Beijing-Shanghai High-speed Railway (Beijing-Shanghai High-speed Railway), also known as Beijing-Shanghai High-speed Railway, also known as Beijing-Shanghai Passenger Dedicated Line, is a high-speed railway connecting Beijing and Shanghai. It is the "Medium and Long-term Railway Network Plan" revised in 2016 One of the main passages of the "eight vertical and eight horizontal" high-speed railways. The Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway officially started construction on April 18, 2008; on June 30, 2011, the entire line was officially opened to traffic.