Xi'an–Chengdu High-Speed Railway

Xi'an-Chengdu
High Speed Railway
西成客运专线

Overview

Status

Under Construction

Locale

Xi'an
Chengdu

Termini

Xi'an North
Chengdu

Services

Operation

Operator(s)

China Railway High-speed

Technical

Line length

510 km (317 mi)

Track gauge

1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in)

Operating speed

250Km/h

Route map

Legend

Xi'an North

Hanzhong

Ningqiang

Shaanxi/Sichuan border

Chaotian

Chongqing–Lanzhou Railway to Chongqing North

Guangyuan

Chongqing–Lanzhou Railway to Lanzhou West

Jiangyou

Mianyang

Deyang

Chengdu

Xicheng Passenger Dedicated Line

Simplified Chinese

西成客运专线

Traditional Chinese

西成客運專線

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Xīchéng Kèyùn Zhuānxiàn

Xi'an–Chengdu High-Speed Railway or Xi'an-Chengdu Passenger Dedicated Line, is a dual-track, electrified, high-speed rail line, under construction in Western China between Xi'an and Chengdu. It will run 510 km through Shaanxi and Sichuan provinces and will accommodate trains traveling at speeds up to 250 km/h.^[1] Travel time between the two provincial capitals will be reduced from 13 to less than three hours.^[2]

The project was approved by the State Development and Planning Commission in October 2010.^[1] Construction of the Sichuan section of the railway started on November 10, 2010,^[3] and of the Shaanxi section, on October 27, 2012.^[4] It is scheduled to be completed no earlier than 2017.^[5] The line will traverse the rugged Qinling and Daba Mountains and connect the Guanzhong Plains and the Sichuan Basin.

Route

The high speed rail line will connect Xian, in the Wei River Valley, Hanzhong, in the Han River Valley, and Guangyuan, Jiangyou and Chengdu in the Sichuan Basin. In the Qinling Mountains, it will have 127 km of tunnels, including six over 10 km in length.^[2] The railway will pass through ecologically-sensitive areas including the Taibaishan and Hanzhong Crested Ibis National Nature Reserves, which are home to the endangered giant panda, golden snub-nosed monkey, takin and crested ibis.^[2]

Over most of its length, the Xi'an–Chengdu High-Speed Railway will largely parallel existing railways: the Yangpingguan–Ankang Railway in southwestern Shaanxi (between Hanzhong and the Yangpingguan junction), and the Baoji–Chengdu Railway in Sichuan (from Yangpingguan to Chengdu). However, the section from Xi'an to Hanzhong, crossing the Qinling Mountains will follow an entirely new shortcut route.

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. This will negate a need to build a separate direct Chongqing-Xi'an or Chengdu-Lanzhou lines.^[6]

History

Nov. 1 2010: The Xian-Chengdu High Speed Railway project received approval from the State Development and Planning Commission.^[1]^[2]

Notes

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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