Dongguan–Huizhou intercity railway

Dongguan–Huizhou intercity railway, also known as the Guanhui intercity railway or Guanhui City Railway, is a regional railway within Guangdong province, China. It runs between the cities of Dongguan 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 and the planned Foshan–Dongguan intercity railway. Route length is 103.1 kilometers[1], with an estimated construction budget of 25.3 billion RMB. The construction period is planned to take three and a half years.[2] 3 renovated and 14 new stations are being built along the route. It has been built with a design speed of 200 kilometres per hour. The Xiaojinkou–Changping East section started operations on 30 March 2016.[3]

Dongguan-Huizhou intercity railway
Xiaojinkou station platform
Overview
Native name	莞惠城际轨道交通 莞惠线
Type	Higher-speed rail
Status	Operational
Locale	People's Republic of China
Termini	Dongguan West Xiaojinkou
Stations	18
Operation
Opened	30 March 2016 (East section) 28 December 2017 (West section)
Operator(s)	China Railway High-speed
Rolling stock	China Railways CRH6
Technical
Line length	103.1 km (64 mi)[1]
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	50 Hz 25,000 V
Operating speed	200 km/h (124 mph)

Dongguan-Huizhou ICR route map
Foshan-Dongguan intercity railway Guangzhou–Shenzhen intercity railway Dongguan West Depot Daojiao Xiping West Dongcheng South Liaobu Songshanhu North Dalang Changping South Guangzhou–Shenzhen Railway Changping East Zhangmutou East Yinping Lilin North Zhongkai Huihuan Longhu Xihu (West Lake) East Dong River Yunshan Xiaojinkou Maintenance Depot Guanghui intercity railway

History

• 8 May 2009 – Construction in Changping, Dongguan officially started, with an original expectation to be opened for traffic by 2013.[4]
• 7 June 2013 – Construction is completed and test runs are due to begin in 2014 with whole project opened by the end of 2015.[5]
• 30 March 2016 – Xiaojinkou–Changping East section started operations.[3]
• 28 December 2017 – Changping East–Daojiao started operations.[6]

Scandal

Songshan station jerry incident a man surnamed Liu broke the construction side of the Songshan Lake station to cut corners, but the construction company building the site pay a prescription charge of Mr. Yang Zhenggang Songshanhu report indicates that this is malicious, and communicate the results to identify after the fact.[7]

Route

Guanhui intercity railway is an East-West railway that starts in the Changzhou area of Dongguan at Dongguan West railway station, this will be a major interchange with the Guangzhou–Shenzhen intercity railway and the planned Foshan–Dongguan intercity railway, plus Dongguang Metro's Line 1. It then moves westward 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 99.448 km, 67.460 km in Dongguan and 31.988 km in Huizhou. Elevated sections of track total 55.831 km, with 6.586 km at ground level and 35.391 km being underground.

Station

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.[8]

Station №	Station Name	Chinese	Distance km		Pearl River Delta intercity railway transfers/connections	Metro transfers/connections	Location
WGQ	Dongguan West (Dongguanxi)	东莞西	0.00	0.00	SS   FG		Hongmei, Dongguan
RRQ	Daojiao	道滘	3.97	3.97			Daojiao, Dongguan
EGQ	Xiping West (Xipingxi)	西平西	9.90	13.87		2  Xiping station	Nancheng, Dongguan
IYQ	Dongcheng South (Dongchengnan)	东城南	3.43	17.30			Dongcheng, Dongguan
LTQ	Liaobu	寮步	8.63	25.93			Liaobu, Dongguan
KUQ	Songshanhu North (Songshanhubei)	松山湖北	6.07	32.00
KOQ	Dalang Town (Dalangzhen)	大朗镇	5.61	37.61			Dalang, Dongguan
FPQ	Changping South (Changpingnan)	常平南	6.11	43.72			Changping, Dongguan
FQQ	Changping East (Changpingdong)	常平东	4.27	47.99
ZRQ	Zhangmutou East (Zhangmutoudong)	樟木头东	6.88	54.87			Zhangmutou, Dongguan
KPQ	Yinping	银瓶	5.49	60.36			Xiegang, Dongguan
KBQ	Lilin North (Lilinbei)	沥林北	7.89	68.25			Huicheng, Huizhou
KKQ	Zhongkai	仲恺	11.60	79.85
KHQ	Huihuan	惠环	4.93	84.78
KFQ	Longfeng	龙丰	5.09	89.87
WDQ	Xihu East (Xihudong)	西湖东	2.88	92.75
KZQ	Yunshan	云山	3.05	95.80
NKQ	Xiaojinkou	小金口	4.04	99.84

References

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2. 莞惠城际轨道昨举行开工仪式，惠州日报报道
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