Beijing–Lanzhou corridor
| Beijing-Lanzhou corridor 京兰通道 | |
|---|---|
.jpg) A CR400BF-C train on the Beijing-Zhangjiakou section of Beijing–Lanzhou corridor | |
| Overview | |
| Status | Partly operational |
| Locale | People's Republic of China |
| Termini | |
| Service | |
| Type | High-speed rail |
| Operator(s) | China Railway High-speed |
| Technical | |
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge |
| Electrification | 50 Hz 25,000 V |
| Operating speed | 200 to 350 km/h (124 to 217 mph) |
The Beijing–Lanzhou corridor is a high-speed rail corridor running from Beijing through Hohhot and Yinchuan to Lanzhou. It was announced in 2016 as part of China's "Eight Vertical and Eight Horizontal" network.
Sections
| Line | Project name | Section | Design speed (km/h) |
Length (km) | Construction start date | Opening date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beijing-Baotou HSR | Beijing–Zhangjiakou ICR | Beijing North–Zhangjiakou | 250–350 | 172 | 29 April 2016 | 30 December 2019 |
| Zhangjiakou–Hohhot HSR | Zhangjiakou–Ulanqab | 250 | 161 | 28 April 2014[1] | ||
| Ulanqab–Hohhot East | 126 | 3 August 2017[2] | ||||
| Jining–Baotou railway | Hohhot East–Hohhot | 160 | 9 | 1 April 2015 | 4 August 2017 | |
| Hohhot–Taigemu | 19 | 5 March 2014 | 28 September 2015 | |||
| Taigemu–Baotou | 200 | 146 | 1 April 2009 | 3 December 2012 | ||
| Baotou–Yinchuan high-speed railway | Baotou–Yinchuan high-speed railway | Baotou–Huinong South | 250 | 422 (to be determined) | 31 December 2021 | Expected by end of 2025 |
| Huinong South–Yinchuan | 97 | 16 August 2018 | 1 October 2024 | |||
| Yinchuan–Lanzhou HSR | Yinchuan–Lanzhou HSR | Yinchuan–Wuzhong | 250 | 74 | 26 October 2015[3] | 29 December 2019[4] |
| Wuzhong–Zhongwei ICR | Wuzhong–Zhongwei South | 133 | 10 October 2015[5] | |||
| Zhongwei–Lanzhou HSR | Zhongwei South–Shuping | 222 | 19 June 2017 | 29 December 2022 | ||
| Lanzhou–Zhongchuan Airport ICR | Lanzhou–Zhongchuan ICR | Shuping-Fuliqu | 160 | 34 | 21 December 2012 | 30 September 2015 |
| Connection of Lanzhou–Zhongchuan ICR to central Lanzhou | Fuliqu–Lanzhou West | 120 | 11 | 1 September 2018 | 6 September 2024 |
References
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- ^ "银西高铁宁夏段动工 3小时即可串联陕甘宁" [The Ningxia section of Yinxi High-speed Railway started construction and will connect Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia in 3 hours] (in Chinese). Municipality of Yinchuan. Archived from the original on 9 January 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
- ^ "宁夏结束没有高速铁路历史" [Ningxia ends its history of no high-speed railway] (in Chinese). China News Service. Archived from the original on 30 December 2019. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
- ^ "宁夏首条城际铁路项目开工" [Ningxia's first intercity railway project starts construction] (in Chinese). Xinhua News Agency. 10 October 2015. Archived from the original on 2022-01-09. Retrieved 6 February 2025.