Chengdu–Guiyang high-speed railway

Chengdu-Guiyang high-speed railway is a major trunk high-speed railway between the provincial capitals of Chengdu, Sichuan and Guiyang, Guizhou via a small section traversing north east Yunnan province. It was selected for construction under the 11th Five Year Plan set by the Chinese Government. Construction started in 2010 and was expected to be completed by 2014. The northern section of this line between Chengdu and Leshan forms the southern part of the operational Chengdu–Mianyang–Leshan intercity railway.[1][2][3]

Chengdu-Guiyang high-speed railway 成贵高速铁路
Overview
Locale	Chengdu Guiyang
Termini	Chengdu East Guiyang East
Services	1
Operation
Opened	2014/2019
Operator(s)	China Railway High-speed
Technical
Line length	648 km (403 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in)
Operating speed	350 Km/h

Chengdu-Guiyang HSR Route Map
Chengdu–Dujiangyan Intercity Railway Xi'an-Chengdu HSR Chengdu–Chongqing Railway Chengdu Chengdu East Chengdu–Chongqing ICR Chengdu South Chengdu–Kunming Railway Shuangliu Airport Shuangliu West Xinjin Xinjin South Pengshan North Meishan East Qingshen Leshan Emei Emeishan Qianwei Pingshan Yibin East Changning Xingwen Sichuan/Yunnan border Weixin Zhenxiong Yunnan/Guizhou border Bijie Dafang Qianxi Baiyun Chongqing-Guizhou HSR Guiyang East Guiyang-Guangzhou HSR

The 135 km Chengdu – Leshan section opened in 2014, the 141 km Leshan – Yibin opened in June 2019,[4] while last 372 km Yibin - Guiyang section opened in December 2019.[5] Almost 82% of the route is on 468 bridges or in 183 tunnels.

Route

The 648 km (403 mi) route commences at Chengdu East, the line proceed south to Leshan and Yibin with in Sichuan before crossing the border into north east Yunnan at Zhaotong, Yiliang County, Zhenxiong County. Once into Guizhou, it travels through Bijie before arriving at Guiyang East. There is a 31 km (19 mi) branch from this route at Leshan to serve the large tourist demands at Emei Shan.

References

1. "10-hour Chengdu–Shanghai train opens this month; more fast trains on the way". gochengdoo.com. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
2. "Innovations and Practices of High-Speed Railway in China" (PDF). uncrd.or.jp. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
3. "The Chengdu–Guiyang High-Speed Rail Influence on the Location Advantage and Functional Positioning of Yibin City". en.cnki.com.cn. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
4. "Leshan – Yibin high speed line opens". Railway Gazette International. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
5. "Yibin – Guiyang Passenger-Dedicated Line opens". Railway Gazette International. 20 December 2019. Retrieved 22 December 2019.