The Hainan western ring high-speed railway (, often abbreviated ) is a high-speed railway operated by
China Railway High-speed
China Railway High-speed (CRH) is a high-speed rail service operated by China Railway.
The introduction of CRH series was a major part of the sixth national railway speedup, implemented on April 18, 2007. By the end of 2020, China Railway ...
in
Hainan
Hainan (, ; ) is the smallest and southernmost province of the People's Republic of China (PRC), consisting of various islands in the South China Sea. , the largest and most populous island in China,The island of Taiwan, which is slightly l ...
Province. It started operation on 30 December 2015.
The 344-km long rail line runs along the western half of the island's coastline, from
Haikou railway station in the north to
Sanya railway station. At its two end points, it connects with the existing
Hainan eastern ring high-speed railway (opened in 2010), thus forming a high-speed railway ring around the entire island.
Unlike the Hainan eastern ring high-speed railway, which runs along the coast previously not served by railway (other than at its end points, Haikou and Sanya), the Western Ring Railway roughly parallels the "conventional"
Hainan Western Ring Railway, which has connected Haikou and Sanya since 2005.
History
The Hainan western ring railway was constructed in two stages.
The first short section connects the existing
Sanya railway station with the new
Sanya Phoenix Airport railway station, to the west. The section has one intermediate station,
Sanya West railway station
Sanya (; also spelled Samah) is the southernmost city on Hainan Island, and one of the four prefecture-level cities of Hainan Province in South China.
According to the 2020 census, the total population of Sanya was 1,031,396 inhabitants, livi ...
(). The construction work on this section () was completed by the end of 2014, but that apparently did not happen.
On the rest of the railway - the much longer section from Sanya Phoenix Airport to Haikou - progress as of 2012 was still in its preliminary phase. Property was acquired, and demolition was conducted. According to the construction plans, 22,300 ''
mu'' () of land will be permanently used by the railway and associated facilities, and another 8,800 ''mu'' () was temporary used during construction. Eighty-seven thousand m
2 of housing will be demolished. The necessary demolitions were completed by the end of 2013.
Stations
As of 2018, many of the stations are not in use. The list below names the settlements where the stations are located. They will be named correspondingly.
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Haikou railway station
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Laochengzhen railway station
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Fushanzhen railway station
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Lingao South railway station
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Yintan railway station
Yintan railway station () is a railway station located in Danzhou, Hainan, China. It is an intermediate stop on the Hainan western ring high-speed railway
The Hainan western ring high-speed railway (, often abbreviated ) is a high-speed r ...
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Baimajing railway station
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Haitou railway station
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Qiziwan railway station
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Dongfang railway station
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Jinyuewan railway station
Jinyuewan railway station is a railway station on the Hainan western ring high-speed railway
The Hainan western ring high-speed railway (, often abbreviated ) is a high-speed railway operated by China Railway High-speed in Hainan
Hain ...
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Jianfeng railway station
Jianfeng railway station is a railway station on the Hainan western ring high-speed railway
The Hainan western ring high-speed railway (, often abbreviated ) is a high-speed railway operated by China Railway High-speed in Hainan
Haina ...
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Huangliu railway station
Huangliu railway station is a railway station on the Hainan western ring high-speed railway
The Hainan western ring high-speed railway (, often abbreviated ) is a high-speed railway operated by China Railway High-speed in Hainan
Haina ...
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Ledong railway station
Ledong railway station is a railway station on the Hainan western ring railway and the Hainan western ring high-speed railway
The Hainan western ring high-speed railway (, often abbreviated ) is a high-speed railway operated by China Railway ...
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Yazhou railway station
Yazhou railway station is a railway station on the Hainan western ring high-speed railway located in Yazhou District, Sanya
Sanya (; also spelled Samah) is the southernmost city on Hainan Island, and one of the four prefecture-level cities ...
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Sanya Phoenix Airport railway station
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Sanya railway station
Rolling stock
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CRH1A-A 8-car sets (since December 30, 2015)
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CR300-AF 8-car sets (since February 1, 2021)
Notes
External links
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High-speed railway lines in China
Railway lines opened in 2015
Standard gauge railways in China
Transport in Hainan
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