Guangshen Railway Company Limited (Guangshen Railway) is mainly engaged in the passenger and freight transportation businesses on the Shenzhen-Guangzhou-Pingshi Railway, which is 481.2 kilometers long, running vertically through Guangdong Province. The Guangzhou-Pingshi Railway is the southern part of Beijing-Guangzhou Railway, which connects the Northern and Southern railways of China. As of December 31, 2008, the Company operated 239.5 pairs of passenger trains in accordance with its daily train schedule, including 120 pairs of inter-city passenger trains between Guangzhou and Shenzhen (including 34 pairs of standby trains), 13 pairs of Hong Kong Through Trains and 106.5 pairs of long-distance passenger trains. Its domestically manufactured electric multiple units trains (EMUs) (also known as Concords (CRHs)), with a speed of 200 kilometers per hour, transported most of its passengers between Guangzhou and Shenzhen.