Hainan western ring high-speed railway
The Hainan western ring high-speed railway (, often abbreviated ) is a high-speed railway operated by China Railway High-speed in Hainan Province. It started operation on 30 December 2015. The 344-km long rail line runs along the western half of the island's coastline, from Haikou railway station in the north to Sanya railway station. At its two end points, it connects with the existing Hainan eastern ring high-speed railway (opened in 2010), thus forming a high-speed railway ring around the entire island. Unlike the Hainan eastern ring high-speed  railway, which runs along the coast previously not served by railway (other than at its end points, Haikou and Sanya), the Western Ring Railway roughly parallels the "conventional" Hainan Western Ring Railway, which has connected Haikou and Sanya since 2005. History. The Hainan western ring railway was constructed in two stages. The first short section connects the existing Sanya railway station with the new Sanya Phoenix Airport railway station, to the west. The section has one intermediate station, Sanya West railway station (). The construction work on this section () was completed by the end of 2014, but that apparently did not  happen. On the rest of the railway - the much longer section from Sanya Phoenix Airport to Haikou - progress as of 2012 was still in its preliminary phase. Property was acquired, and demolition was conducted. According to the construction plans, 22,300 "mu" () of land will be permanently used by the railway and associated facilities, and another 8,800 "mu" () was temporary used during construction. Eighty-seven thousand m of housing will be demolished. The necessary demolitions were completed by the end of 2013. Stations. As of 2018, many of the stations are not in use. The list below names the settlements where  the stations are located. They will be named correspondingly.