Humen railway station

Humen railway station (Chinese: 虎门站), formerly Dongguan South railway station (Chinese: 东莞南站), is a station in Baisha Village (Chinese: 白沙村), Humen, Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, China. It is one of the stations on the Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong Express Rail Link between Guangzhou South railway station in the Panyu District and Futian railway station in Shenzhen City.[1]

Humen

虎门
LocationDongguan, Guangdong
China
Operated byDongguan Rail Transit Corporation, Limited
CR Guangzhou
Line(s)Guangshen'gang XRL
Line 2, Dongguan Rail Transit
Other information
Station code
  • Telegraph code: IUQ
  • Pinyin code: HME
Classification2nd class station
The Dongguan Rail Transit station at Humen railway station

Humen railway station is connected to Dongchong Town in the Panyu District by the 10.8 kilometres (6.7 mi) long Shiziyang Tunnel under the Shiziyang Channel near the estuary of the Pearl River.[2] The tunnel was completed in March 2011.[3]

Preceding station China Railway High-speed Following station
Qingsheng
towards Beijing West
 Beijing–Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong high-speed railway Guangmingcheng
towards Hong Kong West Kowloon
Preceding station   Dongguan Rail Transit   Following station
Exhibition Center   Line 2   Terminus

See also

References
  1. Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link
  2. China starts work on first underwater railway tunnel
  3. China completes construction of world's fastest underwater railway tunnel, 2011-03-12

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