Hengyang–Liuzhou intercity railway is a high-speed railway in South-Western China, connecting

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and

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provinces. It provides a high-speed connection with the Beijing–Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong High-Speed Railway and links with the Guangxi capital of

Nanning Nanning; is the capital of the Guangxi, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in South China, southern China. It is known as the "Green City (绿城) " because of its abundance of lush subtropical foliage. Located in the South of Guangxi, Nanning ...

via the

Liuzhou–Nanning intercity railway Liuzhou–Nanning intercity railway is a high-speed railway in South-Western China. It connects the provincial capital of Nanning to the north east of Guangxi province. It also connects with the Hengyang–Liuzhou intercity railway, allowing for ...

. It gives a direct high-speed services from

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in only 10 hours.

History

Construction commenced in 2009 and was completed in May 2013. It was opened for service on 28 December 2013.

Route

The long route has a designed maximum speed of . It departs from the Beijing–Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong High-Speed Railway at

Hengyang East Railway Station Hengyang East railway station () is a railway station located in Zhuhui District, Hengyang, Hunan Province, China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a populatio ...

, it then travels west through the major cities of

Yongzhou Yongzhou () is a prefecture-level city in the south of Hunan province, People's Republic of China, located on the southern bank of the Xiang River, which is formed by the confluence of the Xiao River, Xiao and Xiang Rivers, and bordering Guang ...

and arriving at

Liuzhou Liuzhou (; , Standard Mandarin: , Liuzhou Yue dialect: International Phonetic Alphabet, iəu53 ʦəu44 is a prefecture-level city in north-central Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China. The prefecture's population was 4 ...

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