Lanzhou–Zhongchuan Airport intercity railway

Lanzhou–Zhongchuan Airport intercity railway is a regional higher-speed railway located in Gansu Province, connecting the Lanzhou urban area and Lanzhou Zhongchuan Airport. As Zhongchuan Airport is quite distant from the urban area of Lanzhou, regular ground transport currently takes about an hour to make the journey and taxi journeys are expensive at around 150 to 200RMB, but with little to no time advantage over the airport bus service. Thus a higher-speed rail connection was initiated by the Lanzhou government in order to improve access to the airport, but also to the adjacent Lanzhou New Area special economic zone. The journey to the airport now takes from 30 to 40 minutes at a cost of 18.5RMB for Second Class and 22RMB for First Class.

Lanzhou-Zhongchuan Airport intercity railway 兰中城际铁路
Overview
Type	Higher-speed rail
Status	Operational
Locale	Lanzhou, Gansu
Termini	Lanzhou Zhongchuan Airport
Stations	6
Operation
Opened	September 30, 2015
Operator(s)	China Railway High-speed
Technical
Line length	61 km (38 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Minimum radius	3,500 m (11,500 ft)
Electrification	50 Hz 25,000 V
Operating speed	200 km/h (124 mph)
Maximum incline	6.0%
Route map Legend -  Lanzhou–Zhangye intercity railway to Zhangye Zhongchuan Airport Lanzhou New Area Yellow River  Lanzhou-Xinjiang Railway to Urumqi Xigu  Lanzhou-Xinjiang High-Speed Railway to Xining Fuliqu Chenguanying Lanzhou Metro Line 1 Lanzhou West Lanzhou Metro Line 2  Baotou–Lanzhou Railway & Xuzhou-Lanzhou HSR to Lanzhou

Lanzhou–Zhongchuan Airport intercity railway
Simplified Chinese	兰中城际铁路
Traditional Chinese	蘭中城際鐵路
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Lán-Zhōng chéngjì tiělù
Full name
Simplified Chinese	兰州至中川机场城际铁路
Traditional Chinese	蘭州至中川機場城際鐵路
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Lánzhōu zhì Zhōngchuān Jīchǎng chéngjì tiělù

Overview

Zhongchuan Airport Railway Station

The Lanzhou Zhongchuan Airport intercity railway is proposed to be the first section of a longer Lanzhou–Zhangye intercity railway, connecting western Gansu cities. The Length of the railway is 61 kilometres (38 mi). Starting from Lanzhou West Railway Station the route parallels the Lanzhou–Xinjiang High-Speed Railway for a short distance. From Fuliqu to Zhongchuan Airport 48.2 kilometres (30.0 mi) of new railway is built as a double tracked electrified line. Total investment was projected to be over 9.1 billion yuan RMB. A total of six stations is constructed, Lanzhou West Railway Station will allow transfers to Line 1 and Line 2 of Lanzhou Metro, Chenguanying will allow transfers to Line 1 of Lanzhou Metro. Lanzhou New Area Railway Station will allow transfers to future tram and metro services. Before Lanzhou New Area station, the under construction Zhongwei–Lanzhou high-speed railway branches off.[1]

An initial groundbreaking ceremony was held on December 27, 2010. However works were not actually started. On December 21, 2012, another groundbreaking ceremony was held again with full construction now underway.[2] The line started operation on September 30, 2015.[3]

Stations

Station №	Station Name	Chinese	Distance km		Metro transfers/connections	Location
LZJ	Lanzhou	兰州	0.00	0.00		Chengguan
LAJ	Lanzhou West (Lanzhouxi)	兰州西	10.00	10.00	1   2	Qilihe
CAJ	Chenguanying	陈官营	8.70	18.70	1	Xigu
FLJ	Fuliqu	福利区	3.00	21.70
XIJ	Xigu	西固	2.40	24.10
HOJ	Huangyangtou	黄羊头	11.20	35.20		Gaolan Co.
LQJ	Lanzhou New Area (Lanzhou Xinqu)	兰州新区	31.20	66.50		Yongdeng Co.
ZJJ	Zhongchuan Airport (Zhongchuan Jichang)	中川机场	3.80	70.30

See also

• Zhongwei–Lanzhou high-speed railway

References

1. https://news.qq.com/a/20170711/019772.htm
2. "敦煌至格尔木和兰州至中川机场铁路开工建设" [Work started on the Dunhuang-Golmud Railway and on the railway from Lanzhou to Zhongchuan Airport] (in Chinese). December 23, 2012.
3. Haonan, Liu (October 19, 2015). "Seamless transfer to Zhongchuan airport". This is Lanzhou. Retrieved December 17, 2015.