Xi'an–Chengdu high-speed railway

Xi'an-Chengdu High Speed Railway 西成客运专线
Overview
Status	Under Construction
Locale	Xi'an Chengdu
Termini	Xi'an North Chengdu
Service
Services	1
Operator(s)	China Railway High-speed
Technical
Line length	510 km (317 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Operating speed	250Km/h
Route map  Datong–Xi'an passenger railway to Datong South  Xuzhou–Lanzhou high-speed railway to Xuzhou East Xi'an North  Xuzhou–Lanzhou high-speed railway to Lanzhou West  Longhai railway to Lianyun Xi'an  Longhai railway to Lanzhou Xi'an West Feng River Grand Bridge (20,944 m) Huyi Qingliangshan Tunnel (12,553 m) Donglaoyu River Bridge (243 m) Daqinling Tunnel (14,846 m) Caiziping Grand Bridge Xinchangjie Tianhuashan Tunnel (15,989 m) Lao'anshan Tunnel (15,161 m) Foping Deli Tunnel (14,167 m) Furenshan Tunnel (13,101 m) Yangxian West Xushui River Grand Bridge (18,960 m) Chenggu North Wenchuan River Grand Bridge (25,905 m)  Yangpingguan–Ankang railway to Ankang Hanzhong  Yangpingguan–Ankang railway to Yangpingguan Han River Grand Bridge (4,908.24 m) Xinji Fuchuan Tunnel (9,015 m) Fangjiawan Tunnel (8,561 m) Qishuba Tunnel (7,225.7 m) Hejialiang Tunnel (12,405 m) Ningqiang South Qipanguan Tunnel (9,229 m), Shaanxi/Sichuan border Chaotian Xiao'an Tunnel (13,430 m) Zhaojiayan Tunnel (8,345 m) Jialing River Grand Bridge (1,720 m)  Chongqing–Lanzhou railway to Lanzhou East Guangyuan  Chongqing–Lanzhou railway to Chongqing North Bailong River Grand Bridge (1,394 m) Zhanggongling Tunnel Jianmenguan Huangjialiang Tunnel (11,632 m) Qingchuan Jinjiayan Tunnel (12,029 m) Liangchahe Grand Bridge (2,562 m) Jiangyou North Jiangyou Qinglian Mianyang Luojiang East Deyang Guanghan North Qingbaijiang East Xindu East Chengdu East  Chengdu–Chongqing high-speed railway to Chongqing  Chengdu–Guiyang high-speed railway to Guiyang East

Xicheng Passenger Dedicated Line
Simplified Chinese	西成客运专线
Traditional Chinese	西成客運專線
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Xīchéng Kèyùn Zhuānxiàn

Xi'an–Chengdu High-Speed Railway or Xi'an-Chengdu Passenger Dedicated Line, is a dual-track, electrified, high-speed rail line, under construction in Western China between Xi'an and Chengdu. It will run 510 km through Shaanxi and Sichuan provinces and will accommodate trains traveling at speeds up to 250 km/h. Travel time between the two provincial capitals will be reduced from 13 to less than three hours.

The project was approved by the State Development and Planning Commission in October 2010. Construction of the Sichuan section of the railway started on November 10, 2010, and of the Shaanxi section, on October 27, 2012. It is scheduled to be completed no earlier than 2017. The line will traverse the rugged Qinling and Daba Mountains and connect the Guanzhong Plains and the Sichuan Basin.

Route

The high speed rail line will connect Xian, in the Wei River Valley, Hanzhong, in the Han River Valley, and Guangyuan, Jiangyou and Chengdu in the Sichuan Basin. In the Qinling Mountains, it will have 127 km of tunnels, including six over 10 km in length. The railway will pass through ecologically-sensitive areas including the Taibaishan and Hanzhong Crested Ibis National Nature Reserves, which are home to the endangered giant panda, golden snub-nosed monkey, takin and crested ibis.

Over most of its length, the Xi'an–Chengdu High-Speed Railway will largely parallel existing railways: the Yangpingguan–Ankang Railway in southwestern Shaanxi (between Hanzhong and the Yangpingguan junction), and the Baoji–Chengdu Railway in Sichuan (from Yangpingguan to Chengdu). However, the section from Xi'an to Hanzhong, crossing the Qinling Mountains will follow an entirely new shortcut route.

Recent high speed rail reforms has also meant direct Chengdu-Lanzhou and Chongqing-Xi'an services will use a combination of Xi'an–Chengdu High-Speed Railway and Chongqing–Lanzhou High-Speed Railway from where they meet at Guangyuan. This will negate a need to build a separate direct Chongqing-Xi'an or Chengdu-Lanzhou lines.

History

• Nov. 1 2010: The Xian-Chengdu High Speed Railway project received approval from the State Development and Planning Commission.