Pingnan railway or Pinghu–Nanshan railway is a railway line in

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connecting

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with Nanshan. Freight and long-distance passenger train services are provided.

Route

The line is long with 8 stations, from

, where it is linked to Guangshen railway, to Shekou West or Mawan (which are on different branches). The entire line is single-track and built at . The maximum speed on the line is . The line is not

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, and therefore only

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s are used on the line.

History

The railway was planned in the late 1980s to provide rail access for the

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. It was the first railway in the

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being built with both local and foreign capital. Construction of the Pingnan railway was approved in 1991 by the

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and commenced in September that year. In March 1993 part of the route was opened for trial operation. The entire line was opened in September 1994 and included into the national railway network.

Locomotives

* DF11 * DF4B/D *

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* 25B for temporary services during Spring Festival travel season

Stations

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