Dongguan–Huizhou intercity railway

Dongguan–Huizhou intercity railway, also known as the Guanhui intercity railway or Guanhui City Railway, is a regional railway within Guangdong province, China. It runs between the cities of Dongguan and Huizhou in the Pearl River Delta (PRD). Part of a larger radiating intercity rail transit network, called Pearl River Delta Metropolitan Region intercity railway, across the PRD region, directly connecting with the Guangzhou–Shenzhen intercity railway and the planned Foshan–Dongguan intercity railway. Route length is 103.1 kilometers,[1] with an estimated construction budget of 25.3 billion RMB. The construction period is planned to take three and a half years.[2] 3 renovated and 14 new stations are being built along the route. It has been built with a design speed of 200 kilometres per hour. The Xiaojinkou–Changping East section started operations on 30 March 2016.[3]

Dongguan-Huizhou intercity railway
Xiaojinkou station platform
Overview
Native name莞惠城际轨道交通
莞惠线
StatusOperational
LocalePeople's Republic of China
TerminiDongguan West
Xiaojinkou
Stations18
Service
TypeHigher-speed rail
Operator(s)China Railway High-speed
Rolling stockChina Railways CRH6
History
Opened30 March 2016 (East section)
28 December 2017 (West section)
Technical
Line length103.1 km (64 mi)[1]
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification50 Hz 25,000 V
Operating speed200 km/h (124 mph)
Dongguan-Huizhou ICR route map
 Foshan-Dongguan intercity railway
Guangzhou–Shenzhen intercity railway
Dongguan West
Depot
Daojiao
Xiping West
 Dongcheng South
 Liaobu
 Songshanhu North
 Dalang
Changping South
Guangzhou–Shenzhen Railway
 Changping East
 Zhangmutou East
 Yinping
Lilin North
Zhongkai
 Huihuan
Longhu
 Xihu (West Lake) East
Dong River
 Yunshan
Xiaojinkou
Maintenance Depot
 Guanghui intercity railway

History
  • 8 May 2009 – Construction in Changping, Dongguan officially started, with an original expectation to be opened for traffic by 2013.[4]
  • 7 June 2013 – Construction is completed and test runs are due to begin in 2014 with whole project opened by the end of 2015.[5]
  • 30 March 2016 – Xiaojinkou–Changping East section started operations.[3]
  • 28 December 2017 – Changping East–Daojiao started operations.[6]

Scandal

Songshan station jerry incident a man surnamed Liu broke the construction side of the Songshan Lake station to cut corners, but the construction company building the site pay a prescription charge of Mr. Yang Zhenggang Songshanhu report indicates that this is malicious, and communicate the results to identify after the fact.[7]

Route

Guanhui intercity railway is an East-West railway that starts in the Changzhou area of Dongguan at Dongguan West railway station, this will be a major interchange with the Guangzhou–Shenzhen intercity railway and the planned Foshan–Dongguan intercity railway, plus Dongguang Metro's Line 1. It then moves westward through the Dongguan regions of Daojiao, then Nancheng, Dongcheng, Liaobu, Songshan Lake, Dalang, Changping and Xiegang. Crossing into Huizhou's Huicheng District it then passes through Lilin, Chenjiang and Huihuan before arriving at Huizhou railway station. Total length of the route is 99.448 km, 67.460 km in Dongguan and 31.988 km in Huizhou. Elevated sections of track total 55.831 km, with 6.586 km at ground level and 35.391 km being underground.

Station

Originally approved to build 16 stations, the Huizhou Municipal Railway Construction Investment Group Co. Ltd and the Guangzhou Railway Company agreed to build an additional station at Huizhou's West Lake.[8]

Station
№		 Station Name Chinese Distance
km		 Pearl River Delta intercity railway
transfers/connections		 Metro
transfers/connections		 Location
WGQ Dongguan West (Dongguanxi) 东莞西 0.00 0.00  SS   FG  Hongmei, Dongguan
RRQ Daojiao 道滘 3.97 3.97 Daojiao, Dongguan
EGQ Xiping West (Xipingxi) 西平西 9.90 13.87  2  Xiping station Nancheng, Dongguan
IYQ Dongcheng South (Dongchengnan) 东城南 3.43 17.30 Dongcheng, Dongguan
LTQ Liaobu 寮步 8.63 25.93 Liaobu, Dongguan
KUQ Songshanhu North (Songshanhubei) 松山湖北 6.07 32.00
KOQ Dalang Town (Dalangzhen) 大朗镇 5.61 37.61 Dalang, Dongguan
FPQ Changping South (Changpingnan) 常平南 6.11 43.72 Changping, Dongguan
FQQ Changping East (Changpingdong) 常平东 4.27 47.99
ZRQ Zhangmutou East (Zhangmutoudong) 樟木头东 6.88 54.87 Zhangmutou, Dongguan
KPQ Yinping 银瓶 5.49 60.36 Xiegang, Dongguan
KBQ Lilin North (Lilinbei) 沥林北 7.89 68.25 Huicheng, Huizhou
KKQ Zhongkai 仲恺 11.60 79.85
KHQ Huihuan 惠环 4.93 84.78
KFQ Longfeng 龙丰 5.09 89.87
WDQ Xihu East (Xihudong) 西湖东 2.88 92.75
KZQ Yunshan 云山 3.05 95.80
NKQ Xiaojinkou 小金口 4.04 99.84

Future

A 6.4 kilometres (4.0 mi) long extension is planned which would see the line continue from Xiaojinkou railway station to the currently under construction Huizhou North railway station.[9]

References
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  2. 莞惠城际轨道昨举行开工仪式，惠州日报报道
  3. "莞惠城轨首通段即将运营 东莞常平东至惠州小金口票价35元". southcn.com. 2016-03-29.
  4. 汪洋宣布莞惠城际轨道项目开工 2012年底通车 Archived 2014-11-01 at the Wayback Machine，大洋网报道
  5. 莞惠城轨明年试运行2015年底正式通车
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  7. 莞惠轻轨松山湖站被举报偷工减料 钢筋只下一半，凤凰网
  8. 惠莞城轨惠州段全面围蔽施工 站点增至7个加设西湖站 Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine，今日惠州网
  9. "莞惠城际北延线直通赣深高铁" [Wanhui Intercity North Extension Line through the Shenzhen High-speed Railway]. hznews.com (in Chinese). 11 September 2020. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
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