Beijing–Taipei High-Speed Rail Corridor

Beijing–Taipei High-Speed Rail Corridor (Mainland section)

The Beijing–Taipei High-Speed Railway Corridor (simplified Chinese: 京台高速铁路; traditional Chinese: 京台高速鐵路; pinyin: Jīngtái Gāosù Tiělù), also known as Beijing-Fuzhou Passenger Railway (simplified Chinese: 京福高速铁路; traditional Chinese: 京福高速鐵路; pinyin: Jīngfú Gāosù Tiělù) due to the political status of Taiwan, is a proposed high-speed railway corridor, connecting Beijing and Taipei, in Taiwan. The railway will share track with Beijing–Shanghai High-Speed Railway between Beijing and Bengbu; between Bengbu and Hefei, it is known as Hefei–Bengbu High-Speed Railway; between Hefei and Fuzhou, it is known as Hefei–Fuzhou High-Speed Railway, now operational; between Fuzhou and Pingtan Island on the western side of Taiwan Strait, it will be known as Fuzhou–Pingtan High-Speed Railway; from Pingtan to Hsinchu, an undersea tunnel has been proposed by the Chinese government; from Hsinchu to Taipei, it would share track with Taiwan High Speed Rail.^[1] Due to a lack of interest and political concerns by the Taiwanese government arising from its adversarial relationship with China, the portion of the railway headed to Taiwan seems unlikely to be constructed and has no set start date. ^[2]

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