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Guangshen Railway or Guangzhou-Shenzhen Railway , also known as the Chinese Section of the Canton-Kowloon Railway  in 1911-1949 , is a railway in Guangdong Province of the People’s Republic of China, between Guangzhou and Shenzhen. It is operated by Guangshen Railway Company Limited, a subsidiary of Guangzhou Railway Group Co. Ltd..

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With a length of 147 kilometres, it was the first railway in the People’s Republic of China to reach the speed of 220 km/h in some sections, though it is limited to about 200 km/h during commercial operation. Now it has four tracks between Guangzhou East and Shenzhen railway station. Line 1 and 2 are up-direction and down-direction 200-km/h passenger lines for CRH EMU respectively, and Line 3 and 4 are up-direction and down-direction 160-km/h mixed passenger and freight line respectively. In order to reduce the interference to passenger trains in the daytime from lower -speed freight trains, most freight trains will be scheduled to run at night.

Guangshen Railway connects with serval other imporatant railways to different directions. It links Jingguang railway and Guangmao railway in Guangzhou, Jingjiu railway in Dongguan (with which shares two regular speed track), and the East Rail Line to Hong Kong at the southern end of the railway. Besides, there are some branch lines along Guangshen Railway, such as Pingyan railway to Yantian Port, Pingnan railway to Shenzhen West railway station and also the line to Huangbu Port.

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.

As of 2009, intercity train service between Guangzhou and Shenzhen uses 8-car CRH1A highspeed EMU. There are 100 pairs of trains operated daily, in which 98 pairs will stop for 1.5 minutes at three stations: Zhangmutou, Dongguan and Shilong. On the ‘As-frequent-as-buses’ basis, one pair of trains is dispatched every 5 minutes on average during peak hours. The fastest journey time is 52 minutes between Guangzhou East and Shenzhen for D7002 and D7008 with no stop.

COMPANY PROFILE

On March 6, 1996, Guangshen Railway Company Limited (the ‘Company’) was registered and established in Shenzhen, the People’s Republic of China (the ‘PRC’) in accordance with the Company Law of the PRC.

In May 1996, the H shares (‘H Shares’, share code: 00525) and American Depositary Shares (‘ADSs’, ticker symbol: GSH) issued by the Company were listed on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the ‘Hong Kong Exchange’) and the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. (‘NYSE’), respectively. In December 2006, the A shares (‘A Shares’, share code: 601333) issued by the Company were listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange. The Company is currently the only PRC railway enterprise with its shares listed in Shanghai, Hong Kong and New York.

The Company is mainly engaged in passenger and freight transportation businesses on the Shenzhen-Guangzhou-Pingshi Railway and certain long-distance passenger transportation services. The Company also cooperates with MTR Corporation Limited (‘MTR’) in operating the Hong Kong Through Train passenger and freight services. The Company provides integrated services relating to railway facilities and technology. The Company is also engaged in commercial trading and other businesses that are consistent with its overall business strategy.

The Shenzhen-Guangzhou-Pingshi Railway, which is operated solely and independently by the Company, is 481.2 kilometres long. It runs vertically through the whole Guangdong Province. Guangzhou-Pingshi railway is the Southern part of Beijing-Guangzhou railway, which is the aortic connecting the Northern railway and the Southern railway of China. Guangzhou-Shenzhen railway is strategically located and links with major railway networks in China, including the Beijing-Guangzhou, Beijing-Kowloon, Sanshui-Maoming, Pinghu-Nantou, and Pinghu-Yantian lines, as well as to the Kowloon-Canton Railway in Hong Kong. It is an important component of the transportation network of the southern China, as well as the only railway channel linking Hong Kong with inland China. The Guangzhou-Shenzhen railway is currently one of the most modern railways in the PRC, as well as the first wholly-fenced railway with four parallel lines in the PRC that allows the passenger trains and the freight trains to run on separate lines.

Passenger transportation is the principal business of the Company, including Guangzhou-Shenzhen intercity express trains, Hong Kong through trains and long-distance trains. With the Company’s effort to promote the development of high-speed passenger trains, domestically manufactured electric train sets with a speed of 200KM per hour named ‘Concord’ (‘CRH’) transported most of passengers between Guangzhou and Shenzhen. One pair of CRHs between Guangzhou and Shenzhen are dispatched every 10 minutes on average during peak hours, and the ‘As-frequent-as-buses’ inter-city operation has taken shape.

