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Jingguang railway (simplified Chinese: 京广铁路; traditional Chinese: 京廣鐵路) is a major artery railway in the People's Republic of China. It connects Beijing West railway station in Beijing to Guangzhou railway station in Guangzhou.
The railway is made up of two sections. The northern section, Jinghan railway, is from Beijing to Hankou, and the southern section, Wuguang railway, is from Wuchang to Guangzhou. Jinghan railway was finished by 1905 and Wuguang railway was finished in 1936. Between Hankou and Wuchang, there is the Yangtze River. The two sections were finally joined together in 1957, when the Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge was built.
Jingguang railway connects the cities of Beijing and Guangzhou through 6 provinces, namely Beijing, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Hunan and Guangdong, with a length of 2,324 kilometres and entire section being electrified. Currently, the nonstop Beijing-Kowloon "Jingjiu" Through Train operates on this line. Prior to 2003, this train called at stops along the route before they were eliminated to create a through service directly from the capital to Hong Kong.
On February 7, 1923, Jinghan Railway workers launched a strike for workers' rights and combat cruel oppression by warlords. The strike, carried out under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, sparked the Chinese workers movement.[citation needed]
Places served
From north to south:
- Shijiazhuang
- Handan
- Xinxiang
- Zhengzhou
- Luohe
- Xinyang
- Hankou
- Wuchang
- Yueyang
- Changsha
- Zhuzhou
- Hengyang
- Shaoguan
- Guangzhou
Incidents
- 2009 Hunan train collision, 3 dead, 50+ injured.
See also
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