The Second Guangzhou–Shenzhen high-speed railway () is a planned high-speed railway line in

Guangdong Guangdong (, ), alternatively romanized as Canton or Kwangtung, is a coastal province in South China on the north shore of the South China Sea. The capital of the province is Guangzhou. With a population of 126.01 million (as of 2020) ...

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

. It will link

Guangzhou Guangzhou (, ; ; or ; ), also known as Canton () and alternatively romanized as Kwongchow or Kwangchow, is the capital and largest city of Guangdong province in southern China. Located on the Pearl River about north-northwest of Hong Kon ...

and

Shenzhen Shenzhen (; ; ; ), also historically known as Sham Chun, is a major sub-provincial city and one of the special economic zones of China. The city is located on the east bank of the Pearl River estuary on the central coast of southern province ...

Specification

The proposed route starts at

Guangzhou North railway station Guangzhou North railway station () is a railway station in Huadu District in northern Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China, opened in 1908. The station is served both by the high-speed trains of the Wuhan–Guangzhou high-speed railway and by ...

and passes through Baiyun Airport Terminal 3, Yuzhu,

Dongguan Dongguan (; ) is a prefecture-level city in central Guangdong Province, China. An important industrial city in the Pearl River Delta, Dongguan borders the provincial capital of Guangzhou to the north, Huizhou to the northeast, Shenzhen to the s ...

, and ends at Shenzhen Airport railway station. The length of the proposed line is .

Significance

This line will become the second route between Guangzhou and Shenzhen, following the Guangzhou to Shenzhen section of the

Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong Express Rail Link Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong Express Rail Link (XRL), also known as “Guangshengang XRL” (officially Beijing–Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong high-speed railway, Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong section), is a high-speed railway line tha ...

, which opened in 2011. The slower Guangzhou–Shenzhen railway also connects the two cities.

References

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