Jiaozuo–Liuzhou railway 焦柳铁路
The Jiaoliu railway crosses theYangtze River via theZhicheng Yangtze River Bridge inZhicheng,Hubei Province.
Overview
Status	Active
Termini	Jiaozuo Liuzhou
Service
Type	Heavy rail
Operator(s)	China Railway
Technical
Line length	1,639 km (1,018 mi)
Number of tracks	2 (Yueshan–Shimenxian North) 1 (Shimenxian North–Liuzhou)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)standard gauge
Electrification	25 kV/50 Hz AC overhead catenary
Operating speed	120 km/h (75 mph)
Route map Legend Xinxiang–Yueshan railway toXinxiang Jiaozuo ring line Zhengzhou–Jiaozuo ICR toZhengzhou Jiaozuo Jiaozuo ring line Yueshan Taiyuan–Jiaozuo railway toTaiyuan &Datong Qinyang Qin River Houma–Yueshan railway toYangcheng &Houma Jiyuan LuoyangYellow River bridge Mengjin Luoyang North Longhai railway Lanzhou Lianyungang East Luo Guanlin Luoyang–Yiyang railway Longmen South Ruzhou toShilong Baofeng Mengmiao–Baofeng railway toLuohe Lushan Nanzhao Nanyang Nanjing–Xi'an railway Xinfengzhen Linchang Dengzhou Zhengzhou Group Wuhan Group Xiangyang–Chongqing railway toShiyan &Chongqing Xiangyang North Hankou–Danjiangkou railway toHankou Xiangyang Yicheng South Changjiangbu–Jingmen railway toHankou Jingmen Jingmen South Jingzhou–Shayang railway toJingzhou Dangyang Yaqueling–Yichang railway toYichang Zhicheng Yangtze River Bridge Zhicheng Wuhan Group Guangzhou Group Lixian Shimenxian North Shimen–Changsha railway toChangde &Changsha Shimenxian Cili Zhangjiajie Guzhang Jishou Shanghai–Kunming railway Kunming Shanghai South Huaihua West Qiancheng Jingzhou Guangzhou Group Nanjing Group Rong'an Guizhou–Guangxi railway toGuilin &Hengyang Luoman Liuzhou western ring line to Liuzhou South Taiyangcun Hunan–Guangxi railway toGuilin &Hengyang Liuzhou Liuzhou South Liuzhou western ring line toLuoman &Hechi Hunan–Guangxi railway toNanning &Zhanjiang This diagram: view talk edit

TheJiaozuo–Liuzhou railway orJiaoliu railway (simplified Chinese:焦柳铁路;traditional Chinese:焦柳鐵路;pinyin:jiāoliǔ tiělù), is a major trunklinerailroad inChina betweenJiaozuo in central China andLiuzhou in southern China. The line is 1,639 km (1,018 mi) long and runs north–south through four provinces.^[1] The line was built between 1969 and 1978.

Major cities along route include Jiaozuo,Jiyuan,Luoyang,Nanyang andDengzhou inHenan Province;Xiangyang andJingmen inHubei Province;Shimen,Zhangjiajie,Jishou andHuaihua inHunan Province andLiuzhou in theGuangxi Autonomous Region.

The Jiaoliu railway was built in northern and southern sections. The northern section from Jiaozuo toZhicheng Town (inYidu County-level City, Hubei Province) was built from 1969 to 1970.^[1] The southern section from Zhicheng to Liuzhou was built from 1970 to 1978.^[1] The two halves were joined in 1988 after the completion of theZhicheng Yangtze River Bridge.^[1] In December 2009, electrification of the Luoyang-Zhangjiangjie section was completed and top train speeds rose from 100 km/h (62 mph) to 160 km/h (99 mph).^[2]

Electrification of the final section, from Huaihua to Liuzhou, was completed in December 2020.^[3]

The Luoyang–Shimen section of the Jiaoliu is part of theLuoyang–Zhanjiang railway.

The Jiaoliu railway traverses more than a dozen major railways including:

Henan Province

• Jiaozuo (Yueshan station):Taiyuan–Jiaozuo railway,Xinxiang–Yueshan railway
• Jiyuan (Liandong station):Houma–Yueshan railway
• Luoyang:Longhai railway
• Nanyang:Nanjing–Xi'an railway

Hubei Province

• Xiangyang:Xiangyang–Chongqing railway, Hanyang–Danjiangkou railway
• Jingmen:Jingmen–Shashi railway

Hunan Province

• Shimen:Luoyang–Zhanjiang railway,Shimen–Changsha railway
• Huaihua:Shanghai–Kunming railway,Chongqing–Huaihua railway

Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region

• Liuzhou:Hunan–Guangxi railway,Guizhou–Guangxi railway

• List of railways in China

• Railway lines in China
• Rail transport in Henan
• Rail transport in Hubei
• Rail transport in Hunan
• Rail transport in Guangxi

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