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

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$12.5 billion),^[3] although this figure was later revised to 94.6 billion RMB (USD$13.8 billion).^[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
Changsha Maglev Shanghai Maglev Train

Conventional high-speed railways (list)

Expanded National 8 + 8 Corridors	North–South Coastal Beijing–Shanghai Beijing–Hong Kong (Taipei) Harbin–Hong Kong (Macau) Hohhot–Nanning Beijing–Kunming Baotou (Yinchuan)–Hainan Lanzhou (Xining)–Guangzhou East–West Suifenhe–Manzhouli Beijing–Lanzhou Qingdao–Yinchuan Eurasia Continental Bridge Yangtze River Shanghai–Kunming Xiamen–Chongqing Guangzhou–Kunming
Original National 4 + 4 Corridors	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 Hefei–Fuzhou Hengyang–Liuzhou Lanzhou–Urumqi Nanchang–Shenzhen Nanning–Guangzhou Nanning–Kunming Qinhuangdao–Shenyang Tianjin–Qinhuangdao Xi'an–Chengdu Xi'an–Chongqing
Intercity and long-distance	300–350 km/h Beijing–Tangshan Beijing–Tianjin Chengdu–Chongqing Chongqing–Wanzhou Nanjing–Hangzhou Shanghai–Nanjing 200–250 km/h Beijing–Zhangjiakou Changchun–Jilin Chengdu–Mianyang–Leshan Dandong–Dalian Guangzhou–Foshan–Zhaoqing Harbin–Jiamusi Harbin–Mudanjiang Harbin–Qiqihar Jilin–Hunchun Liuzhou–Nanning Nanchang–Jiujiang Nanjing–Anqing Qingdao–Rongcheng Shenyang–Dandong Shenzhen–Maoming Tianjin–Baoding Xi'an–Chengdu Zhangjiakou–Hohhot
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 Hangzhou–Ningbo Hankou–Danjiangkou Hunan–Guangxi Kunming–Yuxi Lianyungang–Lanzhou Litang–Zhanjiang Nanjing–Qidong Shanghai–Kunming Wuchang–Jiujiang
Rolling stock	Blue Arrow China Standardized EMU (CR400AF/CR400BF) China Star CIT Trains CRH1 CRH2 CRH3 CRH5 CRH6 CRH380A MTR CRH380A SJ 2000 (X2000) Zefiro 380 (CRH380B/CRH380C)

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) Beijing–Shanghai Beijing–Shijiazhuang –Wuhan –Guangzhou –Shenzhen Beijing–Tianjin Bengbu–Hefei –Fuzhou Changchun–Jilin Chengdu–Dujiangyan Dalian–Harbin –Qiqihar Guangzhou–Zhuhai Guiyang–Guangzhou Guiyang–Kaiyang Hainan Eastern Ring Hengyang–Liuzhou Jilin–Hunchun Jinan–Qingdao –Rongcheng* Jiujiang–Nanchang –Fuzhou* Lanzhou–Zhongchuan Airport Liuzhou–Nanning* Nanjing–Anqing Nanjing–Hangzhou –Ningbo –Taizhou–Wenzhou –Fuzhou –Xiamen –Shenzhen Nanjing–Hefei –Wuhan* Nanning–Guangzhou Nanning–Kunming Panjin–Yingkou Shanghai–Hangzhou –Changsha –Guiyang Shanghai–Nanjing Shenyang–Dandong Suining–Chongqing* Taiyuan–Shijiazhuang Taiyuan–Xi'an Tianjin–Baoding Tianjin–Qinhuangdao –Shenyang* Wuhan–Xianning Wuhan–Xiaogan Xuzhou–Lanzhou Zhengzhou–Jiaozuo Zhengzhou–Kaifeng Zhengzhou–Xi'an –Baoji –Lanzhou –Urumqi Zhengzhou–Xuzhou
Japan	Hokkaido Shinkansen Hokuriku Shinkansen Jōetsu Shinkansen Kyushu Shinkansen San'yō Shinkansen Tōhoku Shinkansen Tōkaidō Shinkansen
South Korea	Gyeongbu HSR Honam HSR Suseo HSR
Taiwan	Taiwan HSR
Turkey	Ankara–Pendik Polatlı–Konya

Europe

Belgium	HSL 1 HSL 2 HSL 3 HSL 4
France	LGV Atlantique LGV Bretagne-Pays de la Loire LGV Est LGV Interconnexion Est LGV Méditerranée LGV Nord LGV Rhin-Rhône LGV Rhône-Alpes LGV Sud-Est LGV Sud Europe Atlantique Perpignan–Barcelona
Germany	Cologne–Düren Cologne–Frankfurt Erfurt–Leipzig/Halle Hanover–Würzburg Mannheim–Stuttgart Nuremberg–Ingolstadt Rastatt–Offenburg Wolfsburg–Berlin
Italy	Bologna–Florence Florence–Rome Milan–Bologna Naples–Salerno Rome–Naples Turin–Milan
Netherlands	HSL-Zuid
Norway	Gardermoen Line
Spain	Atlantic Axis Barcelona–Perpignan Madrid–Barcelona Madrid–León Madrid–Malaga Madrid–Seville Madrid–Toledo Madrid–Valencia/Alicante
United Kingdom	High Speed 1 High Speed 2

North America

South America

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