The Jiaozuo–Liuzhou railway or Jiaoliu railway (), is a major trunkline

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Jiaozuo Jiaozuo ( zh, s= , p=Jiāozuò ; postal: Tsiaotso) is a prefecture-level city in the northwest of Henan province, China. Sitting on the northern bank of the Yellow River, it borders the provincial capital of Zhengzhou to the south, Xinxiang to th ...

in central China and

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 ...

in southern China. The line is long and runs north–south through four provinces.(Chinese
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2007-11-19 The line was built between 1969 and 1978. Major cities along route include Jiaozuo,

Jiyuan Jiyuan ( zh, s= , t=濟源 , p=Jìyuán) is a sub-prefecture-level city in northwestern Henan province, People's Republic of China. It borders the prefecture-level cities of Jiaozuo and Luoyang to the east and southwest respectively, as well as ...

Luoyang Luoyang ( zh, s=洛阳, t=洛陽, p=Luòyáng) is a city located in the confluence area of the Luo River and the Yellow River in the west of Henan province, China. Governed as a prefecture-level city, it borders the provincial capital of Zheng ...

, Nanyang and Dengzhou in

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;

Xiangyang Xiangyang is the second-largest prefecture-level city by population in northwestern Hubei province, China. It was known as Xiangfan from 1950 to 2010. The Han River (Hanshui), Han River runs through Xiangyang's centre and divides the city n ...

and

Jingmen Jingmen ( zh, t=, s=, w=Ching1mên2, p=Jīngmén) is a prefecture-level city in central Hubei province, People's Republic of China. Jingmen is within an area where cotton and oil crops are planted. The population of the prefecture is 2,873,687 (2 ...

in Hubei Province; Shimen,

Zhangjiajie Zhangjiajie (; Tujia language, Tujia: /tsán tɕá kǎi/) is a prefecture-level city in the northwestern part of Hunan, Hunan Province, China. It comprises the district of Yongding District, Zhangjiajie, Yongding, Wulingyuan District, Wulingyua ...

, Jishou and

Huaihua Huaihua () is a prefecture-level city in the southwest of Hunan province, China. It is known as the "Western Gate" of Hunan and is the largest prefecture-level city in the province.It covers and is bordered by Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous P ...

in Hunan Province and

in the Guangxi Autonomous Region.

History

The Jiaoliu railway was built in northern and southern sections. The northern section from Jiaozuo to Zhicheng Town (in Yidu County-level City, Hubei Province) was built from 1969 to 1970. The southern section from Zhicheng to Liuzhou was built from 1970 to 1978. The two halves were joined in 1988 after the completion of the Zhicheng Yangtze River Bridge. In December 2009, electrification of the Luoyang-Zhangjiangjie section was completed and top train speeds rose from to . Electrification of the final section, from Huaihua to Liuzhou, was completed in December 2020. The Luoyang–Shimen section of the Jiaoliu is part of the Luoyang–Zhanjiang railway.

Railway Junctions

The Jiaoliu railway traverses more than a dozen major railways including: Henan Province *

( Yueshan station): Taiyuan–Jiaozuo railway, Xinxiang–Yueshan railway *

(Liandong station): Houma–Yueshan railway *

: Longhai railway * Nanyang: Nanjing–Xi'an railway Hubei Province *

: Xiangyang–Chongqing railway, Hanyang–Danjiangkou railway *

: Jingmen–Shashi railway Hunan Province * Shimen: Luoyang–Zhanjiang railway, Shimen–Changsha railway *

: Shanghai–Kunming railway, Chongqing–Huaihua railway Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region *

: Hunan–Guangxi railway, Guizhou–Guangxi railway

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History

Railway Junctions

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