The Litang–Zhanjiang railway or Lizhan railway (), is a
railroad
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in
southern China
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from
Litang Township in the
Guangxi Autonomous Region on the
Hunan–Guangxi railway, to the port city of
Zhanjiang
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, in
Guangdong Province
) means "wide" or "vast", and has been associated with the region since the creation of Guang Prefecture in AD 226. The name "''Guang''" ultimately came from Guangxin ( zh, labels=no, first=t, t= , s=广信), an outpost established in Han dynasty ...
, on the
South China Sea
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. The line has a total length of and was built from 1954 to 1955.
[(Chinese]
"黎湛铁路" '' www.qinzhou.gov.cn''
2010-11-09 Major cities and towns along the route include
Guigang,
Xingye County
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,
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.
A spur line from the Hechun Station to
Maoming
Maoming, alternately romanized as Mowming, (Maoming Yue: ">ɐu22 mɪŋ21/nowiki>) is a prefecture-level city located in southwestern Guangdong province, China. Facing the South China Sea to the city's south, Maoming city borders Zhanjiang to ...
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, in length, was double-tracked and electrified to accommodate trains running at speeds of up to . The Guigang to Yulin section of the line, in length, has been double-tracked and underwent capacity expansion from 2013 to 2015 to accommodate trains running at speeds of up to to . The project is complete for the Guigang–Yulin section, and the EMU train entered operation in the end of 2016.
Rail connections
*
Litang:
Hunan–Guangxi railway,
Litang–Qinzhou railway
*
Yulin:
Luoyang–Zhanjiang railway
* Hechun station:
Hechun–Maoming railway
*
Zhanjiang
Zhanjiang; Leizhou Min: ''Tchiàm-kōng''; previously Tsamkong or Guangzhouwan, then romanized in English as Kwangchowan or Kwangchow Wan. is a port city on the southwestern panhandle of Guangdong province in South China. The prefecture- ...
:
Guangdong–Hainan railway
Incident
On 1 July 2008, a passenger train hit a landslide which caused the locomotive and six carriages to derail. Seven people were injured.
See also
*
List of railways in China
References
Railway lines in China
Railway lines opened in 1955
Rail transport in Guangxi
Rail transport in Guangdong
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25 kV AC railway electrification