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Guangshen Railway or Guangzhou-Shenzhen Railway (Simplified Chinese: 广深铁路 or 广深线) is a railway in the Guangdong Province of the People's Republic of China, between Guangzhou and Shenzhen.

It was formerly known as 廣九鐵路華段 (literally means the Chinese Section of the Canton-Kowloon Railway) during the Republic of China era (known in Hong Kong as Chinese Section of the Kowloon-Canton Railway).

With a length of 146 kilometres, it was the first railway in mainland China to reach the speed of 220 km/h, though it is limited to about 200 km/h during commercial operation. It has a dual-track 200-km/h passenger line, and a single-track 120-km/h mixed passenger and freight line. Construction of a fourth track has commenced in 2005, and will be the first four-track railway in mainland China.

The run uses domestically built Xinshisu tilting trains with a pitch of up to 8 degrees. The trains are 165m long, consisting of a power car, five passenger cars, and a trailing car. They are noted for being very quiet (less than 65dBA) even at 200kph.

It meets the Jingjiu Railway (Beijing-Kowloon Railway) in Dongguan, with which share its route. It joins the KCR East Rail (formerly the British Section of the Kowloon-Canton Railway) on the border with the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China.

Cross-border services from Hong Kong to Dongguan (Changping), Guangzhou East, Foshan and Zhaoqing, as well as to Beijing West and Shanghai use its route.

Stations and distance

See also

• rail transport in mainland China
• rail transport in Hong Kong

External link

• KCR Intercity Through Train

• Transport in Guangdong
• Rail transport in Hong Kong