Freight transportation is one important business of the Company. The Company’s railways are closely linked with neighbouring ports, logistic bases, building materials markets, large factories and mines and the Company has also built partnerships with them on business. The Company is well-equipped with various freight facilities and can efficiently transport full load cargo, single load cargo, containers, bulky and overweight cargo, dangerous cargo, fresh and live cargo, and oversized cargo. The Company enjoys competitive advantages in transporting freight for medium to long distances in the PRC.

In 2008, the Company has finalized the acquisition of the operating assets of Guangzhou-Pingshi Railway, which is the southernmost section of Beijing-Guangzhou line. The operation of the Company has expanded from a regional railway to national trunk line networks. The service territory of the passenger and freight transportation businesses, the operating scale and room for the development of passenger and freight transportation businesses are all significantly enlarged, and the competitive competence and overall operating efficiency of the Company will also be greatly improved. With the continuous and stable increase of the economy of China, the instant innovation and development of railways, the strengthen of economic cooperation within the Pan Pearl River Delta, as well as the daily increasing economic cooperation among inland, Hong Kong and Macau, the Company will have more promising development prospects.

DEVELOPMENT AND HISTORY

The 180.8-kilometer long Canton-Kowloon Railway between Guangzhou and Kowloon, Hong Kong began construction in 1907. The railroad between Guangzhou and Shenzhen is called “Guangshen Railway”, which is 147.3 kilometers long; the section between Luohu Bridge and Kowloon, which is 33.5. kilometers long, belongs to MTR Corporation Ltd in Hong Kong. Canton-Kowloon Railway, linking with Beijing-Guangzhou Line, is the only railway channel connecting Hong Kong with inland China.

On January 1, 1984, the Guangshen Railway was separated from Guangzhou Railway Sub-administration under the former Guangzhou Railway Administration, and Guangshen Railway Company was formed pursuant to the approval of the State Council, under the direct control of Guangzhou Railway Administration. On February 8, 1993, Guangzhou Railway Administration was renamed as Guangzhou Railway (Group) Company and Guangshen Railway Company became a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Group Company.

In 1994, Guangshen Railway Company was designated as one of 22 pilot companies nationwide for shareholding restructuring. After two years of shareholding restructuring, Guangshen Railway Company Limited was established as the first joint-stock railway company in China on April 9, 1996. The shares of the Company were listed on the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. and the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited on May 13 and May 14 of the same year, respectively, raising a fund totaling RMB4,212,000,000, net.

At the end of 1987, the second line was completed and began operation. In 1991, Guangshen Railway Company began the construction of a semi- high-speed rail line. Commercial operation of the high-speed trains commenced in December 1994. In September 2000, Guangshen Railway became the first electrified and wholly-closed railway with three lines in the PRC.

On December 22, 2006, our A shares were listed for trading on the Shanghai Stock Exchange. Approximately 2.75 billion A shares were issued at RMB3.76 per share in the IPO, raising a fund of RMB10.3 billion, which was used for the acquisition of the passenger and freight transportation assets and businesses of the Guangzhou-Pingshi Railway under our parent company on January 1, 2007. Subsequent to the acquisition, the operating distance of the Company was extended from 152 kilometers to 481.2 kilometers, traversing the whole Guangdong Province vertically, and the service territory expanded from a regional railway to the state trunk railway networks.

On April 18, 2007, Line Ⅰ and Line Ⅱ of Guangshen Railway became the first passenger-dedicated lines nationwide for the “As-frequent-as Bus” operating model. In addition, after the completion of Line Ⅳ, Guangshen Railway became the first railway with four parallel lines in the PRC that allows passenger trains and freight trains to run on separate lines.

On February 20, 2009, Guangshen Railway introduced Guangshen Railway Peony Credit Card in cooperation with Industrial and Commercial Bank of China. On March 20, Guangshen Railway put out Guangshen Railway Express Value Card. Thanks to the issue of these cards, passengers now can check in by card without queuing up to purchase tickets, and the “As-frequent-as-buses” operation model of Guangzhou-Shenzhen intercity express trains was further improved.

Since May 1, 2009, the CRH trains between Guangzhou and Shenzhen have adopted a new operation model where the trains stop at each intermediate station. This is another important move of Guangshen Railway to optimize transportation capacity and ameliorate services in its efforts to perfect the “As-frequent-as-buses” operation model.

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