Chengdu–Guiyang high-speed railway

Chengdu-Guiyang high-speed railway is a major trunk high-speed railway between the provincial capitals of Chengdu, Sichuan and Guiyang, Guizhou via a small section traversing north east Yunnan province. It was selected for construction under the 11th Five Year Plan set by the Chinese Government. Construction started in 2010^{[citation needed]} and was expected to be completed by 2014.^{[citation needed]} The northern section of this line between Chengdu and Leshan forms the southern part of the operational Chengdu–Mianyang–Leshan intercity railway.^[1][2][3]

Chengdu-Guiyang high-speed railway 成贵高速铁路
Overview
Locale	Sichuan, Guizhou and Yunnan, China
Termini	Chengdu East Guiyang East
Service
Services	1
Operator(s)	China Railway Chengdu Group
History
Opened	2014/2019
Technical
Line length	648 km (403 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Operating speed	250 km/h
Route map Legend km elev Xi'an–Chengdu HSR from Xi'an North Chengdu–Kunming railway from Chengdu Suining–Chongqing railway from Chongqing North Chengdu East Chengdu–Chongqing ICR from Chongqing Chengdu South Chengdu–Kunming railway to Kunming Shuangliu Airport Shuangliu West Xinjin Xinjin South Chengdu Meishan Pengshan North Chengdu–Kunming railway from Chengdu Meishan East Qingshen Meishan Leshan Leshan Emeishan, Emei Emeishan branch Chengdu–Kunming railway to Kunming Qianwei Leshan Yibin Nixi Pingshan Min River Neijiang–Kunming railway Liupanshui Neijiang Jinsha River Yibin West Southern Sichuan ICR from Zigong East Zaojuebang (signal station) Chongqing–Kunming HSR to Kunming South Changning Xingwen Yibin, Sichuan Zhaotong, Yunnan Weixin Zhenxiong Zhaotong, Yunnan Bijie, Guizhou Bijie Dafang Qianxi Bijie Guiyang Qingzhen West Baiyun North Chongqing–Guiyang HSR from Chongqing West Guiyang North Shanghai–Kunming HSR to Kunming South Chongqing–Guiyang HSR to Guiyang Guiyang East Guiyang–Kaiyang ICR to Kaiyang Guiyang–Guangzhou HSR to Guangzhou South Shanghai–Kunming HSR to Shanghai Hongqiao km This diagram: view talk edit

The 135 km (84 mi) Chengdu – Leshan section opened in 2014, the 141 km (88 mi) Leshan – Yibin opened in June 2019,^[4] while last 372 km (231 mi) Yibin - Guiyang section opened in December 2019.^[5] Almost 82% of the route is on 468 bridges or in 183 tunnels.

Route

The 648 km (403 mi) route commences at Chengdu East, the line proceed south to Leshan and Yibin with in Sichuan before crossing the border into north east Yunnan at Zhaotong, Yiliang County, Zhenxiong County. Once into Guizhou, it travels through Bijie before arriving at Guiyang East. There is a 31 km (19 mi) branch from this route at Leshan to serve the large tourist demands at Emei Shan.

References

1. . gochengdoo.com. Archived from the original on 7 November 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
2. "Innovations and Practices of High-Speed Railway in China" (PDF). uncrd.or.jp. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
3. "The Chengdu–Guiyang High-Speed Rail Influence on the Location Advantage and Functional Positioning of Yibin City". en.cnki.com.cn. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
4. "Leshan – Yibin high speed line opens". Railway Gazette International. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
5. "Yibin – Guiyang Passenger-Dedicated Line opens". Railway Gazette International. 20 December 2019. Retrieved 22 December 2019.