Hengyang–Liuzhou Intercity Railway

Hengyang-Liuzhou Intercity Railway

Overview
Native name	衡柳铁路
Locale	Hengyang Liuzhou
Termini	Hengyang East Liuzhou
Services	1
Operation
Opened	28 December 2013
Operator(s)	China Railway High-speed
Technical
Line length	497.9 km (309 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in)
Operating speed	250 km/h (155 mph)

Hengyang–Liuzhou Intercity Railway is a high-speed railway in South-Western China, connecting Hunan and Guangxi provinces. It will allow for a high-speed connection with the Beijing–Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong High-Speed Railway and will link with the Guangxi capital of Nanning via the Liuzhou–Nanning Intercity Railway. It has allowed for direct high-speed services from Beijing to Guilin in only 10 hours.

History

Construction commenced in 2009 and was completed in May 2013.^[1] It was opened for service on 28 December 2013.^[2]

Route

The 497.9 km long route has a designed maximum speed of 250 km/h. It departs from the Beijing–Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong High-Speed Railway at Hengyang East Railway Station, it then travels west through the major cities of Yongzhou, Guilin and arriving at Liuzhou

Notes

↑ "Liuzhou entering the high-speed rail era". China Daily. 28 April 2013.
↑ "(untitled)".

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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