Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong Express Rail Link

The quick route Guangzhou-Shenzhen - Hong Kong, XRL better known as Guangzhou - Shenzhen - Hong Kong Express Rail Link, abbreviated, or Guangshen'gang XRL, is the portion of Guangzhou-Shenzhen - Hong Kong high-speed railway of Beijing - Hong Kong. It consists of the opened 26 December 2011 route Guangzhou South Shenzhen North and in 2015 finished track Shenzhen North West Kowloon.

Guangzhou South Shenzhen North

The operation between Guangzhou and Shenzhen North South was taken on December 26, 2011. The 102 km long distance can be traveled 350 km / h. It can be used trains of CRH3 series. The journey takes 35 minutes without intermediate stops, which is half the journey time on the old route from Guangzhou East Railway Station to Luohu Station in Shenzhen. However, the stations of the old route are closer to the center of the cities compared to the newly built railway stations in the high-speed line.

Shenzhen North Kowloon West

In January 2010, work began on construction of the section Shenzhen North Kowloon West, which designed for 200 km / h and its opening is planned for 2015. From the route accounts for 14 km along the Guangdong Province, 26 km to the Special Economic Zone Hong Kong. The route runs exclusively in Hong Kong in tunnels, both by drilling and blasting, such as broken out with four tunnel boring machines.

For the high- speed rail terminus of the West Kowloon Terminus is built, the largest underground station in the world. In it, the border crossing between the Chinese mainland and the Hong Kong Special Economic Zone will be held.