Chongqing–Lanzhou Railway

Chongqing-Lanzhou High Speed Railway

Overview

Native name

渝兰高速铁路

Status

Under construction

Locale

China

Termini

Chongqing
Lanzhou West

Services

Operation

Operator(s)

China Railway High-speed

Technical

Line length

832 km (517 mi)

Track gauge

1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in)

Operating speed

200 km/h (120 mph)

Route map

Legend

Longhai Railway to Lianyungang

Baotou–Lanzhou Railway to Baotu

Lanzhou East

Longhai Railway to Lanzhou and Lanzhou West

Weiyuan

Minxian

Hadapu

Liangshui

Longnan

Gansu/Sichuan border

Yaodu

Yangmu

Xi'an–Chengdu High-Speed Railway to Xi'an

Guangyuan

Xi'an–Chengdu High-Speed Railway to Chengdu

Taigong

Cangxi

Langzhong

Nanbu

Nanchong North

Chengdu-Dazhou Railway to Chengdu East

Nanchong East

Chengdu-Dazhou Railway to Dazhou

Yuechi

Guang'an South

Xiangyu Railway to Xiangyang

Wusheng

Gaoxing

Chongqing-Suining Railway to Chengdu East

Sichuan/Chongqing border

Hechuan

Moxinpo

Xiangyu Railway to Xiangyang

Beibei

Chongqing−Lichuan Railway

Chongqing North

Chongqing–Huaihua Railway

Chongqing West

Chengdu-Chongqing ICR

Chongqing–Guizhou High-Speed Railway to Guiyang North

Chongqing–Lanzhou High-Speed Railway is a major trunk high speed railway selected for construction under the 11th Five Year Plan set by the Chinese Government. Construction started in 2010. The railway line is expected to be completed and opened for service by the end of 2016.^[1] This will allow for high speed train travel between Chongqing and Lanzhou, Gansu via Nanchong and Guangyuan, Sichuan.

Introduction

With a total length of 820 km, of which 435 km is located within Gansu Province, in addition to the construction of a branch to Nanchong and Guang'an that is 95 km long. It is being built as a new double line electrified railway, with high-speed freight train capable of up to 160 km/h, high-speed passenger trains traveling at 200 km/h although the design speed has been set to 250 km/h. The capacity of the line is expected at 50 train pairs per day and 50,000,000 tonnes of freight per year.

Lanzhou-Chongqing railway project is estimated to need a total investment of 77.4 billion yuan, of which the Gansu Provincial Government is to invest about 43 billion yuan, with the rest of the funding coming from a Ministry of Railways, Sichuan and Chongqing joint construction effort. The construction period is expected to take 6 years. After the completion of Lanzhou-Chongqing railway, rail transport from Lanzhou and Chongqing will be shortened from 1466 kilometers to 820 kilometers, train running time is reduced to 6.5 hours from 17.5 hours.

Recent high speed rail reforms has also meant direct Chengdu-Lanzhou and Chongqing-Xi'an services will use a combination of Xi'an–Chengdu High-Speed Railway and Chongqing–Lanzhou High-Speed Railway from where they meet at Guangyuan, Sichuan. This will negate a need to build a separate direct Chongqing-Xi'an or Chengdu-Lanzhou lines.^[2]

Because of hilly terrain between Guangyuan and Lanzhou on 832 km of railway there will be 285 bridges totaling 104 km (13% of the route) and 178 tunnels totaling 506 km (63% of the route). Twelve of the tunnels will exceed 10 km in length, while longest tunnel will measure 29 km.^[3]

Route

Lanzhou-Chongqing Railway runs west out of Lanzhou City through Yuzhong County, Weiyuan County, Min County, Dangchang County, Longnan City in Gansu. Crossing into Sichuan Province territory, it then travels by Guangyuan, Cangxi County, Langzhong, Nanbu County, Nanchong. Finally it enters Chongqing City via Hechuan District and Beibei District before terminating at Chongqing North Railway Station.

Unlike most other previously constructed high-speed railways, the Lanzhou-Chongqing Railway will not parallel any existing "conventional" railways, but will follow an entirely new route, providing railway access to towns and counties that did not have railway service of any kind before.

