The Guiyang–Kaiyang intercity railway () is a

higher-speed rail Higher-speed rail (HrSR), also known as high-performance rail, higher-performance rail, semi-high-speed rail or almost-high-speed rail, is the jargon used to describe Inter-city rail, inter-city passenger rail services that have top speeds of m ...

way within

Guizhou Guizhou (; formerly Kweichow) is a landlocked province in the southwest region of the People's Republic of China. Its capital and largest city is Guiyang, in the center of the province. Guizhou borders the autonomous region of Guangxi to t ...

province, connecting the provincial capital of

Guiyang Guiyang (; ; Mandarin pronunciation: ), historically rendered as Kweiyang, is the capital of Guizhou province of the People's Republic of China. It is located in the center of the province, situated on the east of the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau, ...

to Kaiyang. It starts at Guiyang North station, travelling north-east to Kaiyang station.

History

Works on this project started on September 20, 2010, with construction completed by October 28, 2014. A feature of this new line is the Nanjiang Bridge (South River Bridge), as one of the world's highest bridges at high with a span of . December 16, 2014, saw commencement of testing and safety checks on the line. On May 1, 2015, the project was opened to the public and revenue operations commenced.

Stations

References

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