Shanghai–Wuhan–Chengdu high-speed railway

Shanghai–Wuhan–Chengdu
high-speed railway
沪汉蓉高速铁路
Overview
Type CRH
Locale China
Termini Shanghai Hongqiao
Chengdu
Operation
Owner China Railway
Operator(s) China Railway High-speed
Technical
Line length 2078 km
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in)
Operating speed 200 to 250 km/h
Route map
Shanghai-Wuhan-Chengdu

High-Speed Railway

Line length:2,078 km (1,291 mi)
Track gauge:1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in)
Maximum speed:350 km/h (217 mph)
Stations and structures
Legend
Shanghai
Shanghai West
Nanxiang North
0 km Shanghai Hongqiao
Anting North
Shanghai - Jiangsu border
Huaqiao
50 km Kunshan South
Yangcheng Lake
Weiting West
74 km Suzhou Industrial Park
84 km Suzhou
Suzhou New Area
Wangting East
Wuxi New Area
126 km Wuxi
Huishan
Henglin
Qishuyan
165 km Changzhou
Xinzha East
Benniu East
Lvcheng
Linkou
210 km Danyang
Dantu
237 km Zhenjiang
Gaozi South
Xiashu
Baohua
Qixia
Xianlin
Nanjing
Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge
Jinghu to Shanghai
311 km Nanjing South
Nanjing Dashengguan Yangtze River Bridge
Tingzishan
Jiangsu - Anhui border
367 km Quanjiao
Huang'an
Chaobei
Feidong
Sanshilipu
465 km Hefei
Taohuadian
Hefei West
Hefei South
Chang'anji
Liu'an
Dushan
609 km Jinzhai
Tiantangzhai
Anhui - Hubei border
Dunyitang
Sanhe
Macheng North
Hong'anxi West
Hengdian East
829 km Wuhan(Hankou)
Hanchuan
912 km Tianmen South
Xiantao West
963 km Qianjiang
1033 km Jingzhou
Zhijiang
1121 km Yichang East
Yichang South
Yichang Railway Bridge
Chexi
Changyang
Langping
1244 km Badong
Gaoping
Luoshuidong
1300 km Jianshi
Baiyangping
Baiguo
1335 km Enshi
Qingkou
1397 km Lichuan
Wanzhou Railway Bridge
1499 km Wanzhou
Dazhou to Chengdu
Liangwu
Hubei - Chongqing border
Shaziguan
1491 km Shizhu
1540 km Fengdu
1582 km Fuling North
Hanjiatuo Bridge
1606 km Changshou North
Fusheng
1674 km Chongqing North
Jingkou
Huilongba
Beibei
Shizishan
1740 km Hechuan
Taihezhen
1790 km Tongnan
Chongqing - Sichuan border
Sanxing
1842 km Suining
Daying
Zitong
Jingtang
Longtansi
Bali
1987 km Chengdu East

Shanghai–Wuhan–Chengdu high-speed railway (Chinese: 沪汉蓉快速客运通道; pinyin: Hùhànróng Kuàisù Kèyùn Tōngdào), is a partially completed high-speed railway corridor in China. The Chinese name of the railway line, Huhanrong, is a combination of the abbreviations for Shanghai (, ), Wuhan (, Hàn), and Chengdu (, Róng), three major cities along the line.

The Shanghai–Wuhan–Chengdu passenger-dedicated line is one of the Four east-west high-speed rail corridors outlined in China's national high-speed rail plan. From the east to the west, it will connect the major cities of Shanghai (a provincial-level municipality), Nanjing (the capital of Jiangsu), Hefei (the capital of Anhui), Wuhan (the capital of Hubei), Chongqing (a province-level municipality), and Chengdu (the capital of Sichuan). The total population of the four provinces and two municipalities served by this rail line is over 320 million (as of 2008).[1]

Components

The Shanghai–Wuhan–Chengdu passenger-dedicated line is divided into several sections, each one constructed on its own schedule. Several sections have already been completed, while the work on others still goes on.

Operational lines are marked with green background.

Section Description Designed
speed
(km/h)

Length
(km)

Construction
start date

Open date
Shanghai–Wuhan–Chengdu
High-Speed Railway

HSR corridor through the Yangtze Valley, consisting of the Shanghai-Nanjing section of the Beijing-Shanghai PDL, and 7 mixed-use HSR segments connecting Nanjing, Hefei, Wuhan, Yichang, Lichuan, Chongqing, Suining & Chengdu. 200-350 2078 2003-12-01 2013-12
Shanghai–Nanjing Section
(Shanghai–Nanjing Intercity Railway)
High-speed railway connecting Shanghai and Nanjing 350 301 2008-07-01 2010-07-01
Nanjing–Hefei Section
(Hefei–Nanjing High-Speed Railway)
Mixed passenger & freight HSR connecting Nanjing & Hefei 250 166 2005-06-11 2008-04-18
Hefei–Wuhan Section
(Hefei–Wuhan High-Speed Railway)
Mixed passenger & freight HSR connecting Hefei & Wuhan 250 351 2005-08-01 2008-12-31
(Wuhan)Hankou-Yichang Section
(Hankou-Yichang Railway)
Mixed passenger & freight HSR connecting Wuhan & Yichang 250 293 2008-09-17 2012-07-01
Yichang-Lichuan Section
(Yichang-Wanzhou Railway)
Mixed passenger & freight HSR connecting Yichang & Lichuan[2] 200 377 2003-12-01 2010-12-22
Lichuan-Chongqing Section
(Chongqing-Lichuan Railway)
Mixed passenger & freight HSR connecting Lichuan & Chongqing 200 264 2008-12-29 2013-12-28
Chongqing-Suining Section
(Suining-Chongqing Railway)
Mixed passenger & freight HSR connecting Chongqing & Suining 200 132 2009-01-18 2012–12-30
Suining-Chengdu Section
(Dazhou-Chengdu Railway)
Mixed passenger & freight HSR connecting Suining & Chengdu. 200 148 2005-05 2009-06-30

