Lanzhou–Xinjiang High-Speed Railway

Lanzhou–Xinjiang High-Speed Railway
兰新铁路第二双线

Overview

Type

High-speed rail

Status

Operational

Locale

China

Termini

Lanzhou
Ürümqi

Stations

Operation

Opened

November 16, 2014 (Urumqi-Qumul)^[1]

December 2014 (Qumul-Lanzhou)

Operator(s)

China Railway High-speed

Technical

Line length

1,776 km (1,104 mi)

Track gauge

1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in)

Minimum radius

7,000 m (22,966 ft)

Operating speed

350 km/h (217 mph)^[2]^[3]

Maximum incline

2.0%

Route map

Legend

Stations and structures
(final station names yet to be determined)

Legend

Baotou–Lanzhou Railway

Xuzhou-Lanzhou HSR

Lanzhou

Lanzhou West

Lanzhou Zhongchuan Airport ICR

Lanzhou–Xinjiang Railway

Gaojiashan Tunnel

Yellow River Bridge

Gansu / Qinghai border

Minhe

Ledu

Xiangshui River

Ping'an Xining Caojiabao Airport

Bridge over Lanzhou–Qinghai Railway

Xining

Qinghai–Tibet Railway

Datong West

Dabanshan Tunnel

Datonghe Bridge

Menyuan

Qilianshan Tunnel

Jiyaoling Tunnel

Junmachang

Qinghai / Gansu border

Minle

Bridge over G30 expressway

Zhangye West

Linze South

Bridge over Lanzhou–Xinjiang Railway

Gaotai South

Qingshui North

Jiuquan South

Bridge over G30 expressway

Jiayuguan South

Lanzhou–Xinjiang Railway

Jiayuguan Tunnel

Bridge over Lanzhou–Xinjiang Railway

Qingquan South

Lanzhou–Xinjiang Railway

Yumenzhen

Bridge over Lanzhou–Xinjiang Railway

Bridge over G30 expressway

Liugou South

Shibandun South

Liuyuan South

Bridge over G30 expressway

Hongliuhe South

Hongliuhe Bridge

Gansu / Xinjiang border

Bridge over Lanzhou–Xinjiang Railway

Yandun East

Tudun No. 2 Interchange Bridge

Hami Interchange Bridge

Lanzhou–Xinjiang Railway

Hami

Lanzhou–Xinjiang Railway

Liushuquan South

Shisanjianfang Bridge

Hongceng South

Tuha

Bridge over G30 expressway

Shanshan North

Turpan North Turpan Jiaohe Airport

Daheyan

Dabancheng Tunnel

Dabancheng Wetland Bridge

Bridge over Lanzhou–Xinjiang Railway

Yanhu West

Bridge over G216 expressway

Bridge over Lanzhou–Xinjiang Railway

Ürümqi South

Ürümqi

The Lanzhou–Xinjiang High-Speed Railway, also known as Lanzhou–Xinjiang Passenger Railway or Lanxin Second Railway (兰新铁路第二双线), is a high-speed rail in northwestern China from Lanzhou in Gansu Province to Ürümqi in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.

Construction work began on November 4, 2009. The 1,776-kilometre (1,104 mi) railway took four years to complete, of which, 795 kilometres (494 mi) is in Gansu, 268 kilometres (167 mi) in Qinghai and 713 kilometres (443 mi) in Xinjiang. Track laying for the line was completed on November 16, 2013.^[4] 31 stations will be built along the line. The project costs 143.5 billion yuan.^[5]

Unlike the existing Lanxin railway, which runs entirely in Gansu and Xinjiang, the new high-speed rail is routed from Lanzhou to Xining in Qinghai Province before heading northwest across the Qilian Mountains into the Hexi Corridor at Zhangye. The rail tracks in the section near Qilianshan No. 2 Tunnel is at 3,607 metres (11,834 ft) above sea level,^[6] making it the highest high-speed rail track in the world.

