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
Services	1
Operation
Opened	December 26th 2014
Operator(s)	China Railway High-speed
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)

Guiyang-Guangzhou HSR Route Map

Legend

Chongqing-Guizhou HSR

Guiyang

Longli North

Changming

Tuyun East

Sandu County

Rongjiang

Congjiang

Guizhou/Guangxi border

Sanjiang South

Wutong

Hunan–Guangxi Railway

Guilin West

Hunan–Guangxi Railway

Guilin North

Hunan–Guangxi Railway

Yangshuo

Gongcheng

Zhongshan North

Luoyang–Zhanjiang Railway

Hezhou

Luoyang–Zhanjiang Railway

Guangxi/Guangdong border

Huaiji

Guangning

Nanning-Guangzhou HSR

Zhaoqing East

Sanshui South

Foshan West

Wuhan-Guangzhou HSR

Guangzhou South

GZ-SZ-HK Express Rail Link

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 Province. 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 Yangshou 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 Guigang 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$12.6 billion),^[3] although this figure was later revised to 94.6 billion RMB.^[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 Province.^[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]

References

1 2 3 4 5 (Chinese) 陈清浩, "贵广高铁正式开通运营从贵阳到广州4小时可达" 南方日报 2014-12-26
1 2 3 4 (Chinese) "揭秘：贵广高铁如何穿越喀斯特" 南方都市报 2014-12-26
↑ http://en.chinagate.cn/news/2008-10/14/content_16606923.htm
↑ Ollivier, Gerald; Sondhri, Jitendra; Zhou, Nanyan (1 October 2014). "How China Builds High-Speed Rail for Less". International Railway Journal. Simmons-Boardman Publishing. Retrieved 28 May 2015 – via HighBeam Research. (subscription required (help)).

High-speed rail in China

Maglev

Shanghai Maglev Train

Conventional high-speed railways (list)

National 8 × 8 Corridors	North–south Coastal Beijing-Shanghai Beijing-Hong Kong (Taipei) Beijing-Harbin, Beijing-Hong Kong (Macau) Hohhot-Nanning Beijing-Kunming Baotou (Yinchuan)-Hainan Lanzhou (Xining)-Guangzhou East–west Suifenhe-Manzhouli Beijing-Lanzhou Qingdao-Yinchuan Europe-Asia Yangtze River Shanghai-Kunming Xiamen-Chongqing Guangzhou-Kunming

National 4 × 4 Corridors (defunct)	North–south Beijing–Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong Beijing–Harbin Beijing–Shanghai Hangzhou–Fuzhou–Shenzhen East–west Shanghai–Kunming Shanghai–Wuhan–Chengdu Qingdao–Taiyuan Xuzhou–Lanzhou

Long-distance major corridors	Chengdu–Guangzhou Chongqing–Guizhou Chongqing–Lanzhou Datong–Xi'an Hengyang–Liuzhou Hefei–Fuzhou Lanzhou–Urumqi Nanchang–Shenzhen Nanning-Kunming Nanning–Guangzhou Qinhuangdao–Shenyang Tianjin–Qinhuangdao Xi'an–Chengdu Xi'an–Chongqing

Intercity and long-distance	300–350 km/h Beijing–Tianjin Beijing–Tangshan Chengdu–Chongqing Chongqing–Wanzhou Nanjing–Hangzhou Shanghai–Nanjing 200–250 km/h Chengdu–Mianyang–Leshan Changchun–Jilin Dandong–Dalian Beijing–Zhangjiakou Harbin–Jiamusi Harbin–Mudanjiang Harbin–Qiqihar Guangzhou–Foshan–Zhaoqing Liuzhou–Nanning Jilin–Hunchun Nanjing–Anqing Nanchang–Jiujiang Shenzhen–Maoming Tianjin–Baoding Qingdao–Rongcheng Shenyang–Dandong Xi'an–Chengdu Zhangjiakou–Hohot

