Hankou–Canton Railway

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railway line standard-gauge railway

The Hankou–Canton Railway was a major north–south rail line in southern China that played a key strategic and economic role by linking Wuhan (Hankou) with Guangzhou (Canton).

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Hankou–Canton Railway canonical 3
Hankou–Guangzhou Railway 1
Hankou–Guangzhou line 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf railway line ⓘ
standard-gauge railway ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Hankou–Canton Railway ⓘ
surface form: Hankou–Guangzhou Railway

Hankou–Canton Railway ⓘ
surface form: Hankou–Guangzhou line
ChineseName Wuhan–Guangzhou High-Speed Railway ⓘ
surface form: 汉口广州铁路

Hankou–Canton Railway self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 漢口廣州鐵路
completedInPeriod Republic of China era ⓘ
connectsCity Canton ⓘ
Guangzhou ⓘ
Hankou ⓘ
Wuhan ⓘ
constructionStartYear 1900 ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ
country China ⓘ
direction north–south ⓘ
endPoint Canton ⓘ
Guangzhou ⓘ
eraOfStrategicImportance Chinese Civil War ⓘ
Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) ⓘ
surface form: Second Sino–Japanese War
gauge 1,435 mm ⓘ
standard gauge ⓘ
historicalRegion Guangdong Province ⓘ
surface form: Guangdong

Hubei Province ⓘ
surface form: Hubei

Hunan Province ⓘ
surface form: Hunan
historicalRole enhanced military mobility in southern China ⓘ
facilitated trade between central and southern China ⓘ
integratedInto national railway network of China ⓘ
languageOfName Chinese ⓘ
linkedPortCity Guangzhou ⓘ
linkedRiverPort Hankou ⓘ
locatedIn southern China ⓘ
openingYear 1936 ⓘ
partOf Beijing–Guangzhou Railway ⓘ
passesThrough Changsha ⓘ
Shaoguan ⓘ
Zhuzhou ⓘ
significance important economic artery ⓘ
key strategic transport route ⓘ
major north–south rail corridor in southern China ⓘ
startPoint Hankou ⓘ
Wuhan ⓘ
status integrated into Beijing–Guangzhou Railway ⓘ
usedFor freight transport ⓘ
passenger transport ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Operation Go → railwaySecured → Hankou–Canton Railway ⓘ
Ichi-Go → railwayTarget → Hankou–Canton Railway ⓘ
Ichigo Offensive → railwaySecured → Hankou–Canton Railway ⓘ
Hankou–Canton Railway → ChineseName → Hankou–Canton Railway self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 漢口廣州鐵路
Hankou–Canton Railway → alsoKnownAs → Hankou–Canton Railway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hankou–Guangzhou Railway
Hankou–Canton Railway → alsoKnownAs → Hankou–Canton Railway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hankou–Guangzhou line