Jingguang railway
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Jingguang railway (Chinese: 京广铁路/京廣鐵路, or 京广线/京廣綫) is a major artery railway in the China connecting Beijing West Station in Beijing to Guangzhou Railway Station in Guangzhou, Guangdong.
The railway is jointed by two sections. The northern section, Jinghan railway, is from Beijing to Hankou, and the southern section, Wuguang railway, is from Wuchang to Guangzhou. Jinghan railway was finished by 1905 and Wuguang railway was finished in 1936. Between Hankou and Wuchang, there is the Yangtze River. The two sections were finally jointed together in 1957, when the Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge was built.
Jingguang railway connects the cities of Beijing and Guangzhou through 6 provinces, namely Beijing, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Hunan and Guangdong, with a length of 2324 kilometres. Currently, the nonstop Beijing-Kowloon "Jingjiu" Through Train operates on this line. Prior to 2003, this train called at stops along the route before they were eliminated to create a through service directly from the capital to Hong Kong.
On Feb. 7, 1923, Jinghan Railway workers launched a great strike to struggle for workers' rights and interests and combat cruel oppression by warlords. The strike, carried out under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, sparked the Chinese workers movement.
