Taihang Tunnel

Taihang Tunnel
太行山隧道
Overview
Line	Shijiazhuang–Taiyuan high-speed railway
System	China Railway
Crosses	Taihang Mountains; Hebei and Shanxi
Operation
Work begun	11 June 2005
Opened	22 December 2007
Technical
Length	27,848 m (17.304 mi)

Taihang Tunnel (Chinese: 太行山隧道; pinyin: Tàiháng Shān Suìdào) is the third-longest mountain railway tunnel in northern China, after the New Guanjiao and West Qinling tunnels. It is a double track tunnel that was built to allow the Shijiazhuang–Taiyuan high-speed railway to cross the Taihang Mountains. The left track is 27,839 m (17.298 mi) long and the right one is 27,848 m (17.304 mi) long.^[2]^[3] Construction on the tunnel began on 11 June 2005 and the tunnel was opened on 22 December 2007.^[1]

The Shijiazhuang–Taiyuan high-speed railway is the line linking Shijiazhuang, the capital of Hebei province, and Taiyuan, the capital of Shanxi province. After the opening of the Taihang Tunnel and completion of the high-speed railway, the travel time from Shijiazhuang to Taiyuan was reduced from almost six hours to one hour.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ ^a ^b ^c 我国最长山岭隧道石太客运专线太行山隧道贯通 [My country's longest mountain tunnel, the Taihang Tunnel on the Shijizhuang–Taiyuan PDL, opens]. Xinhua News Hebei. 2007-12-23. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015.
^ 2007年铁路基本建设动态信息. Ministry of Railways.Archived 2010-10-20 at the Wayback Machine
^ 石太客运专线太行山隧道某标施工组织设计.

38°09′11″N 113°49′12″E / 38.153°N 113.82°E / 38.153; 113.82

[XH_opening-1] 我国最长山岭隧道石太客运专线太行山隧道贯通 [My country's longest mountain tunnel, the Taihang Tunnel on the Shijizhuang–Taiyuan PDL, opens]. Xinhua News Hebei. 2007-12-23. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015.

[RightTunnel-2] 2007年铁路基本建设动态信息. Ministry of Railways.Archived 2010-10-20 at the Wayback Machine

[Design-3] 石太客运专线太行山隧道某标施工组织设计.

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