Chongqing–Wanzhou intercity railway is a high speed railway between Chongqing and 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[1]. It was completed on November 29, 2016 and takes passengers from Chongqing North Railway Station to Wanzhou 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 Chongqing-Zhengzhou High Speed Railway, extending from North and East from Wanzhou respectively. It was opened on the 28th of 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 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.
CR S-train