Guangzhou–Huizhou intercity railway

Guangzhou–Huizhou intercity railway, also known as the Guanghui intercity railway, is a regional railway within Guangdong province, China. It runs between the cities of Guangzhou and Huizhou in the Pearl River Delta (PRD). Part of a larger radiating intercity rail transit network, called Pearl River Delta Metropolitan Region intercity railway, across the PRD region, directly connecting with the Guangzhou–Shenzhen intercity railway. Route length is 139.8 kilometres (86.9 mi),^[2] with an estimated construction budget of 25.3 billion RMB. The construction period was planned to take three and a half years,^[3] actual construction started in May 2009 and completed in June 2013, but the line wasn't opened until 2016. 3 renovated and 14 new stations were built along the route. It has been built with a design speed of 200 kilometres per hour (124 mph). The Xiaojinkou–Changping East section started operations on 30 March 2016.^[4] The Dongguan West–Panyu section opened on May 26, 2024.^[5][6]

Guangzhou-Huizhou intercity railway
Dongguan West station platform
Overview
Native name	广惠城际铁路
Status	Operational
Owner	China Railway
Locale	Guangdong Province, China
Termini	Panyu Xiaojinkou
Stations	24
Service
Type	Intercity Higher-speed rail
System	Pearl River Delta Metropolitan Region intercity railway
Services	1
Operator(s)	CR Guangzhou (until 23 January 2024) Guangdong Intercity (since 23 January 2024[1])
Rolling stock	CRH6 EMU
History
Opened	30 March 2016 (8 years ago) (2016-03-30) (East section) 28 December 2017 (6 years ago) (2017-12-28) (West section) 26 May 2024 (5 months ago) (2024-05-26) (Guangzhou section)
Technical
Line length	139.8 km (87 mi)[2]
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Minimum radius	2,200 m (1.4 mi; 7,200 ft) (Normal curves) 2,000 m (1.2 mi; 6,600 ft) (Difficult curves)
Electrification	25 kV 50 Hz AC (Overhead lines)
Operating speed	200 km/h (124 mph)
Maximum incline	3.0%
Route map Legend continues to Panyu railway station Guangzhou–Shenzhen intercity railway Dongguan West Depot Daojiao Xiping West Dongcheng South Liaobu Songshanhu North Dalang Town Changping South Guangzhou–Shenzhen Railway Changping East Zhangmutou East Yinping Lilin North Chenjiang South Huihuan Longfeng Xihu East Dong River Yunshan Xiaojinkou Maintenance Depot Guanghui intercity railway

History

• 8 May 2009 – Construction in Changping, Dongguan officially started, with an original expectation to be opened for traffic by 2013.^[7]
• 7 June 2013 – Construction is completed and test runs are due to begin in 2014 with whole project opened by the end of 2015.^[8]
• 30 March 2016 – Xiaojinkou–Changping East section started operations.^[4]
• 28 December 2017 – Changping East–Daojiao started operations.^[9]
• 15 December 2019 – Daojiao–Dongguan West started operations.^[10]
• 1 November 2023 – Guangdong Intercity got operation license of Guanghui intercity railway.^[11]
• 23 January 2024 – Guangdong Intercity company has taken-over the operation from China Railway Guangzhou Group.^[1]
• 26 May 2024 – Dongguan West–Panyu started operations.^[5]

Scandal

Songshan station jerry incident

A man surnamed Liu broke the construction side of the Songshanhu North station to cut corners, but the construction company building the site pay a prescription charge of Mr. Yang Zhenggang Songshanhu report indicates that this is malicious, and communicate the results to identify after the fact.^[12]

Route

Guanghui intercity railway is an East-West railway that starts at Panyu railway station, next to Guangzhou South railway station, in Guangzhou's Panyu District. It then goes eastward under the Pearl River through Machong and Hongmei to reach Dongguan West in the Hongmei area of Dongguan. This will be a major interchange with the Guangzhou–Shenzhen intercity railway and Dongguang Metro's Line 1, set to open in 2025. It then moves eastward through the Dongguan regions of Daojiao, then Nancheng, Dongcheng, Liaobu, Songshan Lake, Dalang, Changping and Xiegang. Crossing into Huizhou's Huicheng District it then passes through Lilin, Chenjiang and Huihuan before arriving at Huizhou railway station. Total length of the route is 139.8 km (86.9 mi), 31.952 km (19.854 mi) in Guangzhou, 78.160 km (48.566 mi) in Dongguan and 31.988 km (19.876 mi) in Huizhou. Elevated sections of track total 78.863 km (49.003 mi), with 6.586 km (4.092 mi) at ground level and 54.33 km (33.76 mi) being underground.

Station

Originally approved to build 16 stations, the Huizhou Municipal Railway Construction Investment Group Co. Ltd and the Guangzhou Railway Company agreed to build an additional station at Huizhou's West Lake.^[13]

Station №	Station Name	Chinese	Distance km		Pearl River Delta intercity railway transfers/connections	Metro transfers/connections	Location
↑ through train to Guangzhou–Zhaoqing intercity railway  Guangzhao
PYA	Panyu	番禺	0.00	0.00	Guangzhu   GFC	2   7   22   2  Guangzhou South	Panyu, Guangzhou
GCA	Guangzhou Changlong	广州长隆	6.56	6.56		3   7  Hanxi Changlong
DHA	Donghuan	东环	4.21	10.77
GQA	Guanqiao North (Guanqiaobei)	官桥北	8.35	19.12		4  Guanqiao
GLA	Guangzhou Lianhuashan	广州莲花山	5.48	24.60	GFC	8
MIA	Machong	麻涌	9.02	33.62			Machong, Dongguan
WGQ	Dongguan West (Dongguanxi)	东莞西	5.36	38.98	SS		Hongmei, Dongguan
RRQ	Daojiao	道滘	3.97	42.95			Daojiao, Dongguan
EGQ	Xiping West (Xipingxi)	西平西	9.90	52.85		2  Xiping	Nancheng, Dongguan
IYQ	Dongcheng South (Dongchengnan)	东城南	3.43	56.28			Dongcheng, Dongguan
LTQ	Liaobu	寮步	8.63	64.91			Liaobu, Dongguan
KUQ	Songshanhu North (Songshanhubei)	松山湖北	6.07	70.98
KOQ	Dalang Town (Dalangzhen)	大朗镇	5.61	76.59			Dalang, Dongguan
FPQ	Changping South (Changpingnan)	常平南	6.11	82.7			Changping, Dongguan
FQQ	Changping East (Changpingdong)	常平东	4.27	86.97
ZRQ	Zhangmutou East (Zhangmutoudong)	樟木头东	6.88	93.85			Zhangmutou, Dongguan
KPQ	Yinping	银瓶	5.49	99.34			Xiegang, Dongguan
KBQ	Lilin North (Lilinbei)	沥林北	7.89	107.23			Huicheng, Huizhou
KKQ	Chenjiang South (Chenjiangnan)	陈江南	11.60	118.83
KHQ	Huihuan	惠环	4.93	123.76
KFQ	Longfeng	龙丰	5.09	128.85
WDQ	Xihu East (Xihudong)	西湖东	2.88	131.73
KZQ	Yunshan	云山	3.05	134.78
NKQ	Xiaojinkou	小金口	4.04	138.82

Future

A 6.4 kilometres (4.0 mi) long extension started construction on May 13, 2021. The extension will continue from Xiaojinkou railway station to the currently under construction Huizhou North railway station.^[14]

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