Chongqing–Lichuan railway

Railway line in China

4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge

Electrification

25 kV 50 Hz AC (Overhead line)

Operating speed

200 km/h (124 mph)

Maximum incline

9‰

Route map

Legend

km		elev
	Yiwan railway from Yichang East
0	Lichuan
	Liangwu
	Yiwan railway to Wanzhou
	Shaziguan
	Wanshoushan tunnel (13,468 m)
95	Shizu
	Zhanghongling tunnel (13,299 m)
144	Fengdu
	Daliang tunnel (10,942 m)
	Hanjiatuo Bridge
186	Fuling North
	Zhengyu HSR from Zhengzhou East
210	Changshou North
	Fusheng
	Shuangxi
278	Chongqing North
	Suiyu railway to Suining

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Chongqing–Lichuan railway

Simplified Chinese

渝利铁路

Traditional Chinese

渝利鐵路

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Yúlì Kèyùn Zhuānxiàn

The Chongqing–Lichuan railway, or the Yuli railway (simplified Chinese: 渝利铁路; traditional Chinese: 渝利鐵路; pinyin: Yú-Lì Tiělù) is a railway connecting central Chongqing with the Hubei city of Lichuan. The 244 km (152 mi) long railway, connecting Chongqing North railway station with the Lichuan Station on the Yichang–Wanzhou railway, is a section of the Shanghai–Wuhan–Chengdu passenger railway, which extends to Wuhan, Nanjing, and Shanghai.^[1]

Services

Together with the Hankou–Yichang and Yichang–Lichuan sections of the Huhanrong mainline, the Chongqing–Lichuan line forms what was, until the completion of the Xi'an–Chengdu high-speed railway, the only high-speed rail connection between the Sichuan Basin and the rest of China. It carries numerous high-speed trains running between the cities of the Sichuan Basin (Chengdu and Chongqing) and various destinations in the central and eastern China.

The trains are traveling on the Yuli line with the speed up to 200 km/h (120 mph). It was said that when the Yuli railway and the relevant sections of the Huhanrong mainline are completed, one would be able to travel from Chongqing to Shanghai in just 10 hours.^[2] As of mid-2015, no service this fast seem to exist yet (there is no G-series train directly to Shanghai), but several D-series trains do make it from Chongqing to Shanghai in 13–15 hours.^[3] There are also G-series trains running from Chongqing to Beijing (2,078 km or 1,291 mi) in 12.5 hours (G309).^[3]

Construction history

Construction work started in the late 2008; the plans were for it to be completed within four years.^[1] As of August 2012, it was expected that the railway will be completed by the end of 2013.^[4]

A 139-metre (456 ft) tall pier of the railway's Caijiagou Bridge (蔡家沟特大桥), located in Fuling District, is said to be the world's tallest railway bridge pier.^[4] The railway's Hanjiatuo Bridge over the Yangtze is said to have the longest main span (432 m (1,417 ft)) among the world's double-track railway cable-stayed bridges.^[4]

Two sets of CRH2A high speed train-sets commenced testing of the completed Yuli railway line on December 11, 2013, from Chengdu to Chongqing. It was expected for the line to be opened by the end of December 2013.^[5]

The Chongqing–Lichuan line was opened to conventional rail traffic at the end of December 2013, and full high speed services were expected to commence by the end of June 2014.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b 渝利铁路今天开工今后重庆八小时可达上海 [Construction Work on the Yuli Railway starts today. After [completion], one will be able to get from Chongqing to Shanghai in 8 hours.]. December 29, 2008.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ 韩家沱大桥合龙　两年后主城坐火车1小时到石柱. June 27, 2011. Archived from the original on August 6, 2011. Retrieved October 10, 2012.
^ ^a ^b Chongqing North schedule Archived 2015-03-20 at the Wayback Machine, as of May 2015 (in Chinese)
^ ^a ^b ^c 渝利铁路139米世界最高成都到上海时间缩短 [Yu-Li Railway's world's highest 139 m [pillar]; will shorten Chengdu-Shanghai travel time] (in Chinese). August 26, 2012.
^ "Yuli Railway operates CRH trains". December 13, 2013.
^ "Chongqing-Wuhan CRH trains to be put into service". February 20, 2014. Archived from the original on March 9, 2014. Retrieved March 9, 2014.

