West China
Guiyang-Guangzhou high speed rail to open this December
2014-09-16 05:54:30
The construction of the Guiyang-Guangzhou high speed rail has come to an end and its debugging is being carried out to make sure the line is put into operation by the end of the year, the Guiyang-Guangzhou high speed rail scheduling conference was told.
It is expected that the standard speed of the Guiyang-Guangzhou line will be 250 km/h. With a total length of 857 kilometers, the high speed rail will start from north Guiyang, stopping at Longli, Duyun, Danzhai, Rongjiang, Congjiang, Guilin, Gongcheng, Hezhou, Zhaoqing, Sanshui and Foshan, to arrive at its terminal Guangzhou.
There are 21 stops in total, and 8 stops among them are inside Guizhou province.
After completion, the duration from Guiyang to Guangzhou will be reduced to only 4 hours, from as long as 20 hours before.
Tunnels will carry more than 80 percent of the Guiyang-Guangzhou high speed railway. And for convenience, a 3G and 4G network will cover most of the tunnels.
Source: China Daily
Editor:Liu Kan