Guiyang–Guangzhou high-speed railway

Guiyang–Guangzhou high-speed railway 贵广高速铁路
Overview
Status	Operational
Locale	Guiyang Guangzhou
Termini	Guiyang East Guangzhou South
Service
Services	1
Operator(s)	China Railway High-speed
History
Opened	December 26, 2014
Technical
Line length	856 km (532 mi)[1]
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Operating speed	250 km/h (155 mph)
Route map Legend km elev Shanghai–Kunming HSR from Kunming South Chongqing–Guiyang HSR from Guiyang Guiyang North Chongqing–Guiyang HSR to Chongqing West Chengdu–Guiyang HSR to , Chengdu East 0 Guiyang East Guiyang–Kaiyang ICR to Kaiyang Shanghai–Kunming HSR to Shanghai Hongqiao 18 Longdongbao Guiyang–Nanning HSR from Nanning East link from Shanghai–Kunming railway at Laoluobao, from Guiyang 42 70 116 Duyun East Guiyang–Nanning HSR to Nanning East 142 217 274 326 394 Hunan–Guangxi railway from 413 Guilin West Hengyang–Liuzhou ICR from Hengyang East Guilin North Hengyang–Liuzhou ICR to 478 512 572 Zhongshan West Luoyang–Zhanjiang railway from Yongzhou 596 Hezhou Luoyang–Zhanjiang railway to 686 732 Nanning–Guangzhou HSR from Nanning 781 Zhaoqing East 806 824 Foshan West Guangzhou–Maoming railway to Guangzhou Beijing–Guangzhou HSR from Beijing West 857 Guangzhou South Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong XRL to Shenzhen North, Hong Kong West Kowloon Guangzhou–Zhuhai ICR to Zhuhai, Xinhui km This diagram: view talk

Guiyang–Guangzhou high-speed railway, is a high-speed rail (HSR) line in southern China between Guiyang and Guangzhou, the provincial capitals, respectively of Guizhou and Guangdong. The line, also known as the Guiguang HSR, is dedicated to high speed passenger rail service.^[2] The line is 856 km (532 mi) in length and can carry trains at speeds of up to 250 km/h (155 mph).^[1] The line was built from 2008 to 2014 and opened on December 26, 2014.

The line traverses rugged karst terrain in Guizhou and Guangxi and relies on extensive bridges and tunnels, which comprise 83% of the line's total length.^[2] The travel time by train between the two terminal cities was reduced from 20 hours to 4 hours.^[1]

History[]

Construction progress on the Guiyang–Guangzhou high-speed railway, bridge over the Xingping Reservoir in Xingping district of Yangshuo county, Guilin, August 2013

The Guiguang HSR was a major trunk route planned in the 11th Five Year Plan by the Chinese government. It is designed to serve as a rapid rail link between the southwest China and the Pearl River Delta. Construction began in 2008 and was completed in 2014. The line was built to accommodate train speeds of up to 250 km/h (155 mph), with the capacity to be remodelled to allow train speeds of up to 300 km/h (186 mph).

Route[]

The Guiguang HSR takes a more direct route between its terminal cities, and crosses exceptionally difficult and mountainous terrain, which made construction very costly. The project cost an estimated 85.8 billion RMB (USD$12.5 billion),^[3] although this figure was later revised to 94.6 billion RMB (USD$13.8 billion).^[4]

The line runs from Guangzhou through Foshan, Sanshui and Zhaoqing in the densely populated Pearl River Delta and then crosses the Lingnan mountain range via Huaiji into Guangxi. It continues in a northwesterly direction through Hezhou and Zhongxiang to the famed scenic cities of Yangshuo and Guilin and then on to Sanjiang. The line enters Guizhou at Congjiang near the southeast tip of the province and passes Rongjiang, Sandu, Duyun, and Longli on to Guiyang in the center of the province.

This line traverses 270 tunnels and 510 valleys across the karst landscape.^[2] Bridges and tunnels account for 83% of the line's total length, including 92% in Guizhou.^[2] A total of 238 tunnels, totaling 464 km, were built along route including nine tunnels over 10 km in length.^[1] The longest tunnel, through the Yan Mountain in Rongjiang, is 14.693 km.^[1]

Stations[]

Station Name	Chinese	Metro transfers/connections	Location
Guiyang North	贵阳北	1	Guizhou
Guiyang East	贵阳东
Longdongbao	龙洞堡	Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport  2
	龙里北
	贵定县
Duyun East	都匀东
	三都县
	榕江
	从江
	三江南		Guangxi
	五通
Guilin West	桂林西
	阳朔
	恭城
Zhongshan West	钟山西
Hezhou	贺州
	怀集		Guangdong
	广宁
Zhaoqing East	肇庆东
	三水南
Foshan West	佛山西
Guangzhou South	广州南	2   7   2

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