Taihang Tunnel
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| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Line | Shijiazhuang–Taiyuan high-speed railway |
| System | China Railway |
| Crosses | Taihang Mountains Hebei and Shanxi |
| Operation | |
| Work begun | 11 June 2005[1] |
| Opened | 22 December 2007[1] |
| Technical | |
| Length | 27,848 m (17.304 mi) |
Taihang Tunnel (Chinese: 太行山隧道; pinyin: Tàiháng Shān Suìdào) is the third-longest (after New Guanjiao and West Qinling) mountain railway tunnel in northern China. It is a double track tunnel, and was built to allow the Shitai Passenger 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 Shitai Passenger Railway is the high speed railway line linking Shijiazhuang, the capital of Hebei province, and Taiyuan, the capital of Shanxi province. After the opening of Taihang Tunnel and completion of the high-speed railway, the travel time from Shijiazhuang to Taiyuan went down from almost six hours to one hour.
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 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 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.