Native Name: | 广惠城际铁路 |
Type: | Intercity Higher-speed rail |
System: | Pearl River Delta Metropolitan Region intercity railway |
Status: | Operational |
Locale: | Guangdong Province, China |
Stations: | 24 |
Routes: | 1 |
Open: | (East section) (West section) (Guangzhou section) |
Operator: | CR Guangzhou (until 23 January 2024) Guangdong Intercity (since 23 January 2024[1]) |
Stock: | CRH6 EMU |
Electrification: | (Overhead lines) |
Maxincline: | 3.0% |
Minradius: | (Normal curves) (Difficult curves) |
Map State: | collapsed |
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,[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 200km/h. The Xiaojinkou–Changping East section started operations on 30 March 2016.[4] The Dongguan West– section opened on May 26, 2024.[5] [6]
Guanghui intercity railway is an East-West railway that starts at 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 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, in Guangzhou, in Dongguan and in Huizhou. Elevated sections of track total, with at ground level and being underground.
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 | Pearl River Delta intercity railway transfers/connections | Metro transfers/connections | Location | ||
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↑ through train to Guangzhou–Zhaoqing intercity railway | ||||||||
PYA | 0.00 | 0.00 | Panyu, Guangzhou | |||||
GCA | 6.56 | 6.56 | ||||||
DHA | 4.21 | 10.77 | ||||||
GQA | 8.35 | 19.12 | ||||||
GLA | 5.48 | 24.60 | ||||||
MIA | 9.02 | 33.62 | Machong, Dongguan | |||||
WGQ | 5.36 | 38.98 | Hongmei, Dongguan | |||||
RRQ | 3.97 | 42.95 | Daojiao, Dongguan | |||||
EGQ | 9.90 | 52.85 | Xiping | Nancheng, Dongguan | ||||
IYQ | 3.43 | 56.28 | Dongcheng, Dongguan | |||||
LTQ | 8.63 | 64.91 | Liaobu, Dongguan | |||||
KUQ | 6.07 | 70.98 | ||||||
KOQ | 5.61 | 76.59 | Dalang, Dongguan | |||||
FPQ | 6.11 | 82.7 | Changping, Dongguan | |||||
FQQ | 4.27 | 86.97 | ||||||
ZRQ | 6.88 | 93.85 | ||||||
KPQ | 5.49 | 99.34 | Xiegang, Dongguan | |||||
KBQ | 7.89 | 107.23 | Huicheng, Huizhou | |||||
KKQ | 11.60 | 118.83 | ||||||
KHQ | 4.93 | 123.76 | ||||||
KFQ | 5.09 | 128.85 | ||||||
WDQ | 2.88 | 131.73 | ||||||
KZQ | 3.05 | 134.78 | ||||||
NKQ | 4.04 | 138.82 | ||||||
A 6.4km (04miles) 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]