China's People's Daily Online has reported that the Beijing-Hong
Kong high-speed railway which runs through northern China, the
Central Plains and the Pearl River Delta will be completed eight
years ahead of schedule.
Quoting Huang Qiang, an expert of the China Academy of Railway
Sciences, the report said it is expected that the goal of
"departure in the evening and arrival by morning" will be
achieved between Beijing and Hong Kong by 2012. The trip from
Hong Kong to Beijing will take only 10 hours.
The high-speed railway was expected to be finished in 2020, but
current estimates suggest it will be completed way ahead of
schedule in 2012.
Its total length will be 2,240 kilometers, and it will run
parallel to the existing Beijing-Guangzhou Railway. The railway
has a double track design, with a maximum speed of 350
kilometers per hour. The trains will be China's independently
developed multiple-unit train Hexie CRH3.
Huang said the Beijing-Hong Kong commute will take at most 10
hours. "I think the trip is actually less than 10 hours; just
enough time for a night's sleep." |
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