Chengdu–Guangzhou High-Speed Railway

Chengdu-Guangzhou High Speed Railway 成都广州高速铁路

Overview
Status	Chengdu-Guiyang Under Construction Guiyang-Guangzhou Operational
Locale	Chengdu Guiyang
Termini	Chengdu East Guangzhou South
Services	1
Operation
Opened	Guiyang-Guangzhou 26th December 2014
Operator(s)	China Railway High-speed
Technical
Line length	1,376 km (855 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in)
Operating speed	Chengdu-Guiyang 350 km/h (217 mph) Guiyang-Guangzhou 250 km/h (155 mph)

Chengdu-Guangzhou High-Speed Railway is a high-speed railway partly operational and partly under construction in South West China. It is considered to connect the capitals and major population centres of Sichuan and Guangdong via Guizhou and eastern Guangxi. A connecting railway (Chongqing–Guizhou High-Speed Railway) will allow services to travel between Chongqing and the south. Starting in Chengdu, it travels via Guiyang and Guilin before reaching Guangzhou. Some services travel further onto Shenzhen, bordering with Hong Kong, on the GZ-SZ-HK Express Rail Link.

First announced 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.The full route of 1,376 km (855 mi) has been split into two smaller projects. The northern Chengdu–Guiyang High-Speed Railway and the southern Guiyang–Guangzhou High-Speed Railway respectively.

Chengdu-Guiyang High-Speed Railway

Chengdu–Guiyang High-Speed Railway is a 519 km (322 mi) major trunk high speed railway between the Sichuan capital of Chengdu and the Guizhou capital of Guiyang. Construction started in 2010 and is expected to be completed by 2014. A connection on this line will also reach Chongqing via the Chongqing–Guizhou High-Speed Railway. ^[1]^[2]^[3]

Guiyang-Guangzhou High-Speed Railway

Construction progress on the Guiyang-Guangzhou High Speed Railway, bridge over the Xingping Reservoir in Xingping district of Yangshou county, Guilin, August 2013.

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. The line is 856 km (532 mi) in length and can carry trains at speeds of up to 250 km/h (155 mph). 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. The travel time by train between the two terminal cities was reduced from 20 hours to 4 hours.^[4] 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).

References

↑ "10-hour Chengdu-Shanghai train opens this month; more fast trains on the way". gochengdoo.com. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
↑ "Innovations and Practices of High-Speed Railway in China" (PDF). uncrd.or.jp. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
↑ "The Chengdu-Guiyang High-Speed Rail Influence on the Location Advantage and Functional Positioning of Yibin City". en.cnki.com.cn. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
↑ (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

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

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