Regional intercity	300–350 km/h Chengdu–Ya'an Tianjin–Binhai New Area 200–250 km/h Changsha–Zhuzhou–Xiangtan Chengdu–Dujiangyan Chengdu–Pujiang Dongguan–Huizhou Foshan–Dongguan Fuzhou–Changle Airport Guangzhou–Dongguan–Shenzhen Guangzhou–Qingyuan Guangzhou–Zhuhai Guiyang-Kaiyang Hainan Eastern Ring Hainan Western Ring Lanzhou–Zhongchuan Airport Mianyang–Suining–Ziyang–Neijiang–Zigong–Yibin Suzhou–Jiaxing Wuhan Metropolitan Area Zhengzhou–Jiaozuo Zhengzhou–Kaifeng Zhengzhou–Xuchang

Upgraded old lines	Beijing–Guangzhou Beijing–Harbin Beijing–Shanghai Guangzhou–Shenzhen Hunan–Guangxi Lianyungang–Lanzhou Lianyungang–Lanzhou Nanjing–Qidong Shanghai–Kunming Wuchang–Jiujiang Hankou–Danjiangkou Hangzhou–Ningbo

Rolling stock	Blue Arrow China Star CIT Trains CRH1 CRH2 CRH3 CRH5 CRH6 CRH380A SJ 2000 Zefiro 380 China Standardized EMU

Italics – under construction or currently not operational
(-), Place A- – section under construction or currently not operational
§ – in/related to Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan
(Place A-Place B) – share tracks with other lines

High-speed railway lines

Africa

Asia

China (Mainland)	(* Indicates overlap with conventional services) Tianjin–Qinhuangdao –Shenyang* Nanjing–Hefei –Wuhan* Beijing–Tianjin–Binhai Taiyuan–Shijiazhuang Jinan–Qingdao –Rongcheng* Suining–Chengdu* Nanjing–Hangzhou –Ningbo –Taizhou–Wenzhou –Fuzhou –Xiamen –Shenzhen Beijing–Shijiazhuang –Wuhan –Guangzhou –Shenzhen Zhengzhou–Xi'an –Baoji –Lanzhou –Urumqi Jiujiang–Nanchang –Fuzhou* Chengdu–Dujiangyan Shanghai–Nanjing Shanghai–Hangzhou –Changsha –Guiyang Changchun–Jilin Hainan Eastern Ring Guangzhou–Zhuhai Beijing–Shanghai Bengbu–Hefei –Fuzhou Dalian–Harbin –Qiqihar Panjin–Yingkou Hengyang–Liuzhou Liuzhou–Nanning* Nanning–Qinzhou* Qinzhou–Fangchenggang* Qinzhou–Beihai* Taiyuan–Xi'an Wuhan–Xianning Wuhan–Huangshi Zhengzhou–Kaifeng Guiyang–Guangzhou Nanning–Guangzhou Guiyang–Kaiyang Zhengzhou–Jiaozuo Shenyang–Dandong Jilin–Hunchun Lanzhou–Zhongchuan Airport Nanjing–Anqing Nanning–Kunming

Japan	Tōkaidō Shinkansen Sanyō Shinkansen Tōhoku Shinkansen Jōetsu Shinkansen Hokuriku Shinkansen Kyushu Shinkansen Hokkaido Shinkansen

South Korea	Gyeongbu HSR Honam HSR

Taiwan	Taipei–Kaohsiung

Turkey	Ankara-Pendik Ankara–Konya

Europe

Belgium	HSL 1 HSL 2 HSL 3 HSL 4

France	LGV Sud-Est LGV Atlantique LGV Rhône-Alpes LGV Nord LGV Interconnexion Est LGV Méditerranée LGV Est Perpignan-Barcelona LGV Rhin-Rhône

Germany	Cologne–Düren Cologne–Frankfurt Hanover–Würzburg Mannheim–Stuttgart Rastatt–Offenburg Wolfsburg–Berlin Nuremberg–Ingolstadt Erfurt–Leipzig/Halle

Italy	Turin–Milan Milan–Bologna Bologna–Florence Florence–Rome Rome–Naples Naples–Salerno

Netherlands	HSL-Zuid

Norway	Gardermoen Line

Spain	Madrid–Barcelona Madrid–Seville Madrid–Malaga Madrid– Leon Madrid–Toledo Atlantic Axis Barcelona–Perpignan Madrid–Valencia/Alicante

United Kingdom	High Speed 1

North America

South America

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