor skating, ice hockey and curling events plus the opening and closing ceremonies. Yanqing District, a suburban district of Beijing, will host Alpine skiing plus the luge and bobsleigh. Zhangjiakou, a city in Hebei Province, will host Nordic skiing, snowboarding and freestyle skiing. This railway places all venues within one hour of each other.

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