Xi'an–Chengdu High-Speed Railway
| Xi'an-Chengdu High Speed Railway 西成客运专线 |
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| Overview | |
| Status | Under Construction |
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Xi'an Chengdu |
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Xi'an North Chengdu |
| Services | 1 |
| Operation | |
| Operator(s) | China Railway High-speed |
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| Line length | 510 km (317 mi) |
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) |
| Operating speed | 250Km/h |
| Xicheng Passenger Dedicated Line | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 西成客运专线 | ||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 西成客運專線 | ||||||
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| 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.
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.
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