Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong Express Rail Link

Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong Express Rail Link (XRL), also known as “Guangshengang XRL” (officially Beijing–Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong high-speed railway, Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong section), is a high-speed railway line that connects Beijing and Hong Kong (Kowloon) via Guangzhou and Shenzhen.

Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong Express Rail Link 广深港高速铁路 廣深港高速鐵路
Train G6581 from Guangzhou South to Hong Kong West Kowloon on the first day operation of Hong Kong section
Overview
Status	Operational
Owner	China Railway People's Government of Guangdong Province Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Locale	Guangzhou, GD Dongguan, GD Shenzhen, GD Kowloon, HK
Termini	Guangzhou South Hong Kong West Kowloon
Stations	7
Website	https://www.mtr.com.hk/highspeed
Service
Type	High-speed rail
Operator(s)	CR Guangzhou MTR Corporation
History
Opened	23 September 2018
Closed	30 January 2020 (Hong Kong section, due to COVID-19 pandemic)
Technical
Line length	142 km (88.23 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	25 kV AC 50 Hz
Operating speed	350 km/h (217 mph) (Guangshen section north of Shenzhen North) 200 km/h (124 mph) (Guangshen section south of Shenzhen North and Hong Kong section)
Route map Italic font indicates station or line under construction or planning. Only transfers with rapid transit systems are marked in this diagram. Wuhan–Guangzhou HSR Chengdu–Guangzhou HSR Nanning–Guangzhou HSR 0 Guangzhou South  2   7  Guangzhou–Zhuhai ICR Guangzhou Motor Depot Shawan Shuidao 31 Qingsheng  4  Shiziyang Tunnel Pearl River 50 Humen  2  86 Guangmingcheng Gaofeng Reservoir Shenzhen EMU Depot Shenzhan HSR (under construction) 102 Shenzhen North 4 5 6 Xiamen–Shenzhen HSR 110 Futian 2 3 11 Guangdong Province Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Sham Chun River Shek Kong Stabling Sidings and Emergency Rescue Siding 142 West Kowloon

Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong Express Rail Link

Route of Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong XRL (Guangshen section in red and Hong Kong section in blue)
Overview
Transit type	Passenger high-speed rail

Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong Express Rail Link
Traditional Chinese	廣深港高速鐵路
Simplified Chinese	广深港高速铁路
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Guǎng–Shēn–Gǎng Gāosù Tiělù Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization gwóng sām góng gōu chūk tit louh Jyutping Gwong2 Sam1 Gong2 Gou1 Cuk1 Tit3 Lou6
Alternative Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	廣深港客運專線
Simplified Chinese	广深港客运专线
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Guǎng–Shēn–Gǎng Kèyùn Zhuān Xiàn Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Gwong^2–Sam^1–Gong^2 Haak^3wan^6 Zyun^1 Sin^3

Three types of rolling stock – Hexie (Harmony), Fuxing (Rejuvenation), and Vibrant Express are operated on this railway link.

The first phase, Shenzhen North–Guangzhou South, commenced revenue operation in December 2011. Services were extended to the city centre of Shenzhen at Futian in December 2015. The final phase, which connects Shenzhen-Futian to Hong Kong (West Kowloon) was inaugurated on 22 September 2018.[1][2] It opened for public on Sunday 23 September 2018.[3]

Journey times

• Hong Kong (West Kowloon) – Futian: 14 minutes
• Hong Kong (West Kowloon) – Shenzhen North: 19 minutes (fastest)
• Hong Kong (West Kowloon) – Guangzhou South: 47 minutes (fastest)

History

Background

A high-speed railway connecting Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Hong Kong, railway was brought up in the late 1990s by the Government of Hong Kong. This Regional Express Railway (RER) proposal was developed in the 1994 “Railway Development Study” (RDS); it foresaw a continual growth of Hong Kong's population over the next two decades and strong demand for cross-border passenger traffic. The Hong Kong (SAR) Government commissioned a second Railway Development Study in March 1998.[4] The Study went further on the British proposal of connecting Hong Kong and China from Kowloon. The RER could be further extended to Hong Kong Island. At the same time, the report recommended that Hung Hom station should continue to play a central role in Hong Kong's mass transit. Since the typical timeframe for rail projects, from conception to completion phase, would take eight or nine years, the Railway Development Study recommended that the Hong Kong (SAR) Government should commence as soon as possible, so that the new express railway could be constructed in time to meet capacity demands.

