Hainan western ring high-speed railway

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Hainan Western Ring HSR
High-Speed Railway Platform of Dongfang(Hainan) Railway Station.jpg
Hainan Western Ring HSR tracks at the Dongfang railway station
Overview
Native name海南西环高速铁路
StatusOperational
OwnerChina Railway
LocaleWestern Hainan
TerminiHaikou
Sanya
Stations15
Service
TypeHigh-speed railway loop
Services1
Operator(s)China Railway High-speed
History
Opened30 December 2015 (2015-12-30)
Technical
Line length344 km (214 mi)
Number of tracks2
CharacterElevated
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Electrification25 kV AC overhead line
Operating speed200 km/h (120 mph)
Route map
Legend
Up arrow 
Hainan eastern ring HSR
to Sanya
Haikou
 0 km
Laochengzhen
Fushanzhen railway station
Lingao South
Yintan
Baimajing
Qiziwan
Dongfang
Jinyuewan
Jianfeng
Huangliu
Ledong
Yazhou
Sanya Phoenix Airport
 Sanya Phoenix Airport
Sanya
 344 km
Down arrow 
Hainan eastern ring HSR
to Haikou

The Hainan western ring high-speed railway (Chinese: 海南西环高速铁路; pinyin: Hǎinán xī huán gāosù tiělù, often abbreviated [海南]西环高铁; [Hǎinán] Xī huán gāotiě[1]) is a high-speed railway operated by China Railway High-speed in Hainan Province. It started operation on 30 December 2015.[2]

The 344-km long rail line runs along the western half of the island's coastline, from Haikou railway station in the north to Sanya railway station. At its two end points, it connects with the existing Hainan eastern ring high-speed railway (opened in 2010), thus forming a high-speed railway ring around the entire island.

Unlike the Hainan eastern ring high-speed railway, which runs along the coast previously not served by railway (other than at its end points, Haikou and Sanya), the Western Ring Railway roughly parallels the "conventional" Hainan Western Ring Railway, which has connected Haikou and Sanya since 2005.

History[]

The Hainan western ring railway was constructed in two stages.

The first short section connects the existing Sanya railway station with the new Sanya Phoenix Airport railway station, 10 km (6.2 mi) to the west. The section has one intermediate station, (三亚西站). The construction work on this section (凤三段) was completed by the end of 2014,[3] but that apparently did not happen.

On the rest of the railway - the much longer section from Sanya Phoenix Airport to Haikou - progress as of 2012 was still in its preliminary phase. Property was acquired, and demolition was conducted. According to the construction plans, 22,300 mu (14.8 km2 or 5.7 sq mi) of land will be permanently used by the railway and associated facilities, and another 8,800 mu (5.9 km2 or 2.3 sq mi) was temporary used during construction. Eighty-seven thousand m2 of housing will be demolished. The necessary demolitions were completed by the end of 2013.[4]

Stations[]

As of 2018, many of the stations are not in use. The list below names the settlements where the stations are located. They will be named correspondingly.

Rolling stock[]

  • CRH1A-A 8-car sets (since December 30, 2015)
  • CR300-AF 8-car sets (since February 1, 2021)[5]

  • CRH1A-A trainset

  • CR300AF trainset

Notes[]

  1. ^ See e.g., archive of news items on this railway on gaotie.cn
  2. ^ 海南西环高铁总投资约271亿元.预计2015年年底通车 [Hainan Western Ring total cost 27.1 billion yuan. Trains expected to start running by the end of 2015.]. 7 April 2015.
  3. ^ 西环高铁凤三段计划2014年建成] [The Sanya to Fenghuang Airport section of the western ring high-speed railway was planned to be completed in 2014]. 13 December 2012.
  4. ^ 西环高铁2013年底完成拆迁 拆迁房屋8.7万平米 [Demolition work for the western ring high-speed railway was completed by the end of 2014. Eighty-seven thousand square meters of housing was demolished.] (in Simplified Chinese). 13 December 2012.
  5. ^ "Blue high-speed trains match south China's Hainan island's sky and sea". South China Morning Post. 2 February 2021.

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