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A map of which waters the Beijing-Guangzhou Line passes through

Yellow River, Huaihe River, Yangtze River

Beijing will enter the Yellow River Basin a few hundred kilometers southward

Beijing-Guangzhou Railway, referred to as Beijing-Guangzhou Railway The line is a national first-class passenger and freight railway connecting Beijing and Guangzhou in China. The line runs in a north-south direction, connecting North China, Central China and South China in series. It is a vertical part of China's three-horizontal and five-vertical trunk railway network. .

The predecessor of the Beijing-Guangzhou Railway is the Beijing-Hankou Railway and the Guangdong-Hankou Railway, which were constructed and operated in phases.

In the 32nd year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty (April 1, 1906), the Beijing-Hankou Railway was completed and opened to traffic; in the 25th year of the Republic of China (September 1, 1936), the Guangdong-Hankou Railway was completed and opened to traffic; in 1957 On October 15, the Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge was completed and put into use, and the original Beijing-Hankong Railway and the Guangdong-Hankong Railway were merged into the Beijing-Guangzhou Railway.