Guangzhou–Qingyuan intercity railway, also known as the Guangqing intercity railway, is a

regional rail Regional rail, also known as local trains and stopping trains, are passenger rail services that operate between towns and cities. These trains operate with more stops over shorter distances than inter-city rail, but fewer stops and faster serv ...

within

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) ...

province,

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 connect the provincial capital

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 ...

with Qingyuan. It is a part of the

Pearl River Delta Metropolitan Region intercity railway The Pearl River Delta Metropolitan Region Intercity Railway System (, abbreviated as PRDIR) is a regional higher-speed rail and suburban rail network being gradually constructed in the Pearl River Delta ( Yuegang'ao Greater Bay Area), People's R ...

system. It will be built with an operating top speed of 200 km/h. The second phase, from Huadu to Guangzhou station, is currently under construction.

History

The railway was opened on November 30 2020.

Route

Starting at

Guangzhou railway station Guangzhou railway station serves the city of Guangzhou. It sits on the high speed Guangshen railway just west of Guangzhou East. CRH trains from Guangzhou serves Shenzhen six times daily. Services from this station include trains to Beijing ( ...

, a high-speed railway will be built alongside the Beijing–Guangzhou railway within the city to

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 ...

. From there to

Qingyuan railway station Qingyuan railway station () is a railway station located in Qingcheng District, Qingyuan, Guangdong, China. On the Wuhan–Guangzhou High-Speed Railway The Wuhan–Guangzhou high-speed railway, also called the Wuguang high-speed railway and ...

, this railway will run alongside the Wuhan–Guangzhou high-speed railway with separate platforms for each railway and three new regional stations being built in between these stations. After crossing the Bei River this railway will branch off to the west, serving two new stations in Qingyuan.

Stations

Notes

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Guangzhou-Qingyuan Intercity Railway Pearl River Delta Railway lines in China Rail transport in Guangdong Railway lines opened in 2020