Maglev proposal

In September 1999, the then mayor of Guangzhou, Lin Shusen, announced his “Suigang maglev rail project” at the "Fortune Global Forum" in Shanghai. Lin was already working with then-Chief Executive of Hong Kong, Tung Chee-hwa, on the development of Hong Kong Disneyland. Lin proposed that a maglev railway between Guangzhou and Hong Kong would benefit visitor numbers. The cost of construction was to be borne in equal proportion by governments of both cities.[5]

Railway Development Strategy 2000

The Hong Kong government, based on the results of the Second Railway Development Study by the Department of Transportation, issued a new plan, “Railway Development Strategy 2000 – new railway strategy”. On 16 May's Legislative Council meeting, the Legco Panel on Transport Railway Development Strategy tabled the strategy for use by the Hong Kong (SAR) Government. The Executive Council (upper house) recommended that, under the Chief Executive's advice, Hong Kong should adopt the "Railway Development Strategy 2000" until a further review in 2016.

Proposed options for Regional Express Railway

Regional Express Railway

“Railway Development Strategy 2000” recommended new six new rail corridors, through the New Territories, connecting the East Rail or the West Rail Line to the border, operating between Hung Hom and the border in an express manner similar to Hong Kong Airport's Airport Express line. " The decision to build a “Regional Express”, depended on the Lok Ma Chau Spur provided additional transport capacity which would soon be saturated. According to the 1998 price estimates, construction of the RER needed a budget of about HK$130 to 170 billion.[6] It was intended that this railway would be operated by the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation or the Mass Transit Railway Corporation, depending on the location of the downtown terminal.

At that time about the “Regional Express” concept, was not a high-speed rail, but only a commuter line connecting the city and the border with “rapid rail” services, in addition to the idea of a small number of intermediate stations being set up alongside the route, but also allowing for Hong Kong and China Intercity trains to run, reducing the load on the existing East Rail Line. At that time the initial alignment program has two starting points located around Hung Hom Station. The first one was the Eastern scheme, a new line following the East Rail Line of pink Lingnan station, connecting to Lo Wu station or a new rail crossings in the east of Luohu. However, this proposal needed to co-operation with the mainland. The second program for a new line from the West Rail line at Kam Sheung Road Station, northwards to Lo Wu or Lok Ma Chau Station.

Since 2001, the Hong Kong government began working on the “Regional Express” with mainland China, and discussing the feasibility of cooperation on “Suigang maglev rail project”. In 2001, the Hong Kong DoT, with the Shenzhen Municipal Government and Chinese railway authorities to explore the use of “RER” and maglev technology, project feasibility and actively using magnetic levitation technology to build a line from Hong Kong to Canton/Guangzhou.[7] The study pointed out that the use of a maglev train would reduce the Hong Kong to Shenzhen running time of 40 minutes to 15 minutes.[8] September 2001, when he was the Hong Kong SAR Chief Secretary Donald Tsang, visited Canton/Guangzhou, where he met with the Governor of Guangdong Province, Lu Ruihua, acting mayor of Guangzhou, Lin Shusen and Shenzhen Mayor Yu Youjun for talks about the “Regional Express line concept”.[9] Tung attended the Shanghai APEC Summit in October 2001, formally proposing the construction of a maglev railway between Canton/Guangzhou and Hong Kong Express Line plans to the State Planning Commission. The Mayor of Shenzhen Yu Youjun said at a news conference at the APEC Senior Officials' Meeting, Shenzhen and Hong Kong is planning to build maglev railway and to continue to discuss the issue.[10] But also at this time, the Guangzhou-Shenzhen Railway Co. also made a Guangzhou–Kowloon Through Train speed plan.