History

The southern section of the line, from Chongqing to Guangyuan, opened in December 2015.^[1] As of April 2016, it only has very limited passenger service.

Incidents

In October 2011, 21 railway workers were killed when the vehicle they were traveling in overturned in Lintao County, Gansu. Seven other workers were injured.^[4]

References

1 2 "兰渝铁路预计今年底全线建成通车" [The entire Lanzhou-Chongqing railway will be completed and opened for service by the end of this year]. Sina Finance. January 21, 2016.
↑ "市发改委：渝西高铁搁浅. 重庆到西安将借道西成高铁". Chongqing Ribao. September 28, 2012.
↑ "Lanzhou-Chongqing Rail Project, China". Railway Technology.
↑ AFP (October 29, 2011). "Accident in China kills 21 railway workers". Asia One.

External links

China, People's Republic of: Lanzhou-Chongqing Railway Development Project (formerly Lanyu Railway)

High-speed rail in China

Maglev

Shanghai Maglev Train

Conventional high-speed railways

National 4 × 4 Corridors	North–south Beijing–Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong Beijing–Harbin Beijing–Shanghai Hangzhou–Fuzhou–Shenzhen East–west Shanghai–Kunming Shanghai–Wuhan–Chengdu Qingdao–Taiyuan Xuzhou–Lanzhou

Long-distance major corridors	Chengdu–Guangzhou Chongqing–Guizhou Chongqing–Lanzhou Datong–Xi'an Ganzhou–Shenzhen Hengyang–Liuzhou Hefei–Fuzhou Lanzhou–Urumqi Nanchang–Shenzhen Nanning-Kunming Nanning–Guangzhou Qinhuangdao–Shenyang Tianjin–Qinhuangdao Xi'an–Chengdu Xi'an–Chongqing

Intercity and long-distance	300–350 km/h Beijing–Tianjin Beijing–Tangshan Chengdu–Chongqing Chongqing–Wanzhou Nanjing–Hangzhou Shanghai–Nanjing 200–250 km/h Chengdu–Mianyang–Leshan Changchun–Jilin Dandong–Dalian Beijing–Zhangjiakou Harbin–Jiamusi Harbin–Mudanjiang Harbin–Qiqihar Guangzhou–Foshan–Zhaoqing Liuzhou–Nanning Jilin–Hunchun Nanjing–Anqing Nanchang–Jiujiang Shenzhen–Maoming Tianjin–Baoding Qingdao–Rongcheng Shenyang–Dandong Xi'an–Chengdu Zhangjiakou–Hohot

Regional intercity	300–350 km/h Chengdu–Ya'an Tianjin–Binhai New Area 200–250 km/h Changsha–Zhuzhou–Xiangtan Chengdu–Dujiangyan Chengdu–Pujiang Dongguan–Huizhou Foshan–Dongguan Fuzhou–Changle Airport Guangzhou–Dongguan–Shenzhen Guangzhou–Qingyuan Guangzhou–Zhuhai Guiyang-Kaiyang Hainan Eastern Ring Hainan Western Ring Lanzhou–Zhongchuan Airport Mianyang–Suining–Ziyang–Neijiang–Zigong–Yibin Suzhou–Jiaxing Wuhan Metropolitan Area Zhengzhou–Jiaozuo Zhengzhou–Kaifeng Zhengzhou–Xuchang

Upgraded old lines	Beijing–Guangzhou Beijing–Harbin Beijing–Shanghai Guangzhou–Shenzhen Hunan–Guangxi Lianyungang–Lanzhou Lianyungang–Lanzhou Nanjing–Qidong Shanghai–Kunming Wuchang–Jiujiang Hankou–Danjiangkou Hangzhou–Ningbo

Rolling stock	Blue Arrow China Star CIT Trains CRH1 CRH2 CRH3 CRH5 CRH6 CRH380A SJ 2000 Zefiro 380

Italics – under construction or currently not operational
(-), Place A- – section under construction or currently not operational
§ – in/related to Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan
(Place A-Place B) – share tracks with other lines

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