Nanning–Kunming High-Speed Railway

Nanning–Kunming High-Speed Railway
南昆客运专线
Overview
Type High-speed rail
Status

(Nanning-Baise) Open

(Baise-Kunming) Under Construction
Locale People's Republic of China
Termini Nanning
Kunming South
Stations 22
Operation
Opened (Nanning-Baise) December 11, 2015
Operator(s) China Railway High-speed
Technical
Line length 709.518 km (441 mi)
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Minimum radius 4500 m
Electrification 50 Hz, 25,000 V
Operating speed 200 km/h (124 mph)
Maximum incline

(Nanning-Baise) 12%

(Baise-Kunming) 9%
Route map

Legend
 
Shanghai-Kunming HSR
to Shanghai Hongqiao

 
Kunming South
 
Kunming–Yuxi Railway
to Yuxi South

 
Jingkai
Yangzong
Shilin Banqiao
Mile
Xinshao
Hongshiyan
Puzhehei
Zhulin
Guangnan
Bailazhai
Funing
Bo'ai
Yangwei
Baise
Tianyang
Tiandong North
Nahe
Pingguo
Long'an East
Nanning West
Nanning
 
Nanning–Guangzhou HSR
to Guangzhou South

 
 
Liuzhou–Nanning ICR
to Liuzhou

 
Nanning-Kunming High-Speed Railway
Simplified Chinese 南昆客运专线
Traditional Chinese 南昆客運專線

Nanning–Kunming High-Speed Railway (formerly known as the Yunnan-Guangxi High-Speed Railway[1]) is a high-speed railway in China's Yunnan Province and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region that is partially opened and under construction. It connects the Guangxi capital of Nanning with the Yunnan capital city of Kunming. It will have a total length of 715.8 kilometres of electrified double-track railways, built to the Grade 1 standard. Positioned as part of China's "long-term railway network plan", to improve the layout and the development of South-Western China with critical infrastructure. It will be Yunnan Province's first high-speed transport corridor to the sea. With future Pan-Asian railways to Laos, Thailand and Vietnam planned or under construction, this railway will be seen as a crucial link between the economic powerhouse of the Pearl River Delta Economic Zone and Indochina under the Chinese One Belt-One Road policies.

History

Route

Construction started on December 27, 2009, with the first phase from Nanning to Baise opening on December 11, 2015. It will see 17 new stations constructed, with three more stations being renovated. Bridges and tunnels account for total length of 500 kilometres. Built with a total investment of nearly 90 billion RMB, it is expected that the construction period will have a duration of six years.[5] Total length of the project is 709.518 km (441 mi), of which 274.83 km (171 mi) will be in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, 432.183 km (269 mi) within Yunnan territory.

Starting at Nanning's Xixiangtang District the railway travels north-west through Long'an County to Baise's Pingguo County, Tiandong County and Tianyang County before reaching Baise urban Youjiang District itself. After this, the second phase of the route will go westward across Youjiang District into Yunnan Province's Funing County, Guangnan County and Qiubei County in Wenshan. Turning north-west again, the line crosses Mile City in Honghe. Now progressing northwards, the line enters Kunming's Shilin Yi Autonomous County before cutting across Yuxi's Chengjiang County before re-entering Kunming through Yiliang County. Chenggong District and terminating in the Guandu District.

Nanning - Baise section

Baise - Kunming section

Stations

Kunming South, Jingkai, Yangzong, Shilin Banqiao, Mile, Xinshao, Hongshiyan, Puzhehei, Zhulin, Guangnan, Bailazhai, Funing, Bo'ai, Yangwei, Baise, Tianyang, Tiandong North, Nahe, Pingguo, Long'an East, Nanning West and Nanning

References

  1. ↑ "为满足大南宁发展需要申请铁路站点更名坛洛站将更名为南宁西站". 2015-08-21.
  2. ↑ "云桂铁路小团山隧道贯通". 2011-06-20.
  3. ↑ "南昆客专10月1日起联调联试 南宁至百色运行时间将缩短至一个半小时". 2015-08-21.
  4. ↑ "南昆客专南百段开通 南宁-百色动车二等票82.5元". 广西新闻网. 2015-12-11. Retrieved 2015-12-11.
  5. ↑ "云桂铁路开工建设". 2009-12-27.

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