v t e Shanghai–Wuhan–Chengdu passenger-dedicated railway
Shanghai–Nanjing	see Beijing–Shanghai high-speed railway and Shanghai–Nanjing intercity railway
Nanjing–Hefei	Qinhuaihe signal station Nanjing South Nanjing Jiangpu Quanjiao Huang'an Chaobei Feidong (- Hefei) Hefei South
Hefei–Wuhan	Hefei South (Hefei -) Chang'anji Nanfenlu Lu'an Dushan Jinzhai Tiantangzhai Dunyitang Sanhe Macheng North Hong'an West Hengdian East Hankou
Wuhan–Yichang	Hankou Hanchuan Tianmen South Xiantao West Qianjiang Jingzhou Zhijiang North Yichang East
Yichang–Lichuan	Yichang East Yichang South Chexi Changyang Langping Yesanguan Gaoping Luoshuidong Jianshi Baiyangping Enshi Baiguo Qingkou Lichuan
Lichuan–Chongqing	Lichuan Liangwu Shizhuxian Fengdu Fuling North Changshou North Fusheng Shuangxi Chongqing North
Chongqing–Suining	Chongqing North Dongjiaxi signal station Huangjue signal station Hechuan Weituo Xiataihe Tongnan Sanxing (- Suining) Suining South
Suining–Chengdu	Suining South (Suining -) Xinqiao signal station Daying East Jijin South Huaikou South Shibantan Chengdu East

High-speed rail in China

High-speed demonstrative maglev
Shanghai maglev train Xianning–Changsha maglev test line (Planned)

National 8+8 high-speed corridors

Coastal

Dandong–Dalian –Shenyang –Qinhuangdao –(Tianjin–Dongying–Weifang)–Qingdao –Lianyungang–Yancheng
–Nantong –Shanghai –Hangzhou –Taizhou–Wenzhou–Fuzhou–Xiamen–Zhangzhou–Shantou–
Shanwei–Shenshan –Xili-Jiangmen–Maoming–(Zhanjiang(–)Hepu)–Qinzhou–Fangchenggang–Dongxing

Hangshen parallel	Hangzhou–Ningbo –Wenzhou –Fuzhou –Xiamen –Shenzhen
other branches	Weifang–Yantai Qingdao–Rongcheng Shanwei–Guangzhou–Zhanjiang

Beijing–Shanghai

West route	Beijing–Shanghai
East route	Beijing–(Tianjin–Dongying–Weifang)–Linyi–Huai'an–Yangzhou –Nantong–Shanghai
branches	Nanjing–Hangzhou Bengbu–Hefei –Hangzhou

Beijing–Hong Kong (Taipei)§

Beijing–Xiong'an–Shangqiu–Fuyang–Hefei –Jiujiang–Lushan–Nanchang

To Hong Kong	Nanchang–Ganzhou –Shenzhen –Hong Kong
To Taipei	Hefei–Fuzhou Nanchang–Fuzhou Fuzhou–Pingtan Pingtan–Taipei

Harbin–Hong Kong (Macau)§

Hohhot–Nanning

Hohhot–Ulanqab–Datong–Yuanping–Taiyuan –Jiaozuo –Zhengzhou
branch: Jiaozuo–Luoyang–Pingdingshan
Zhengzhou–Pingdingshan–Xiangyang–Jingmen–Yichang–Changde–Yiyang–Loudi–Shaoyang–Yongzhou–Liuzhou –Nanning

Beijing–Kunming

Beijing–Xiong'an –Xinzhou–Xi'an –Chengdu–Kunming

Branch lines	Beijing–Zhangjiakou–Datong –Taiyuan Chongqing–Kunming

Baotou (Yinchuan)–Hainan

Yinchuan–Xi'an
Baotou–Yan'an–Xi'an –Chongqing–Guiyang–Nanning–Qinzhou–Beihai–Zhanjiang–Haikou
Hainan eastern ring
Hainan western ring

