Hohhot–Nanning corridor

The Hohhot–Nanning corridor is a proposed high-speed railway in China running from Hohhot in Inner Mongolia to Nanning in Guangxi. It will pass through the cities of Taiyuan, Zhengzhou, Xiangyang, Changde, Yiyang, Shaoyang, Yongzhou and Guilin. Introduced in 2016, the corridor is one of the sixteen railway lines proposed under China's "Eight Vertical and Eight Horizontal" network.

Hohhot–Nanning corridor 呼南通道
Overview
Status	Partly operational
Locale	People's Republic of China
Termini	Hohhot Nanning
Service
Type	High-speed rail
Operator(s)	China Railway High-speed
Technical
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	50 Hz 25,000 V
Operating speed	200 to 350 km/h (124 to 217 mph)

Overview

The Hohhot–Nanning corridor is a vertically-oriented (north–south) corridor with a liner path emanating from Hohhot in Inner Mongolia. It will travel through the provinces of Shanxi, Henan, Hubei and Hunan, before terminating at Nanning in Guangxi. There are no branch lines.

Sections

Name	Route	Design speed (km/h)	Length (km)	Status	Construction start	Opened	Remarks
Zhangjiakou–Hohhot HSR	Hohhot East – Ulanqab	250	126	open	27 March 2014	3 August 2017
Jining–Datong–Yuanping HSR	Ulanqab – Datong South	250 reserved for 300km/h[1]	296	under construction	30 June 2020[2]	Expected in 2025
	Datong South – Shuozhou East – Yuanping West[note 1]
Datong–Xi'an HSR	Yuanping West – Taiyuan South	250	139	open	3 December 2009[3]	28 September 2018[4]
Taiyuan–Jiaozuo HSR	Taiyuan South – Jiaozuo		359	open	16 June 2016[5]	12 December 2020[6]
Zhengzhou–Jiaozuo ICR	Jiaozuo – Zhengzhou	200	77.8	open	29 December 2009	26 December 2015[7]
Jiaozuo–Luoyang–Pingdingshan ICR	Jiaozuo – Luoyang Longmen – Pingdingshan West	350	240	preliminary work[8]	Expected in 2024	Expected in 2028
Zhengzhou–Wanzhou HSR	Zhengzhou East – Pingdingshan West – Xiangyang East	350	350	open	31 October 2015	1 December 2019[9]
Xiangyang–Jingmen HSR	Xiangyang East – Jingmen West	350	117	under construction	28 September 2022[10]	Expected in 2026
Hankou–Yichang HSR	Jingmen West – Yichang North	350	63	under construction	25 September 2021	Expected in 2025	It will initially run on the same tracks as the Jingmen–Yichang section of the Shanghai–Chongqing–Chengdu HSR, but provision will be made for separate tracks.
Yichang–Changde HSR	Yichang North – Changde	350		implementation suspended	medium and long term planning
Changde–Yiyang–Changsha HSR	Changde – Yiyang South	350	94	open	26 December 2017[11]	26 December 2022[12]	Route shared with Xiamen–Chongqing corridor
Yiyang–Loudi HSR	Yiyang South – Loudi South	350		being planned	medium and long term planning
Loudi–Shaoyang railway	Loudi（Loudi South）– Shaoyang	200	98	open	28 July 2009[13]	6 January 2016[14]	The line was rebuilt with the duplication and electrification of the original Loudi–Shaoyang section of the Yiyang–Zhanjiang railway
Shaoyang–Yongzhou HSR	Shaoyang – Yongzhou	350	96	under construction	26 December 2023	Expected in 2028
Hengyang–Liuzhou ICR	Yongzhou – Liuzhou	Hengyang–Guilin: 200; otherwise: 250	497.9	open	April 2009[15]	28 December 2013[16][17]
Liuzhou–Nanning ICR	Liuzhou – Nanning	250	226	open	27 December 2007[18]	30 December 2013[19]
Nanning–Hengyang HSR	Yongzhou – Nanning[note 2]	350		being planned[20]	medium and long term planning		May be designed as an intercity railway

See also

• High-speed rail in China

Notes

1. Until the opening of the new line, the Datong–Yuanping EMU services have been operated on the Hanjialing–Yuanping railway
2. The high-speed railway line would runn parallel to the existing line and is being planned separately by Guangxi

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