Railway Ministry: Hong Kong eight hours after the completion of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen Railway to Beijing

The Hong Kong-Shenzhen high-speed railway will be connected with Gingkenggautie in the future, Beijing to Hong Kong is only eight hours, Shanghai to Hong Kong for six hours, Guangzhou to Hong Kong 40 minutes, "caijing reporter Reixiao" the Ministry of Railways January 20 afternoon in the state news conference disclosed that the Guangzhou-Shenzhen high-speed railway will be linked to the Gingkenggautie line,　　Beijing to Hong Kong only eight hours, Shanghai to Hong Kong for six hours, Guangzhou to Hong Kong 40 minutes. Wang said that as a large infrastructure connecting Hong Kong and the mainland, the Guangzhou-Shenzhen Railway passenger line is an important part of China's railway "four vertical and four horizontal".　　The Ministry of Railways, Guangdong Province and Hong Kong have long been planning research, and have identified its basic direction and technical standards.　　He said that in 2012, Gingkenggautie could be officially operational, the Guangzhou-Shenzhen Railway could be opened in 2010, and the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Section would greatly shorten the time and space between Hong Kong and the mainland, so that Hong Kong and Shenzhen would have a city-wide effect.　　The following 16th, the Hong Kong-Shenzhen high-speed rail project was approved by the Hong Kong Legislative Council, which is expected to invest HK $66.9 billion and is scheduled to commence operation in 2015-2016. Before the Hong Kong Legislative Council scrutinized the case, the commencement of the project had sparked controversy in the area. It is agreed that the completion of the railway will enable Hong Kong to become more closely integrated into the mainland economy, and that Hong Kong will be undermined by its inability to connect directly with China's high-speed rail network. The opposition, however, questioned the high cost of HK $66.9 billion and the siting of the terminal, which allowed property developers to develop high-end apartments and office buildings, as well as protests by villagers who were likely to be evicted from the project.