Nanning-Guangzhou High-speed Railway
| Nanning-Guangzhou High Speed Railway 南广高速铁路 | |
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| Overview | |
| Status | Operational |
| Locale |
Nanning Guangzhou |
| Termini |
Nanning Guangzhou South |
| Stations | 23 |
| Services | 1 |
| Operation | |
| Opening | December 26th 2014 |
| Operator(s) | China Railway High-speed |
| Technical | |
| Line length | 576 km (358 mi) |
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) |
| Minimum radius | 3,500m |
| Operating speed | 250 km/h (155 mph) |
| Maximum incline |
Nanning-Guigang 12% |
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Nanning-Guangzhou High-Speed Railway , also known as the Southern Guangzhou high-speed railway or South Canton High Speed Railway, connecting China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region capital of Nanning and Guangdong Province's capital, Guangzhou. The high-speed railway started construction was November 9, 2008. Nanning to Wuzhou was completed by April 18, 2014, opening to traffic along the full route on December 26, 2014. The project by proposed by the now defunct Ministry of Railways and Guangxi, Guangdong government joint venture, with a total investment of about 41 billion RMB.[1] Nanning-Guangzhou railway is expected to spur economic development, increase staff mobility across the Guangxi and western Guangdong regions.
Route
Railway travels mostly along the Pearl River Delta's Xi River valley. From Nanning it starts alongside the same route of the Liuzhou–Nanning Intercity Railway to Binyang County's Litang, then eastward through Guigang, crossing the Yu River, over Guiping, Pingnan, Tengxian to Wuzhou. After entering Guangdong it passes Yunan, Yunfu to Zhaoqing to Guangzhou South Railway Station. A total length of 576 km (358 mi), of which 349 km (217 mi) in Guangxi, Guangdong territory 227 km (141 mi). Twenty-three stations will be places along the route, however not all will service passengers.
Technical Standards
Electrified double tracked standard construction for high-speed passenger and fast freight, with an operating speed of 200 km but the design allows for speeds of 250 km.
- Railway Grade : national railway grade Ⅰ
- The number of main lines: double
- Passenger train design speed: 200 km / h, the speed set aside to 250 km / h conditions
- Minimum curve radius : 3500m
- Limiting slope : Nanning to Guigang 12 ‰, Guigang to Guangzhou South 6 ‰
- Traction types : electric traction
- Traction Quality : 4000t
- Block mode : automatic block
- Construction Clearance: CDB double-stack container trains to meet the transport requirements.
Construction History
- November 9, 2008 - Construction started.
- October 10, 2009 - Breakthrough on the first tunnel
- June 22, 2011 - The key to controlling the South Canton Railway Engineering - Tunnel advance through anther culture, Nanning-Guangzhou railway line to become the four control projects in advance through the first tunnel, is a milestone in the construction of Nanning-Guangzhou Railway.[2]
- May 22, 2012 - Songgen Yunan Tunnel, located in Yunfu City, Guangdong completed with a total length of 3123 meters.
- March 4, 2014 - Northridge Hill Tunnel is completed, located in Zhaoqing, Guangdong Province. With a total length of 12,438 meters, it is the longest railway line.[3]
- April 18, 2014 - Guangxi segment of Nanning-Guangzhou railway opens. Nanning to Wuzhou now just takes two and a half hours.[4]
- July 7, 2014 - Construction completed from Wuzhou to Zhaoqing [5]
- November 8, 2014 - South Canton Railway line of the last paragraph into the FBI try to lay the foundation for the end of 14 years, was opened to traffic.[6]
- December 26, 2014 - The full length of the project is opened to traffic.[7]
Long Term Development
According to plans, Nanning-Guangzhou Railway will have a direct access to ASEAN Trans-Asian Railway network. That will allow train services from Guangzhou, via Guangxi could go to Laos, Thailand, Singapore and other countries. This is a "long-term railway network plan," the focus of the project. This railway is capable of forming one of the most convenient and most rapid rail transport corridors bringing southern China and the Beibu Gulf Economic Zone more closely together with the Pearl River Delta region. It will become a leading international transportation avenue to strengthen exchanges and cooperation in various fields such as economy and trade between China and ASEAN countries. After completion of future projects, passengers could travel directly from Guangzhou to Vietnam, the final composition of the Trans-east program is to connect to Singapore.[8]