The first high speed train traveled over this line on June 3, 2014. This was a test train with a media contingent with full revenue service not due to start until the end of 2014.^[7]^[8]^[9] The first segment of the line, the Ürümqi-Qumul part, was inaugurated on November 16, 2014.^[10] This high-speed railway segment is the first ever railway of that kind to ever exist in the Xinjiang autonomous region. The rest of the line opened on December 26, 2014. The line cuts train travel time between the two cities from 20 hours to 12 hours.

Wind shed risk

Near Shanshan, the railway will go through the hundred-li wind zone, where desert wind constantly blows most days of a year. In 2007, strong wind overturned a train on the southern branch of Lanxin Railway, and four people were killed.^[11] A 67 kilometres (42 mi) long wind-protection gallery has been built next to the tracks in this region.^[12]

References

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↑ 兰新铁路第二双线新疆段春节施工热火朝天
↑ http://www.tianshannet.com.cn/news/content/2010-12/12/content_5436119.htm
↑ http://www.china.org.cn/business/2013-11/24/content_30688262.htm
↑ 兰新铁路第二双线今日在乌鲁木齐开工 (in Chinese). November 4, 2009. Retrieved November 6, 2009.
↑ http://news.xinhuanet.com/fortune/2014-05/01/c_1110499338.htm
↑ "High-speed rail great boost to Xinjiang growth". June 4, 2014. Retrieved June 5, 2014.
↑ "High Speed Railway Tested in Xinjiang: Urumqi to Lanzhou in only 9 hours". June 4, 2014. Retrieved June 5, 2014.
↑ "Xinjiang's first high-speed railway goes on trial run". June 4, 2014. Retrieved June 5, 2014.
↑
↑ Strong Wind Derails Train, Killing 4
↑ http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNzIxNjU4OTEy.html

High-speed railway lines

Africa

Asia

China (Mainland)	(* Indicates overlap with conventional services) Tianjin–Qinhuangdao –Shenyang* Nanjing–Hefei –Wuhan* Beijing–Tianjin–Binhai Taiyuan–Shijiazhuang Jinan–Qingdao –Rongcheng* Suining–Chengdu* Nanjing–Hangzhou –Ningbo –Taizhou–Wenzhou –Fuzhou –Xiamen –Shenzhen Beijing–Shijiazhuang –Wuhan –Guangzhou –Shenzhen Zhengzhou–Xi'an –Baoji –Lanzhou –Urumqi Jiujiang–Nanchang –Fuzhou* Chengdu–Dujiangyan Shanghai–Nanjing Shanghai–Hangzhou –Changsha –Guiyang Changchun–Jilin Hainan Eastern Ring Guangzhou–Zhuhai Beijing–Shanghai Bengbu–Hefei –Fuzhou Dalian–Harbin –Qiqihar Panjin–Yingkou Hengyang–Liuzhou Liuzhou–Nanning* Nanning–Qinzhou* Qinzhou–Fangchenggang* Qinzhou–Beihai* Taiyuan–Xi'an Wuhan–Xianning Wuhan–Huangshi Zhengzhou–Kaifeng Guiyang–Guangzhou Nanning–Guangzhou Guiyang–Kaiyang Zhengzhou–Jiaozuo Shenyang–Dandong Jilin–Hunchun Lanzhou–Zhongchuan Airport Nanjing–Anqing Nanning–Kunming

Japan	Tōkaidō Shinkansen Sanyō Shinkansen Tōhoku Shinkansen Jōetsu Shinkansen Hokuriku Shinkansen Kyushu Shinkansen Hokkaido Shinkansen

South Korea	Gyeongbu HSR Honam HSR

Taiwan	Taipei–Kaohsiung

Turkey	Ankara-Pendik Ankara–Konya

Europe

Belgium	HSL 1 HSL 2 HSL 3 HSL 4

France	LGV Sud-Est LGV Atlantique LGV Rhône-Alpes LGV Nord LGV Interconnexion Est LGV Méditerranée LGV Est Perpignan-Barcelona LGV Rhin-Rhône

Germany	Cologne–Düren Cologne–Frankfurt Hanover–Würzburg Mannheim–Stuttgart Rastatt–Offenburg Wolfsburg–Berlin Nuremberg–Ingolstadt Erfurt–Leipzig/Halle

