Chengdu–Guiyang High-Speed Railway

Chengdu-Guiyang
High Speed Railway
成贵高速铁路
Overview
Status Under Construction
Locale Chengdu
Guiyang
Termini Chengdu East
Guiyang East
Services 1
Operation
Operator(s) China Railway High-speed
Technical
Line length 519 km (322 mi)
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in)
Operating speed 350Km/h
Chengdu-Guiyang HSR Route Map
Legend
Chengdu–Dujiangyan Intercity Railway
Xi'an-Chengdu HSR
Chengdu–Chongqing Railway

Chengdu

Chengdu East

Chengdu–Chongqing ICR

Chengdu South
Chengdu–Kunming Railway
Chengdu Shuangliu International 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

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 is 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]

Route

The 519 km (322 mi) route commences at Chengdu East, the line will 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.

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