An environmental impact assessment for a new high-speed railway linking Beijing and the Xiongan New Area was released. It was the first public acknowledgment that a new line will be built. China Railway Design Corp is seeking public comment on the assessment. The Beijing-Xiongan railway will start at Liying in Beijing’s Daxing district, pass through Langfang and terminate at Xiongan East Railway Station at a total length of 100.3 kilometers. The new line will also pass through the capital’s new airport, which will be about 36 km from Liying and about 64 km from the Xiongan New Area. The airport is expected to open in 2019. A Tianjin-Xiongan railway is also in the planning stages. An older rail line is already in operation. Passengers must transfer in Baoding or Tianjin to get to the Xiongan area on high-speed rail. Since July 7, four daily high-speed railway services have been started. The journey takes one hour and 50 minutes. A major transportation network should be in place in Xiongan by 2020. The area will be well connected to Beijing, Tianjin and other cities in Hebei province by 2022, when the Winter Olympic Games will be held. The Xiongan New Area is intended to house the bulk of Beijing’s non-capital functions, including some administrative and public institutions, company headquarters, financial institutions, higher education institutions, and science and technology units.