Qingdao–Yinchuan corridor

Qingdao-Yinchuan corridor
青银通道
Overview
StatusOperational
LocaleShandong, Hebei, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Ningxia
Termini
Service
TypeHigh-speed rail
Operator(s)China Railway High-speed
Technical
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification50 Hz 25,000 V
Operating speed200 to 350 km/h (124 to 217 mph)

The Qingdao–Yinchuan corridor (simplified Chinese: 青银通道; traditional Chinese: 青銀通道; pinyin: Qīngyín Tōngdào) is a China Railway High-speed line running from Qingdao, Shandong to Yinchuan, Ningxia. The line passes through the cities of Jinan, Shijiazhuang, and Taiyuan. Announced in 2016 as part of China's "Eight Vertical and Eight Horizontal" network, the line comprises the existing Qingdao–Taiyuan passenger railway and the Taiyuan–Zhongwei–Yinchuan railway.

Overview

The Qingdao–Yinchuan corridor runs east–west ("horizontally") from the coastal city of Qingdao in Shandong Province, passing through Jinan, Shijiazhuang, and Taiyuan before terminating at Yinchuan in Ningxia.

Sections

Operational lines are marked with green background. The Taiyuan-Yinchuan section is not high-speed and does not yet have any through trains beyond Taiyuan South and is marked as blue.

Section Description Designed
speed
(km/h)
 Length
(km)
 Construction
start date
 Open date
Qingdao–Jinan section
(Qingdao–Jinan high-speed railway) 		HSR connecting Qingdao and Jinan 350 308 2015 2018-12-26
Jinan–Shijiazhuang section
(Shijiazhuang–Jinan high-speed railway) 		PDL connecting Shijiazhuang & Jinan via Dezhou 250 319 2013[1] 2017-12-28[2]
Shijiazhuang–Taiyuan section
(Shijiazhuang–Taiyuan high-speed railway) 		PDL connecting Shijiazhuang & Taiyuan. 250 190 2005-06-11 2009-04-01
Taiyuan–Yinchuan section
(Taiyuan–Zhongwei–Yinchuan railway) 		upgraded railway connecting Taiyuan and Yinchuan through Zhongwei. 250 2006-05 2011-01-11

References

  1. ^ "石家庄至济南铁路客运专线将开工". 中国交通. 1 March 2013. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
  2. ^ "石济高铁明日开行 京津冀"矩形"高铁环形网形成_新闻_腾讯网". news.qq.com (in Chinese (China)). Retrieved 1 September 2018.

See also