Liupanshui-Baiguo Railway

The Liupanshui–Baiguo Railway or Shuibai Railway (simplified Chinese: 水柏铁路; traditional Chinese: 水柏鐵路; pinyin: shuǐbái tiělù), is a single-track electrified railroad in western Guizhou province in Southwest China. The line runs 118 km (73 mi) from Baiguo in Pan County to Liupanshui municipality, and was built from 1998 to June 2002. The line cost the equivalent of US$392.6 million (at 2002 exchange rates) and was partially financed by a loan of US$140 million from the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The rail line passes through impoverished areas in the mountains of western Guizhou and was built to promote regional economic development and poverty alleviation. Freight operations began in March 2004 and passenger followed in early 2005.

In 2004, the 43-km Baiguo-Hongguo section of the Panxi Railway was added to the Shuibai Line, and the combined line is known as the Liupanshui–Hongguo Railway or Shuihong Railway.

The line traverses rugged terrain in the Wumeng Mountains of western Guizhou and has 50 tunnels and 102 bridges, which collectively account for 64% of the track length. The arch bridge across the deep canyon of the Beipan River and is the highest railway bridge in the world with its road bed 275 m above the Beipan River below. The remote location of Shuibai Line required the building of 220.3 km of access roads to support the railway's construction.

The Shuibai Railway is owned and operated by the Guizhou Shuihong Railway Company, Ltd. (GSRC), a state owned joint venture between the Guizhou provincial government and the PRC Ministry of Railways. In 2004, the GSRC acquired the 43 km section of the Panxi Railway between Baiguo and Hongguo from the MOR to extend service south and draw traffic from the Nanning-Kunming Railway. As of 2006, the GSRC operated freight service in coordination with the Chengdu Railway Bureau and passenger service in coordination with the Kunming Railway Bureau.

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