Switch to high-speed rail

By the end of January 2002, the concept of “Regional Express” gained further development. Tsang in Beijing to attend the “Mainland and Hong Kong SAR major infrastructure coordination meeting”, and with the State Development Planning Commission and the relevant ministry officials, the talks were initially on Regional Express railway line connecting Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Hong Kong, focussing on the design and coordination of consensus between the parties. The central government officially approved research and co-ordination by the Ministry of Railways,[11][12] and officially named this railway the "Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong Express Rail Link". With a formal agreement with the Hong Kong SAR Government, decided by the Ministry of Railways, led the establishment of an expert group to study the construction of the Regional Express high-speed rail line.[13]

In February 2002, in the framework of “collaborative meetings” by the Hong Kong SAR Government Environment, Transport and Works Bureau and the Ministry of Railways, the Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong Express Rail Link Planning Group was established, which meant the “Railway Development Strategy 2000” planned “Regional Express” was set aside for the “Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong Express Rail Link - Hong Kong section”. The planning Group conducted preliminary studies on the main railway necessity, function, alignment, location transit, rail technology and economic benefits.[14]

The first phase of the study topics included the functional and strategic importance of the Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong Express Rail Link project, the relevant regional passenger transport demand analysis and forecasting, as well as railway lines and public transit locations.[15] The first phase of the study completed in September 2002[16] and reported on the September 20th 2002 at the Second “Mainland and Hong Kong's major infrastructure cooperation held meeting”. At the meeting, the high-speed rail planning team reported the first phase of on the planning for the GZ-SZ-HK XRL. Including the necessities of GZ-SZ-HK XRL construction, function and regional transportation needs, forecasting and route traffic in order to determine the strategic value of the railway.[17] Experts in Hong Kong and mainland China reached a consensus after comparing different alignments, shortlisting two options, “Guangzhou East – Dongguan – Lin Tong – Hong Kong” and “Panyu – Nansha – Shekou – Hong Kong”. A planning goal was to reduce Guangzhou to Hong Kong travel time from 100 minutes to less than 60 minutes. In addition, effective integration with the national high-speed rail network and the connections with the planned Pearl River Delta intercity rapid rail transit network.

The second phase of the study, included rail alignments, station locations and the Hong Kong section of the Guangzhou–Shenzhen line connections, the main technical standards, passenger flow forecasting, financial benefits. During the study, in response to the latest developments of both the overall urban planning and transportation network planning, the Ministries of Railways, Environment, Transport and Works respectively needed to consider some new ideas and make adjustments for the Hong Kong section of GZ–SZ–HK XRL project. In mainland China, the Ministry of Railways had to consider the feasibility of the PRD Intercity Rapid Rail network together with the Guangzhou–Shenzhen section of GZ–SZ–HK XRL. In Hong Kong, the government began to consider the use of the proposed North West Rail Link, Northern Link and the feasibility GZ–SZ–HK XRL Hong Kong section. Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation and the Hong Kong Mass Transit Railway Corporation produced a consolidated joint report submitted to the Government, it was a preliminary assessment of their ideas, but also required further studies by the Environment, Transport and Works Bureau & KCRC of the Northern Link.

In the first and second phases of the study, the planning team had to investigate and compare the traditional wheel-rail and maglev technologies. Operating and maintenance costs were greater with maglev than with wheel-rail technology, The construction period of the project was expected to be longer for maglev than the wheel-rail technology solutions. Maglev was not conducive to the existing rail network and compatibility. Also with current high-speed railway operating speeds of up to 350 km/h (220 mph), the less than an hour goal was able to be achieved. Thus to reach the GZ–SZ–HK XRL's three goals, there was no need to adopt a relatively high cost and the technical difficulty of maglev technology. Thus, despite the advantages that high-speed maglev technology has, until August 2003, both sides tended to choose more mature high-speed wheel-rail plans. In other words, the "Regional Express" that was originally intended to have been conceived as a maglev train was cancelled.