Lanzhou (Xining)–Guangzhou

Xining–Chengdu
Lanzhou–Chengdu–Guiyang–Guangzhou

Suifenhe–Manzhouli

Suifenhe–Mudanjiang–Harbin –Qiqihar–Manzhouli

Beijing–Lanzhou

Beijing–Zhangjiakou –Hohhot–Baotou–Lanzhou

Qingdao–Yinchuan

Qingdao–Jinan –Shijiazhuang –Taiyuan–Yinchuan

Eurasia Continental

Lianyungang–Xuzhou –Zhengzhou –Xi'an –Baoji –Lanzhou –Ürümqi–Khorgas

Yangtze River

Shanghai–Huzhou –Hefei
Shanghai–Nanjing–Hefei
Hefei–Wuhan–Yichang–Xingshan
Yichang–Fuling
Wuhan–Xiangyang –Xingshan–Wanzhou–Fuling–Chongqing –Chengdu
Wanzhou–Dazhou–Chengdu
Chongqing–Neijiang–Chengdu

Old line	Shanghai–Wuxi–Nanjing –Hefei –Wuhan –Yichang –Lichuan–Chongqing–Suining –Chengdu

Shanghai–Kunming

Shanghai–Hangzhou –Changsha –Guiyang–Kunming–Ruili

Xiamen–Chongqing

Kaohsiung§–Xiamen–Longyan –Ganzhou–Changsha –Changde–Qianjiang–Chongqing

Guangzhou–Kunming

Guangzhou–Nanning –Kunming

Other conventional high-speed railways (list)

Intercity and long-distance	300–350 km/h Beijing–Tangshan Beijing–Tianjin Chengdu–Chongqing Chongqing–Wanzhou Nanjing–Hangzhou Shanghai–Nanjing 200–250 km/h Beijing–Zhangjiakou Changchun–Jilin Chongqing–Lanzhou Dandong–Dalian Guangzhou–Foshan–Zhaoqing Harbin–Jiamusi Harbin–Mudanjiang Harbin–Qiqihar Hengyang–Liuzhou Jilin–Hunchun Liuzhou–Nanning Nanchang–Jiujiang Nanjing–Anqing Qingdao–Rongcheng Shenyang–Dandong Xinhui–Maoming Tianjin–Baoding Xi'an–Chengdu Zhangjiakou–Hohhot Chengdu–Mianyang–Leshan Guangzhou–Zhuhai Zhengzhou–Jiaozuo
Regional intercity	300–350 km/h Chengdu–Ya'an Tianjin–Binhai 200–250 km/h Changsha–Zhuzhou–Xiangtan Chengdu–Dujiangyan Chengdu–Pujiang Dongguan–Huizhou Foshan–Dongguan Fuzhou–Changle Airport Guangzhou–Qingyuan Guiyang–Kaiyang Hainan eastern ring Hainan western ring Lanzhou–Zhongchuan Airport Mianyang–Suining–Ziyang–Neijiang–Zigong–Yibin Suzhou–Jiaxing Wuhan Metropolitan Area Zhengzhou–Kaifeng Zhengzhou–Xinzheng Airport
Upgraded old lines	Beijing–Guangzhou Beijing–Harbin Beijing–Shanghai Guangzhou–Shenzhen Hangzhou–Ningbo Hankou–Danjiangkou Kunming–Yuxi Lianyungang–Lanzhou Litang–Zhanjiang Nanjing–Nantong Shanghai–Kunming

Rolling stock
X 2000 Blue Arrow China Star Hexie (CRH1/CRH2/CRH3/CRH5/CRH6/CRH380A/CRH380B/CRH380C/CRH380D) Vibrant Express (MTR CRH380A)§ CIT Trains Fuxing (CR200J/CR300AF/CR300BF/CR400AF/CR400BF)

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