Second Beijing–Tianjin intercity railway

Second Beijing–Tianjin
intercity railway
京津第二城际铁路
京滨城际铁路
A CRH3C high speed train at the Tianjin railway station
Overview
Type High-speed rail
Status Under Construction
Locale Beijing, Hebei, and Tianjin
Termini Beijing Sub-administrative Center railway station
Binhai railway station
Services 1
Operation
Operator(s) China Railway High-speed
Technical
Line length 171.7 km (107 mi)
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Second Beijing–Tianjin intercity railway
Simplified Chinese 京津第二城际铁路
Traditional Chinese 京津第二城際鐵路
Beijing–Binhai intercity railway
Simplified Chinese 京滨城际铁路
Traditional Chinese 京濱城際鐵路

The Second Beijing–Tianjin intercity railway, Beijing–Binhai intercity railway, or Jingbin intercity railway, is a new high-speed railway located between the municipalities of Beijing and Tianjin. It will start at Beijing Sub-administrative Center railway station to Binhai railway station. The first half of this project will be built as part of the Beijing–Tangshan intercity railway until Baodi South railway station, where the line branches south along new trackage to Tianjin. Together with the Beijing-Tangshan ICR, this railways forms part of a proposed regional 4 North-South lines, 4 East-West lines that form a network for fast commuter services across Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei. It is expected to be completed by 2019.[1]

Route

It starts at Beijing Sub-administrative Center railway station, which is located in Tongzhou District. And then it goes into Xianghe County, Hebei, and Baodi District, Tianjin. This project then deviates from Beijing-Tangshan ICR alignment to travel south through eastern Wuqing District, Ninghe District, Beichen District, Dongli District to a station at Tianjin Binhai International Airport until terminating in Binhai New Area.

History

  • Advanced engineering commenced onsite at December 29, 2015.[2]

References

  1. ↑ 京津第二城际铁路走向首次公布 起始通州到滨海. Beijing Times (in Chinese). Gaotie.cn. Retrieved January 16, 2016.
  2. ↑ Cao Zheng (曹政) (December 30, 2015). 京唐京滨城际先期工程昨开工 明年上半年全线建设 (in Chinese). Beijing Daily. Retrieved December 30, 2015.
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