Services 1 Locale Chengdu, Guiyang | Line length 1,376 km (855 mi) | |
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Status Chengdu-Guiyang
Under Construction
Guiyang-Guangzhou
Operational Opened Guiyang-Guangzhou
26 December 2014 Operator(s) China Railway High-speed Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ⁄2 in) Terminis Guangzhou South Railway Station, Chengdu East Railway Station | ||
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.
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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.
Guiyang-Guangzhou High-Speed Railway
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. 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).