Native name 衡柳铁路 Opened 28 December 2013 Locale Hengyang, Liuzhou | Services 1 Line length 497.9 km (309 mi) | |
Operator(s) China Railway High-speed Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ⁄2 in) Terminis Hengyang East Railway Station, Liuzhou | ||
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.
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History
Construction commenced in 2009 and was completed in May 2013. It was opened for service on 28 December 2013.
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