Litang–Zhanjiang railway

Quzhou–Ningde railway
DF4D 7017 in Yulin railway Station
Overview
StatusOperational
Termini
Service
TypeHeavy rail
History
Opened1 July 1955
Technical
Line length318.2 km (198 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification50 Hz 25,000 V
Operating speed160 km/h (99 mph)

The Litang–Zhanjiang railway or Lizhan railway (simplified Chinese: 黎湛铁路; traditional Chinese: 黎湛鐵路; pinyin: lízhàn tiělù), is a railroad in southern China from Litang Township in the Guangxi Autonomous Region on the Hunan–Guangxi railway, to the port city of Zhanjiang, in Guangdong Province, on the South China Sea. The line has a total length of 318.2 km (198 mi) and was built from 1954 to 1955.[1] Major cities and towns along the route include Guigang, Xingye County, Yulin (Guangxi), Luchuan, Lianjiang (Guangdong), Suixi (Guangdong) and Zhanjiang.

History

The Litang–Zhanjiang railway was planned from 1952 to 1953 and built from September 25, 1954 to July 1, 1955.[1] A 61 km (38 mi) spur line from the Hechun Station to Maoming was completed in 1959 and now connects the Lizhan Line with the Guangzhou–Maoming railway. From 2005 to 2009, the southernmost section of the Lizhan Line from Hechun Station to Zhanjiang, 62.7 km (39 mi) in length, was double-tracked and electrified to accommodate trains running at speeds of up to 140 km (87 mi).[2][3] The Guigang to Yulin section of the line, 98 km (61 mi) in length, has been double-tracked and underwent capacity expansion from 2013 to 2015 to accommodate trains running at speeds of up to 160 km (99 mi) to 200 km (124 mi).[4] The project is complete for the Guigang–Yulin section, and the EMU train entered operation in the end of 2016.[5]

Rail connections

Incident

On 1 July 2008, a passenger train hit a landslide which caused the locomotive and six carriages to derail. Seven people were injured.[6]

See also

References

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  1. ^ a b (Chinese) "黎湛铁路" www.qinzhou.gov.cn Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine 2010-11-09
  2. ^ (Chinese) "黎湛铁路河唇至湛江段增建二线工程开工仪式举行" 南方网 2005-11-26
  3. ^ (Chinese) "运输大动脉黎湛铁路增建二线建成开通" CRCC[permanent dead link‍] 2009-05-12
  4. ^ (Chinese) "黎湛铁路贵港至玉林段将进行电气化提速改造" 玉林日报 2013-04-01
  5. ^ "黎湛铁路贵港至玉林段线路改造完成 广西最大侨乡将通动车". yunnan.cn. 2016-10-12. Archived from the original on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2017-01-20.
  6. ^ "黎湛铁路客车脱轨事故现场目击-新闻中心-南海网". www.hinews.cn. Retrieved 2020-12-14.


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