out of Beijing: Jingguang Railway, to Guangzhou, Guangdong Jinghu Railway, to Shanghai Jingha Railway (includes Jingqin Railway), to Harbin, Heilongjiang Jingbao Railway, to Baotou, Inner Mongolia Jingtong Railway, to Tongliao, Inner Mongolia Jingyuan Railway, to Yuanping, Shanxi Jingcheng Railway, to Chengde, Hebei Jingjiu Railway, to Shenzhen, Guangdong (Jiu refers to Kowloon, in Hong Kong across the border). The city also hosts a number of high speed railway lines: Beijing-Tianjin Intercity Railway, to Tianjin Beijing-Shanghai High Speed Railway, to Shanghai Jingguang High-speed Railway, to Shijiazhuang, Wuhan and Guangzhou, opening late 2012.'' Further high speed connections being proposed include links to Shenyang, Tangshan, Zhangjiakou, Kowloon, Taipei, and Taiyuan. International trains departing from Beijing There are a number of cross-border international trains departing from Beijing to neighbouring countries. The Trans-Siberian train to Ulaan Baatar (Mongolia) and then onto Moscow (Russia) departs from Beijing. There are also trains to Pyongyang (North Korea) and Hanoi (Vietnam) which depart from Beijing. The trains also stop at other cities and towns along the route. International trains currently depart from Beijing West Railway Station and Beijing Railway Station. The following is a guide to the international services which depart Beijing. K3/4: Beijing to Moscow via Ulaan Baatar: Departs from Beijing Railway Station every Wednesday at 7:45 a.m. Z5/6: Beijing to Hanoi via Nanning: Departs from Beijing West Railway Station every Thursday and Friday at 4:08 p.m. K19/20: Beijing to Moscow: Departs from Beijing Railway Station every Saturday at 11:00 p.m. K23/24: Beijing to Ulaan Baatar: Departs from Beijing Railway Station every Saturday at 7:45 a.m. K27/28: Beijing to Pyongyang: Departs from Beijing Railway Station every Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday at 5:30 p.m. T97B/98B: Beijing to Kowloon: Through the Beijing–Guangzhou and the Guangzhou–Shenzhen railways. (Hong Kong is a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China. To cross the boundary between mainland China and Hong Kong, passengers have to go through immigration and customs checks, like international trains.) See also Grand Canal of China Transport in the People's Republic of China References External links Beijing Municipal Commission of Transport Transport in China