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| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Line | Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong |
| Operation | |
| Constructed | China Railway Group China Railway 12th Bureau Group |
| Opened | 26 December 2011 |
| Technical | |
| Length | 5.3 kilometres 5.5 kilometres |
| No. of tracks | 2 |
| Operating speed | 250km/h |
The Shiziyang Tunnel is a high-speed railway tunnel under Shiziyang, the northern part of the Pearl River estuary in China. [1]
The 10.8 km long tunnel is part of a 140-kilometer (87 mi)-long high-speed line from Guangzhou to Shenzhen and Hong Kong. It is designed for speeds of up to 350 km/h (usually 250 km/h in operation) - the fastest underwater tunnel in the world. [2] as well as being China's longest underwater tunnel. [3] This allows rail journeys between Guangzhou and Hong Kong to take only 40 minutes – much faster than the previous 2-hour journey. The Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong express rail link is part of a broader expansion of high-speed rail in China; journeys from Beijing to Hong Kong will take only 8 hours. [4]
Construction began in November 2007, with a budget of CNY2.4 billion; [5] the tunnel was completed in 2011, and passenger services began on 26 December 2011. [4] Unusually, the tunnel boring machines were designed to be dismantled inside the tunnel. [5]
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