The Litang–Zhanjiang railway or Lizhan railway (), is a railroad in southern China from Litang Township in the Guangxi Autonomous Region on the Hunan–Guangxi railway, to the port city of Zhanjiang, in Guangdong Province, on the South China Sea. The line has a total length of and was built from 1954 to 1955.(Chinese) "黎湛铁路" www.qinzhou.gov.cn 2010-11-09 Major cities and towns along the route include Guigang, Xingye County, Yulin (Guangxi), Luchuan, Lianjiang (Guangdong), Suixi (Guangdong) and Zhanjiang.
History The Litang–Zhanjiang railway was planned from 1952 to 1953 and built from September 25, 1954 to July 1, 1955. A spur line from the Hechun Station to Maoming was completed in 1959 and now connects the Lizhan Line with the Guangzhou–Maoming railway. From 2005 to 2009, the southernmost section of the Lizhan Line from Hechun Station to Zhanjiang, in length, was double-tracked and electrified to accommodate trains running at speeds of up to .(Chinese) "黎湛铁路河唇至湛江段增建二线工程开工仪式举行" 南方网 2005-11-26(Chinese) "运输大动脉黎湛铁路增建二线建成开通" CRCC 2009-05-12 The Guigang to Yulin section of the line, in length, has been double-tracked and underwent capacity expansion from 2013 to 2015 to accommodate trains running at speeds of up to to .(Chinese) "黎湛铁路贵港至玉林段将进行电气化提速改造" 玉林日报 2013-04-01 The project is complete for the Guigang–Yulin section, and the EMU train entered operation in the end of 2016.
Rail connections Litang: Hunan–Guangxi railway, Litang–Qinzhou railway Yulin: Luoyang–Zhanjiang railway Hechun station: Hechun–Maoming railway Zhanjiang: Guangdong–Hainan railway
Incident On 1 July 2008, a passenger train hit a landslide which caused the locomotive and six carriages to derail. Seven people were injured.
See also
List of railways in China
References