March 2003, the Guangzhou Railway Group Corporation general manager,Wú Jùnguāng, at the National People's Congress, submitted a bill that called for the construction of a Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong Express Rail Link Passenger Line as soon as possible. The Guangzhou–Shenzhen Railway utilization has exceeded 90% and was saturated. According to the existing passenger growth rate, to 2005, the Guangzhou East to Shenzhen route would require 96-151 train pairs daily, which will greatly exceed the capacity of the line. It is difficult to meet the transportation needs of the future with the new high-speed rail showing greater potential in the pipeline.[18]

On January 7, 2004, China's State Council considered the “long-term railway network plan”, deciding to build more than 12,000 kilometers of “four vertical and four horizontal” Passenger Lines, including Hong Kong in the planning. The Guangzhou–Shenzhen section of the Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong Express Rail Link correspondingly accelerated planning until July 2004, decinding to adopt the “Panyu – Nansha – Shekou – Hong Kong” route. The station located in Guangzhou's Panyu district would also connect with the Wuhan–Guangzhou Passenger Line.

Route

Guangzhou South railway station east concourse

The 143 km (89 mi) route starts with a connection to the Wuguang High-Speed Railway at Guangzhou South railway station in Shibi, southern Guangzhou (Canton). From there it travels south to the same district before tunnelling eastwards underneath the Pearl River to Humen in Dongguan. It then moves south through three stations within Shenzhen and then across into Hong Kong where it arrives at West Kowloon Terminus in Kowloon.

Tracks towards Hong Kong at Futian railway station

This project has been divided into two sections, the Guangshen section with six stations, and the Hong Kong section, with one station.

Mainland Section

Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong Express Rail Link section of the Guangzhou–Shenzhen starts at Guangzhou South railway station and ends at Shenzhen Futian Station, it is 116 km (72 mi) line length,[19] with a design speed of 350 km/h (220 mph). From there it travels south to Qingsheng before tunnelling eastwards underneath the Pearl River to Humen in Dongguan. It then moves south to Guangmingcheng, Shenzhen North and Futian(u/c) in Shenzhen.[20][21][22][23]

Originally the station in Humen was to be named Dongguan but this was changed to Humen to avoid confusion with an existing Dongguan railway station on the Guangzhou–Shenzhen Railway in the town of Changping.

Hong Kong Section

The Hong Kong section is in total 26 km (16 mi) of dedicated underground track, emergency rescue sidings and the stabling sidings in Shek Kong, ventilation facilities at Mai Po, Ngau Tam Mei and Pat Heung, along with an emergency access point at Tai Kong Po.

The Regional Express Line originally envisaged in the Railway Development Strategy 2000 proposed by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government (HKSAR Government), has now become the Hong Kong section of the Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong Express Rail Link (XRL). In April 2008, the HKSAR Government asked the MTR Corporation to carry out further planning and design of the Express Rail Link. Subsequently, the HKSAR Government gazetted the Scheme for the Express Rail Link under the Railways Ordinance to collect public views.

In early 2009, the government of Hong Kong signed a memorandum of understanding with the Chinese Ministry of Railways that would permit the construction of the Shenzhen–Hong Kong section of the railway.[24]

On 20 October 2009, the Chief Executive in Council authorised the scheme and the Amendments of the Scheme of the Express Rail Link. On 16 January 2010, the Finance Committee of the Legislative Council approved the funding application for the construction of the Express Rail Link. The construction commenced in late January 2010[25] and was completed in September 2018.[26] In October 2014 an MTR report warned that the revised budget of HK$71.5 billion might be at risk.[27] This section had been expected to open in 2015, but severe storms flooded the tunnels and caused immense damage to the Tunnel Boring Machines in March 2014.[28] The railway has been expected to be completed in third quarter of 2018. According to the Rail Merger Bill, MTR Corporation will lease the rights to conduct operations on this line, until December 1, 2057.[29]

