Shenzhen–Zhanjiang high-speed railway

Shenzhen–Zhanjiang railway 深湛铁路
Shenzhen–Zhanjiang railway
Overview
Status	Under Construction
Locale	Guangdong (Shenzhen, Dongguan, Guangzhou, Zhongshan, Jiangmen, Yangjiang, Maoming, and Zhanjiang)
Termini	Shenzhen North (zh)
Stations	18
Service
Type	High-speed rail
Operator(s)	China Railway High-speed
History
Opened	28 December 2013; 8 years ago (2013-12-28) (Maoming–Zhangjiang section); 1 July 2018; 3 years ago (2018-07-01) (Jiangmen–Maoming section)
Technical
Line length	387 km (240 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	50 Hz 25,000 V
Operating speed	200 km/h (124 mph)
Route map Legend to Hainan Guangzhou–Maoming railway to Guangzhou Taishan Jiangmen Waihai Guzhen Xiaolan Guangzhou–Zhuhai intercity railway Pearl River Shenzhen Metro Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong XRL to Guangzhou South Shenzhen North Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong XRL to West Kowloon via Futian Xiamen-Shenzhen Railway to Xiamen North This diagram: view talk

The Shenzhen–Zhanjiang railway is a high-speed railway across the south of Guangdong province. Linking the cities of Shenzhen and Zhanjiang, it will also allow for future high speed train travel between Hong Kong and Hainan Island.

History[]

Announced as part of the 12th Five Year Plan for 2011–2016,^[1] it was projected that construction of this railway would begin. Tenders were called for early in 2013^[2] with construction to begin before the end of that year. Construction officially began on 28 June 2014.^[3] The Jiangmen–Maoming section opened on 1 July 2018.^[4]

Route[]

The railway is to follow a 387 km (240 mi) route from Shenzhen North railway station to . The existing Xinhui branch^[5] of the Guangzhou–Zhuhai Intercity Railway will be included as a central link, with 265 km (165 mi) of new trackage extending west to Maoming and then a new tunnel across the Pearl River Delta from Shenzhen south of the Humen Bridge.

Starting at Shenzhen North, the railway will travel through a tunnel to ^[6] at Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport. It will then cross through a tunnel underneath the Pearl River^[7] before reaching Xiaolan, Guzhen, Waihai, , Shuangshui, Taishan, Kaiping, Enping, Dahuai, Heshan, Yangjiang, Yangxi, Mata, Guanzhu, Dianbai and Maoming East.

Station Name	Chinese	Metro transfers/connections	Location
Shenzhen North		4 5 6
		1
Nansha		18
Zhongshan North
Jiangmen
Taishan
Maoming
Wuchuan

Construction[]

The Maoming–Zhanjiang section was constructed between 2009 and 2013. The project was funded jointly by the, now defunct, Ministry of Railways and the Guangdong Provincial Government. Construction commenced on 21 March 2009^[8] and was opened to traffic on 28 December 2013.^[9] Although officially opened on 28 December 2013, no high-speed trains started using it at the time.

Construction of the 387-kilometre (240 mi) Shenzhen–Maoming railway was carried out in two phases: (1) the Jiangmen–Maoming section and (2) the Shenzhen–Jiangmen section. Phase one from Jiangmen to Maoming started in June 2014^[3] and was opened on 1 July 2018.^{[10] [4]} From this point on, thru high-speed service started along the Guangzhou–Jiangmen–Maoming–Zhanjiang route.

A special feature of Phase 1 is a 2,036-metre (6,680 ft) steel tunnel protecting the Birds' Paradise from the noise of the high speed line. The noise barrier reduces the noise of the train to about 50 dB SPL at the bird park, which is only 800 metres (2,625 ft) away from the high-speed line.^[11] Phase two from Shenzhen to Jiangmen was delayed due to the complicated geographic condition of the mouth of the Pearl River and the large budget, 65.2 billion yuan (US$9.88 billion). Construction of phase two is expected to begin 2018.^[12][7]

The construction plan of Guangzhou Railway Group Corp. shows the Phase II costs 51.3 billion yuan (US$7.27 billion); the project starts from Xili Station in Nanshan District, and passes through Bao’an, Dongguan, Zhongshan to end in Jiangmen. It has seven stations: Xili, Shenzhen Airport, Binhaiwan, Nansha, Zhongshan North, Henglan and Jiangmen. Simultaneously, a 20.4-kilometer rail line will be built to link Shenzhen Airport Station with Shenzhen North Railway Station, and regional links of the 12.6-kilometer line will be built in Jiangmen and Zhongshan.^[13]

Upon completion of the Phase II section Shenzhen-Jiangmen in 2024, the trip from Qianhai to Nansha will be cut to 30 minutes and the trip between Shenzhen and Maoming will be cut to three hours. Once the Shenzhen-Jiangmen rail is operational, passengers change to the Ganzhou-Shenzhen rail at Xili Station and to the Hangzhou-Shenzhen rail and the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong rail at Shenzhen North Railway Station. At Shenzhen Airport Station, the rail will offer transfers to a second high-speed rail between Shenzhen and Guangzhou, which is currently under planning, and at Zhongshan Station, it will be connected with Guangzhou-Zhuhai Intercity Rail.

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