Beijing–Guangzhou Railway
The high-speed Beijing- Guangzhou, also known as Jinggang PDL (Chinese京广 高速 铁路, Pinyin Jing Guǎng Gaosu Tielu or abbreviated Chinese京广 高 铁, Pinyin Jing Guǎng gāotiě ) denotes one of the four north-south axis in the planned Chinese high-speed network and part the high-speed Beijing- Hong Kong. The route connects the capital Beijing to the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou and leads through the provinces of Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Hunan and Guangdong. About the 142 km -long Guangzhou - Shenzhen - Hong Kong Express Rail Link, Hong Kong is served by this route.
She is currently the longest high-speed railway route in the world.
The track has been in operation since December 26, 2012. The travel time on the 2298 km long route could be shortened with the 300- km / h high-speed trains from twenty to eight hours. It is named after the high-speed Beijing- Shanghai, the second north-south axis in the Chinese high-speed network, which went into operation.
Sections
High-speed Beijing- Wuhan
The construction of the 281 km long section of Beijing- Shijiazhuang began on 7 October 2008. On July 25, 2012, the rails were laid ready. The section Anyang, Zhengzhou is since 1 April 2012 at the trial operation, the portion of Zhengzhou - Wuhan since 26 August, 2012. The opening Zhengzhou - Wuhan carried out on 28 September, 2012. The remaining distance Zhengzhou - Shijiazhuang - Beijing was on 26 December. opened 2012, whereby the route to Guangzhou is continuous from Beijing in operation.
High-speed railway Wuhan - Guangzhou
On 26 December 2009, the 1068.6 km was taken long southern section of line between Wuhan and Guangzhou with 18 stations in operation, of which began construction on 23 June 2005. On trial runs, a top speed of 394 km / h was achieved. Due to the difficult track morphology composed 65 % of the section between Wuhan and Guangzhou from bridges and tunnels. A particular challenge was the construction of the 4500 -meter Jin Shazhou tunnel under the Pearl River in Guangzhou. The building partially has only six meters coverage and had to be created in the middle of populated areas. The cost of building the entire route were approximately 17 billion U.S. dollars.
The route is traveled at a speed of 350 km / hr. China is thus lay claim to have the fastest train in the world. Express trains without intermediate stops need for the distance between Wuhan and Guangzhou less than three hours and achieve an average speed of 313 km / h Are used the CRH2 trains and CRH3 series.