Chongqing–Wanzhou intercity railway

Chongqing–Wanzhou Intercity Railway 渝万城际铁路
Overview
Status	Operating
Locale	Chongqing
Termini	Chongqing North Wanzhou North
Stations	7
Service
Type	High-speed rail
Operator(s)	China Railway High-speed
History
Opened	28 November 2016 (2016-11-28)
Technical
Line length	248 km (154 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Operating speed	350 km/h (217 mph)

Chongqing–Wanzhou intercity railway
Simplified Chinese	渝万城际铁路
Traditional Chinese	渝萬城際鐵路
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Yú-Wàn chéngjì tiělù
Chongqing–Wanzhou passenger dedicated line
Simplified Chinese	渝万客运专线
Traditional Chinese	渝萬客運專線
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Yú-Wàn kèyùn zhuānxiàn

Stations and structures
Wanzhou North Liangping South Dianjiang County Changshou Lake  Chongqing-Lichuan Railway Changshou North Fusheng Chongqing North  Chongqing-Suining Railway

Chongqing–Wanzhou intercity railway is a high speed railway between urban Chongqing and its satellite district of Wanzhou.It is also known at the Yu-Wan Railway, which are abbreviations for Chongqing and Wanzhou. Construction started in December 2012, according to the summarizing and commending meeting of the phase II of “100-day Battle” in Chongqing Liangjiang New Area. It was completed on November 29, 2016 and takes passengers from Chongqing North Railway Station to Wanzhou North railway station in one hour. This railway forms a smaller section of two larger railway projects, the Chongqing–Xi'an high-speed railway and the Zhengzhou–Chongqing high-speed railway, extending north and northeast from Wanzhou respectively. It was opened on the 28 November 2016.

Route Description

The 248-km-long Chongqing–Wanzhou railway is designed to run at a speed of 250 km/hour connecting Chongqing North Railway, Fusheng, Changshou, Changshou Lake, Dianjiang County, Liangping and Wanzhou, according to the approval from The Ministry of Railways of PRC.

• It has been built as a double tracked electrified high speed railway.
• It has been built to the heavy rail standard with continuous welded track on ballastless track
• The length of the line supported on bridges or viaducts is 39.67% of the total railway length.
• The length of the line through tunnels is 31.77% of total railway length. The longest at 10,617m and the shortest tunnel at 84m.
• The length of the line built at grade, on ground level is 29.66%
• The length of the roadbed within the stations is 1.9km.

Operations

The train can take passengers from Wanzhou North or Dianjiang County to urban Chongqing in 90 or 30 minutes respectively. High speed services extend to Chengdu with a travel time of 3 and a half hours.