Lanzhou–Xinjiang High-Speed Railway

Lanzhou–Xinjiang High-Speed Railway
兰新铁路第二双线
Overview
Type High-speed rail
Status Operational
Locale China
Termini Lanzhou
Ürümqi
Stations 31
Operation
Opened

November 16, 2014 (Urumqi-Qumul)[1]


December 2014 (Qumul-Lanzhou)
Operator(s) China Railway High-speed
Technical
Line length 1,776 km (1,104 mi)
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in) standard gauge
Minimum radius 7,000 m (22,966 ft)
Operating speed 350 km/h (217 mph)[2][3]
Maximum incline 2.0%
Route map
Legend
Stations and structures
(final station names yet to be determined)
Legend
Baotou–Lanzhou Railway
Xuzhou-Lanzhou HSR

Lanzhou
Lanzhou West
Lanzhou Zhongchuan Airport ICR
Lanzhou–Xinjiang Railway
Gaojiashan Tunnel
Yellow River Bridge
Gansu / Qinghai border
Minhe
Ledu
Xiangshui River
Ping'an Xining Caojiabao Airport
Bridge over Lanzhou–Qinghai Railway
Xining
Qinghai–Tibet Railway
Datong West
Dabanshan Tunnel
Datonghe Bridge
Menyuan
Qilianshan Tunnel
Jiyaoling Tunnel
Junmachang
Qinghai / Gansu border
Minle
Bridge over G30 expressway
Zhangye West
Linze South
Bridge over Lanzhou–Xinjiang Railway
Gaotai South
Qingshui North
Jiuquan South
Bridge over G30 expressway
Jiayuguan South
Lanzhou–Xinjiang Railway
Jiayuguan Tunnel
Bridge over Lanzhou–Xinjiang Railway
Qingquan South
Lanzhou–Xinjiang Railway
Yumenzhen
Bridge over Lanzhou–Xinjiang Railway
Bridge over G30 expressway
Liugou South
Shibandun South
Liuyuan South
Bridge over G30 expressway
Hongliuhe South
Hongliuhe Bridge
Gansu / Xinjiang border
Bridge over Lanzhou–Xinjiang Railway
Yandun East
Tudun No. 2 Interchange Bridge
Hami Interchange Bridge
Lanzhou–Xinjiang Railway
Hami
Lanzhou–Xinjiang Railway
Liushuquan South
Shisanjianfang Bridge
Hongceng South
Tuha
Bridge over G30 expressway
Shanshan North
Turpan North Turpan Jiaohe Airport
Daheyan
Dabancheng Tunnel
Dabancheng Wetland Bridge
Bridge over Lanzhou–Xinjiang Railway
Yanhu West
Bridge over G216 expressway
Bridge over Lanzhou–Xinjiang Railway
Ürümqi South
Ürümqi

The Lanzhou–Xinjiang High-Speed Railway, also known as Lanzhou–Xinjiang Passenger Railway or Lanxin Second Railway (兰新铁路第二双线), is a high-speed rail in northwestern China from Lanzhou in Gansu Province to Ürümqi in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.

Construction work began on November 4, 2009. The 1,776-kilometre (1,104 mi) railway took four years to complete, of which, 795 kilometres (494 mi) is in Gansu, 268 kilometres (167 mi) in Qinghai and 713 kilometres (443 mi) in Xinjiang. Track laying for the line was completed on November 16, 2013.[4] 31 stations will be built along the line. The project costs 143.5 billion yuan.[5]

Unlike the existing Lanxin railway, which runs entirely in Gansu and Xinjiang, the new high-speed rail is routed from Lanzhou to Xining in Qinghai Province before heading northwest across the Qilian Mountains into the Hexi Corridor at Zhangye. The rail tracks in the section near Qilianshan No. 2 Tunnel is at 3,607 metres (11,834 ft) above sea level,[6] making it the highest high-speed rail track in the world.

The first high speed train traveled over this line on June 3, 2014. This was a test train with a media contingent with full revenue service not due to start until the end of 2014.[7][8][9] The first segment of the line, the Ürümqi-Qumul part, was inaugurated on November 16, 2014.[10] This high-speed railway segment is the first ever railway of that kind to ever exist in the Xinjiang autonomous region. The rest of the line opened on December 26, 2014. The line cuts train travel time between the two cities from 20 hours to 12 hours.

Wind shed risk

Near Shanshan, the railway will go through the hundred-li wind zone, where desert wind constantly blows most days of a year. In 2007, strong wind overturned a train on the southern branch of Lanxin Railway, and four people were killed.[11] A 67 kilometres (42 mi) long wind-protection gallery has been built next to the tracks in this region.[12]

References

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