Shanghai–Nanjing

From Shanghai to Nanjing, the line is shared with the Beijing–Shanghai High-Speed Railway. The Beijing–Shanghai High-Speed Railway is also part of the Beijing–Shanghai Passenger Dedicated Line, and opened on June 30, 2011. It has a designed operating speed of 300 km/h. Shanghai is an important railway hub in China as it is also the terminus of the Shanghai–Nanjing Intercity High-Speed Railway, which is an intercity railway that parallels all of this section, as well as the Shanghai–Kunming Passenger Dedicated Line.

Nanjing to Hefei

From Nanjing to Hefei, the line is called the Hefei–Nanjing Passenger Railway, with a designed speed of 250 km/h. At Hefei, a connection is available to the Hefei–Bengbu Passenger Railway, which is a branch line of the Beijing–Shanghai Passenger Dedicated Line.

Hefei to Wuhan

From Hefei to Wuhan, the line is called the Hefei–Wuhan Passenger Railway, with a designed speed of 250 km/h. At Wuhan, a connection is available to the Beijing–Hong Kong Passenger Dedicated Line, an important north-south railway line from Beijing to Guangzhou and Kowloon, Hong Kong.

Wuhan to Yichang

From Wuhan to Yichang, the line is called the Wuhan–Yichang Railway.

Yichang to Chongqing

Yichang–Wanzhou Railway

The Yichang–Wanzhou Railway connects the cities of Yichang, Lichuan, and Wanzhou. The Shanghai–Wuhan–Chengdu Passenger Dedicated Line only uses the Yichang to Lichuan portion of the Yichang–Wanzhou Railway.

Unlike other sections of the Shanghai-Chengdu railway, as of the beginning of 2014 the Yichang–Lichuan–Wanzhou does not yet have proper high-speed train service (D- or G-series). It is used extensively by "conventional" passenger trains (with the T-series being the fastest). The delay with the introduction of the high-speed service on this section is explained by the need to integrate signalling and other infrastructure. Regular CRH services between Chongqing and Wuhan is expected to commence on July 1, 2014, after renovations and other associated high-speed rail works are completed.[3] [4] However, the opening of high-speed service (as opposed to "regular" trains) on the Yiwan line won't happen until July 1, 2014.[5]

Chongqing–Lichuan Railway

At Lichuan, the Chongqing–Lichuan Railway connects it with the city of Chongqing.

Chongqing to Chengdu

Suining–Chongqing Railway

The Suining–Chongqing Railway connects the cities of Chongqing and Suining. Its designed operating speed is 200 km/h.

Dazhou–Chengdu Railway

The Dazhou–Chengdu Railway is a railway connecting the cities of Dazhou, Suining, and Chengdu. The Shanghai–Wuhan–Chengdu Passenger Dedicated Line uses only the section from Suining to Chengdu. Chengdu marks the western terminus of the line.

Route Summary

While some of the section of the HHR lines parallel existing "regular" railways, others have been, or are being, constructed over new ground, where, due to difficult terrain, no rail service existed before, or only existed on much more circuitous routes.

In particular, until the completion of the Shanghai–Nanjing Intercity Railway, passenger trains between Shanghai and Nanjing ran on the "conventional", but greatly upgraded, Jinghu railway; conventional railways likewise have long existed along fairly direct routes between Nanjing and Hefei, or between Chongqing and Chengdu.

On the other hand, the Hefei-Wuhan Railway, which involved a significant amount of tunneling when passing through the Dabie Mountains, allowed to significantly shorten the railway distance between Nanjing and Wuhan. The Yichang-Lichuan-Wanzhou and Lichuan-Chongqing sections are routed through the mountainous areas of the southwestern Hubei and the eastern section Chongqing Municipality, where no railways or reliable highways previously existed,[6] providing a much more direct rail connection between the Sichuan Basin and Eastern China than previously existing ones (such as the one using the older Xiangyu Railway).

References

  1. See sources for population in List of Chinese administrative divisions by population; mostly it is the China Statistical Yearbook 2009.
  2. "Yiwan Railway: a project with 253 bridges and 159 tunnels". Xinhua. 2010-12-23. Retrieved 2010-12-23.
  3. "Chongqing-Wuhan CRH trains to be put into service". February 20, 2014.
  4. Three Gorges route linked up, Railway Gazette International, 31 August 2010
  5. 去上海、去杭州……7月有望坐动车了 (Go to Shanghai, Go to Hangzhou... Looking toward the start of EMU service on July 1), 2014-5-11, 成都商报
  6. See e.g. the characterization of the China National Highway 318 and China National Highway 209 as "unstable and unsafe" in: Yichang-Wanzhou Railway (SEIA) (Asian Development Bank, June 2003), p.6

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