With the completion of the section, the journey time through the Rail Link have been reduced to 14 minutes between WKT and Futian stations, 23 minutes between Hong Kong and Shenzhen North and 48 minutes between Hong Kong and Guangzhou South. As of 2015 the cost of the project has risen substantially to HK$85.3 billion.[30]

Construction

West Kowloon Terminus construction site

• This commenced on December 30, 2004, in line with the overall commencement of the Wuhan-Guangzhou passenger line, building the new Guangzhou South station.
• September 2005, the National Development and Reform Commission officially approved the “Shenzhen-Hong Kong railway passenger line from Guangzhou to Shenzhen section Feasibility Study”.
• December 18, 2005, Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong Express Rail Link's Guangzhou–Shenzhen section began formal construction.
• January 2010, Construction commences on the Hong Kong section.
• March 2011, Completion of the 10.8-km-long Shiziyang Tunnel to allow the railway to cross the Shiziyang Channel (Chinese: 狮子洋) of the Pearl River between the Dongchong and Humen Stations.[31][32]
• December 26, 2011, the Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong Express Rail Guangzhou–Shenzhen section opened to Shenzhen North.
• March 30, 2014, Severe storm hits Hong Kong, flooding the tunnels and damaged the Tunnel Boring Machines. This has caused a 3-month delay to construction.
• December 31, 2014, The tunnel linking Shenzhen North station and Futian station was reported completed.[33] The construction of the tunnel, which runs about 10 kilometers, took about six years.
• December 30, 2015, Futian station commences intercity train operations.[26]

Operations

Shenzhen North station east square

At present, Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong Express Rail operates around 104 northbound trains and 101 southbound trains a day, three pairs of separate lines on weekends, a separate peak line 20 pairs and 7 high-speed sleeper train pairs, including:

• Guangzhou South ↔ Chaoshan - 8 pairs, a separate peak line 2 pairs
• Guangzhou South ↔ Shanghai Hongqiao - 3 high-speed sleeper train pairs
• Guangzhou South → Shenzhen North - 17 trains, 3 weekend trains and a separate peak line 2 trains; Shenzhen North→Guangzhou South - 20 trains, 3 weekend trains and a separate peak line 2 trains
• Guangzhou South ↔ Futian - 23 pairs, a separate peak line 4 pairs
• Shenzhen North ↔ Guilin North - 3 pairs
• Shenzhen North ↔ Guiyang North - 1 pair
• Shenzhen North ↔ Nanning East - 3 pairs
• Shenzhen North ↔ Yongzhou - 1 pair
• Shenzhen North ↔ Changsha South - 12 pairs
• Shenzhen North ↔ Shaoyang - 2 pairs
• Shenzhen North ↔ Huaihua South - 4 pairs
• Shenzhen North ↔ Nanchang West- 2 pairs
• Shenzhen North ↔ Yueyang East - 1 pair
• Wuhan ↔ Shenzhen North - 12 pairs
• Yichang ↔ Shenzhen North - 1 pair
• Shenzhen North ↔ Chongqing North - 1 pair
• Shenzhen North ↔ Jinan West - 1 pair
• Shenzhen North ↔ Luohe West - 1 pair
• Shenzhen North ↔ Zhengzhou East - 2 pairs, 1 extra pair of during peaks
• Shenzhen North ↔ Xi'an North - 3 pairs, a separate peak line one pair
• Shenzhen North ↔ Shijiazhuang - 1 pair
• Shenzhen North ↔ Beijing West - 2 pairs, 4 high-speed sleeper train pairs

In December 2014, overnight high-speed sleeper trains were added to several long-distance destinations, such as Beijing.