Italy	Turin–Milan Milan–Bologna Bologna–Florence Florence–Rome Rome–Naples Naples–Salerno

Netherlands	HSL-Zuid

Norway	Gardermoen Line

Spain	Madrid–Barcelona Madrid–Seville Madrid–Malaga Madrid– Leon Madrid–Toledo Atlantic Axis Barcelona–Perpignan Madrid–Valencia/Alicante

United Kingdom	High Speed 1

North America

South America

High-speed rail in China

Maglev

Shanghai Maglev Train

Conventional high-speed railways (list)

National 8 × 8 Corridors	North–south Coastal Beijing-Shanghai Beijing-Hong Kong (Taipei) Beijing-Harbin, Beijing-Hong Kong (Macau) Hohhot-Nanning Beijing-Kunming Baotou (Yinchuan)-Hainan Lanzhou (Xining)-Guangzhou East–west Suifenhe-Manzhouli Beijing-Lanzhou Qingdao-Yinchuan Europe-Asia Yangtze River Shanghai-Kunming Xiamen-Chongqing Guangzhou-Kunming

National 4 × 4 Corridors (defunct)	North–south Beijing–Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong Beijing–Harbin Beijing–Shanghai Hangzhou–Fuzhou–Shenzhen East–west Shanghai–Kunming Shanghai–Wuhan–Chengdu Qingdao–Taiyuan Xuzhou–Lanzhou

Long-distance major corridors	Chengdu–Guangzhou Chongqing–Guizhou Chongqing–Lanzhou Datong–Xi'an Hengyang–Liuzhou Hefei–Fuzhou Lanzhou–Urumqi Nanchang–Shenzhen Nanning-Kunming Nanning–Guangzhou Qinhuangdao–Shenyang Tianjin–Qinhuangdao Xi'an–Chengdu Xi'an–Chongqing

Intercity and long-distance	300–350 km/h Beijing–Tianjin Beijing–Tangshan Chengdu–Chongqing Chongqing–Wanzhou Nanjing–Hangzhou Shanghai–Nanjing 200–250 km/h Chengdu–Mianyang–Leshan Changchun–Jilin Dandong–Dalian Beijing–Zhangjiakou Harbin–Jiamusi Harbin–Mudanjiang Harbin–Qiqihar Guangzhou–Foshan–Zhaoqing Liuzhou–Nanning Jilin–Hunchun Nanjing–Anqing Nanchang–Jiujiang Shenzhen–Maoming Tianjin–Baoding Qingdao–Rongcheng Shenyang–Dandong Xi'an–Chengdu Zhangjiakou–Hohot

Regional intercity	300–350 km/h Chengdu–Ya'an Tianjin–Binhai New Area 200–250 km/h Changsha–Zhuzhou–Xiangtan Chengdu–Dujiangyan Chengdu–Pujiang Dongguan–Huizhou Foshan–Dongguan Fuzhou–Changle Airport Guangzhou–Dongguan–Shenzhen Guangzhou–Qingyuan Guangzhou–Zhuhai Guiyang-Kaiyang Hainan Eastern Ring Hainan Western Ring Lanzhou–Zhongchuan Airport Mianyang–Suining–Ziyang–Neijiang–Zigong–Yibin Suzhou–Jiaxing Wuhan Metropolitan Area Zhengzhou–Jiaozuo Zhengzhou–Kaifeng Zhengzhou–Xuchang

Upgraded old lines	Beijing–Guangzhou Beijing–Harbin Beijing–Shanghai Guangzhou–Shenzhen Hunan–Guangxi Lianyungang–Lanzhou Lianyungang–Lanzhou Nanjing–Qidong Shanghai–Kunming Wuchang–Jiujiang Hankou–Danjiangkou Hangzhou–Ningbo

Rolling stock	Blue Arrow China Star CIT Trains CRH1 CRH2 CRH3 CRH5 CRH6 CRH380A SJ 2000 Zefiro 380 China Standardized EMU

Italics – under construction or currently not operational
(-), Place A- – section under construction or currently not operational
§ – in/related to Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan
(Place A-Place B) – share tracks with other lines

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