Connections to Mainland

The Express Rail Link will connect with the 16,000-km National High-speed Railway Network.

The Network will comprise four east-west lines and four north-south lines, covering most major Mainland cities and is expected to be completed by 2020. The system will then be the world's longest and fastest high-speed rail system.

The Network is to be completed in phases. The Wuhan-Guangzhou High-Speed Line, a critical section of Beijing-Guangzhou High-Speed Railway, was opened on 26 Dec 2009. The section from Guangzhou South to Shenzhen North and the section between Shenzhen North to Futian is scheduled to open by the period between 2010 and 2012. Upon the opening of the Express Rail Link, passengers from Hong Kong will reach various Mainland cities without changing trains. The journey times between Hong Kong and the Mainland by train will be greatly shortened.

In addition, through changing stations in the Mainland, passengers will have far improved access to the wider urban metro and regional railway lines in the Pearl River Delta Region. In Shenzhen, with the Metro Network, the feeder services to the Express Rail Link stations will cover most of the destinations of cross-boundary trips in Shenzhen. The Shenzhen Metro Network will provide a fast and convenient feeder service to and from the commercial centre at Futian (Lines 1, 2, 3 and 4) and also the suburbs at Shenzhen North (Lines 4, 5 and 6).

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