Stations

Station Name English	Station Name Chinese	Total Distance	Transfer	Location
Guangzhou South (Guangzhounan)	广州南 / 廣州南		2   7	Panyu, Guangzhou
Qingsheng	庆盛 / 慶盛		4	Nansha, Guangzhou
Humen	虎门 / 虎門		2	Humen, Dongguan
Guangmingcheng	光明城		6 (Branch) (Planned) 13 (Planned)	Bao'an, Shenzhen
Shenzhen North (Shenzhenbei)	深圳北		4 5 6	Longhua, Shenzhen
Futian	福田		2 3 11	Futian, Shenzhen
Hong Kong West Kowloon	香港西九龙 / 香港西九龍		Tung Chung Airport Express (via Kowloon) West Rail (via Austin)	Yau Tsim Mong, Hong Kong

• Guangzhou South – Opened 31 January 2010
• Qingsheng – Opened 26 December 2011
• Humen – Opened 26 December 2011
• Guangmingcheng – Opened 26 December 2011
• Shenzhen North – Opened 26 December 2011
• Futian – Opened 30 December 2015
• Hong Kong West Kowloon – Opened 23 September 2018

Trains and equipment

CRH380A EMU (CR version)

CR400AF-A EMU

Currently Railway Bureau using this line and the train types used are as follows:

Railway Group	Train Type
CR Guangzhou	CRH3C, CRH380B, CR400AF, CR400AF-A
CR Shanghai	CRH1E, CR400BF-A
CR Nanchang	CRH380A
CR Wuhan	CRH380AL, CRH380A
CR Zhengzhou	CRH380AL,
CR Xi'an	CRH380AL, CRH380B
CR Beijing	CR400AF, CRH380AL, CRH2E
MTR	CRH380A (Vibrant Express)

In Hong Kong, MTR announced their intention to purchase several high-speed EMU. The tender (contract number: 840) was for 9 trainsets, each with 8 cars and a maximum operating speed of 350 km. With three classes of service, the train will be fitted with ordinary seats, business seats and VIP seats. This resulted in Chinese company CSR Sifang as the successful bidder, based on the Harmony CRH380A model.[34] Purchase contract was signed on April 16, 2012 at the headquarters of MTR.[35]

Tickets

Train fare table G numbered trains (Business seat fare / VIP Class fare / First Class fare / Second Class fare; Unit: yuan; tickets for children, disabled veterans half price tickets, student tickets share a quarter discount of the fare for a Second Class ticket.)

Guangzhou South
64.5 / 44.5 / 34.5 / 24.5	Qingsheng
99.5 / 59.5 / 49.5 / 34.5	39.5 /24.5 /19.5 / 14.5	Humen
169.5 / 99.5 /84.5 / 59.5	104.5 / 64.5 / 54.5 / 40	64.5 / 44.5 / 34.5 / 24.5	Guangmingcheng
199.5 / 119.5 / 99.5 / 74.5	139.5 / 84.5 / 69.5 / 49.5	104.5 / 64.5 / 54.5 / 39.5	39.5 / 24.5 / 19.5 / 14.5	Shenzhen North
215/130/108/82	N/A	120/70/60/45	30/na/24/18	40/25/20/15	Futian
na/na//260	N/A	na/na//210	N/A	na/na//90	na/na//80	West Kowloon

Accidents and incidents

• At 6:30 on 18 February 2012, power supply equipment failure, resulting in train delays.[36]
• On 26 September 2018 an inbound CR400BF-A trainset was unable to properly open its doors at Hong Kong West Kowloon railway station, as the platform edge reached beyond the track's structure gauge. The vehicle has been redirected to a different platform. No casualties or injuries has been reported. As a result, it is demanded that CR400BF-A trains use only the Sixth Platform in the station until the problem is eliminated.[37]

See also

• Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong Express Rail Link Hong Kong section
  • Hong Kong Express Rail Link controversy
• Guangdong Through Train
• East Rail Line
• Kowloon–Canton Railway
• China Railway High-speed
• Guangzhou–Shenzhen Railway
• Pearl River Delta mega-city project

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External links

• MTR-Express Rail Link(Hong Kong)
• XRL Project, MTR official site
• expressrailtruth.com, Opposition site (in Chinese)
• Hong Kong anti-rail protest gathers steam - FT.com
• Lee, Min (15 January 2010). "Hong Kongers protest high-speed rail link to China". The Washington Post. Associated Press.