China High-Speed Railway ''Eight Vertical Lines and Eight Horizontal Lines''

China High-Speed Railway "Eight Vertical Lines and Eight Horizontal Lines"

China's HSR Network

China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) announced the plans to extend the almost completed "Four Vertical and Four Horizontal" network to a new "Eight Vertical and Eight Horizontal" network. The new network comprises eight north-south ("vertical") corridors and eight east-west ("horizontal") ones, almost doubling the route length.

A corridor may consist of two or more parallel lines that take different routes between the same cities, branch and connector lines, and in some cases, connecting lines and lower-speed lines. The Beijing-Shanghai HSR corridor, one of the verticals, comprises the preexisting Beijing-Shanghai HSR, which runs through Tianjin, Jinan, Bengbu, Nanjing, Wuxi and Suzhou, as well as a new high-speed passenger dedicated line from Beijing to Shanghai via Tianjin, Dongying, Weifang, Linyi, Huaian, Yangzhou, and Nantong, as well as HSRs connecting Nanjing, Hefei and Shanghai with Hangzhou. Some corridors consist of a single HSR line. Example being the Shanghai-Kunming HSR corridor, one of the horizontals, is essentially the Shanghai–Kunming High-Speed Railway by another name.

The national HSR mainlines in the 8+8 corridor grid are generally electrified, double-tracked, passenger-dedicated HSR lines built to accommodate train speeds of 250–350 km/h, but corridors also make use of intercity and regional HSR lines with speeds of 200 km/h as well as certain regular speed railways. The Qingdao-Yinchuan corridor includes the Taiyuan–Zhongwei–Yinchuan Railway, which is partially single-track with speeds of only 160 km/h.

China High-Speed Railway "Eight Vertical Lines and Eight Horizontal Lines"

China Railway Map - Main Railway Lines of China

China Railway Map - Main Railway Lines of China

Eight Vertical Lines

1: Coastal Corridor - China's Vertical Train Network

(沿海通道) Dalian (Dandong)-Qinhuangdao-Tianjin-Dongying-Weifang-Qingdao (Yantai)-Lianyungang-Yancheng-Nantong-Shanghai-Ningbo-Fuzhou-Xiamen-Shenzhen-Zhanjiang-Beihai (Fangchenggang)

Extensions of Hangzhou–Fuzhou–Shenzhen High-Speed Railway, north from Hangzhou to Dalian/Dandong, and south from Shenzhen to Fangchenggang.

2: Beijing–Shanghai Corridor - China's Vertical Train Network

(京沪通道) Beijing, Tianjin, Jinan, Nanjing, Shanghai (Hangzhou)

Incorporates all of Beijing–Shanghai High-Speed Railway and other parallel line sections connecting Beijing and Shanghai.

3: Beijing–Hong Kong (Taipei) Corridor - China's Vertical Train Network

(京港（台）通道) Beijing-Hengshui-Heze-Shangqiu-Fuyang-Hefei (Huanggang)-Jiujiang-Nanchang-Ganzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong (Kowloon) New Line.

4: Beijing–Harbin, Beijing–Hong Kong (Macau) Corridor - China's Vertical Train Network

(京哈～京港澳通道) Harbin-Changchun-Shenyang-Beijing-Shijiazhuang-Zhengzhou-Wuhan-Changsha-Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong, and Guangzhou-Zhuhai-Macau.

Merger of Beijing–Harbin High-Speed Railway and Beijing–Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong High-Speed Railway, with a branch line to Macau.

5: Hohhot–Nanning Corridor
- China's Vertical Train Network
(呼南通道) Hohhot-Taiyuan-Zhengzhou-Xiangyang-Changde-Yiyang-Shaoyang-Yongzhou-Guilin-Nanning. New Line

6: Beijing–Kunming Corridor - China's Vertical Train Network

(京昆通道) Beijing-Shijiazhuang-Taiyuan-Xi'an-Chengdu (Chongqing)-Kunming, including Beijing-Taiyuan-Zhangjiakou-Datong. New Line

7: Baotou (Yinchuan)–Hainan Corridor - China's Vertical Train Network

(包（银）海通道) Baotou-Yan'an-Xi'an-Chongqing-Guiyang-Nanning-Zhanjiang-Haikou (Sanya). New Line

8: Lanzhou (Xining)–Guangzhou Corridor - China's Vertical Train Network

(兰（西）广通道) Lanzhou (Xining), Chengdu (Chongqing), Guiyang, Guangzhou. New Line

Eight Horizontal Lines

9: Suifenhe–Manzhouli Corridor
- China's Horizontal Train Network
(绥满通道) Suifenhe, Mudanjiang, Harbin, Qiqihar, Hailar, Manzhouli. New Line

10: Beijing–Lanzhou Corridor - China's Horizontal Train Network

(京兰通道) Beijing, Hohhot, Yinchuan, Lanzhou. New Line

11: Qingdao–Yinchuan Corridor - China's Horizontal Train Network

(青银通道) Qingdao, Jinan, Shijiazhuang, Taiyuan, Yinchuan.

West extension of Qingdao–Taiyuan high-speed railway from Taiyuan to Yinchuan.

12: Eurasia Continental Bridge Corridor - China's Horizontal Train Network

(陆桥通道) Lianyungang, Xuzhou, Zhengzhou, Xi'an, Lanzhou, Xining, Urumqi.

Extensions of Xuzhou–Lanzhou high-speed railway, east from Xuzhou to Lianyungang, and west from Lanzhou to Urumqi.

13: Yangtze River Corridor - China's Horizontal Train Network

(沿江通道) Shanghai-Nanjing-Hefei-Wuhan-Chongqing-Chengdu, including Nanjing-Anqing-Jiujiang-Wuhan-Yichang-Chongqing, and Wanzhou-Dazhou-Suining-Chengdu.

Incorporates all of Shanghai–Wuhan–Chengdu high-speed railway and other parallel line sections connecting Shanghai and Chengdu.

14: Shanghai–Kunming Corridor - China's Horizontal Train Network

(沪昆通道) Shanghai, Hangzhou, Nanchang, Changsha, Guiyang, Kunming.

Route is identical to the Shanghai–Kunming high-speed railway.

15: Xiamen–Chongqing Corridor - China's Horizontal Train Network

(厦渝通道) Xiamen, Longyan, Ganzhou, Changsha, Changde, Zhangjiajie, Qianjiang, Chongqing. New Line

16: Guangzhou–Kunming Corridor - China's Horizontal Train Network

(广昆通道) Guangzhou, Nanning, Kunming. New Line