Nanchang–Shenzhen high-speed railway

Nanchang–Shenzhen high-speed railway
Overview
Type	High-speed rail
Status	Under Construction
Locale	Jiangxi and Guangdong
Termini	Shenzhen; Nanchang
Stations	26
Operation
Operator(s)	China Railway High-speed
Technical
Line length	880 km (547 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Minimum radius	7,000 m (22,966 ft)
Operating speed	Northern section 350 km/h (217 mph); Southern section 250 km/h (155 mph)
Maximum incline	2.0%
Route map

The Nanchang–Shenzhen high-speed railway is a high-speed railway[1] under construction between Shenzhen, Guangdong and Nanchang, Jiangxi. This will be a more direct high speed route, which currently requires travelling via Changsha using the Shanghai–Kunming high-speed railway and Beijing–Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong high-speed railway.

Construction work began on December 20, 2014, between Nanchang and Ji'an.[2] The 880-kilometre (550 mi) railway is expected to take five years to complete, in two sections, the 422 kilometres (262 mi) Nanchang–Ganzhou high-speed railway from Nanchang to Ganzhou and the Ganzhou–Shenzhen high-speed railway 458 kilometres (285 mi) from Shenzhen to Ganzhou. The design speed for the northern section will be 350 km/h (217 mph) between Nanchang and Ganzhou and 250 km/h (155 mph) from there south to Shenzhen.

Once completed it is expected to reduce travel times for Nanchang to Ganzhou from five hours to two hours. From Nanchang to Shenzhen, the trip will take a little under four hours, currently eight hours, forty-three minutes.

It will also be connected, at the southern end of the line, with the Xiamen–Shenzhen Railway to allow access to coastal Fujian cities.

References

"Lawmakers: speed up Jiangxi rail connection". Shenzhen Daily. January 20, 2014. Archived from the original on February 2, 2014. Retrieved January 20, 2014.
"SZ-Jiangxi high-speed rail work to start". Shenzhen Daily. December 25, 2014. Archived from the original on December 27, 2014. Retrieved December 27, 2014.

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[1] "Lawmakers: speed up Jiangxi rail connection". Shenzhen Daily. January 20, 2014. Archived from the original on February 2, 2014. Retrieved January 20, 2014.

[2] "SZ-Jiangxi high-speed rail work to start". Shenzhen Daily. December 25, 2014. Archived from the original on December 27, 2014. Retrieved December 27, 2014.