Baoji–Chengdu Railway

Baoji–Chengdu Railway 

Legend

		to Longhai Railway
	0 km	Baoji
		to Longhai Railway
		Wei River
		Baoji South
	45 km	Qinling
	67 km	Honghuapu
	91 km	Fengzhou
	103 km	Feng County
		entering Gansu Province
	120 km	Hongqing
	125 km	Lijiahe
	135 km	Liangdang
	151 km	Hui County
		re-entering Shaanxi Province
	174 km	Baishuijiang
	182 km	Hongweiba
	190 km	Matiwang
	199 km	Xujiaping
	208 km	Hengxianhe
	215 km	Lueyang County
	237 km	Lesuhe
	247 km	Gaotanzi
	259 km	Juting
		to Yangpingguan–Ankang Railway
	271 km	Yangpingguan
	283 km	Yanziban
		entering Sichuan Province
	302 km	Datan
	323 km	Chaotian District
	341 km	Ranjiahe
	350 km	Guangyuan
		to Guangyuan–Wangcang Railway
		Guangyuan South
		Zoumaling
		Zhaohua
		Shaxiba
	415 km	Zhuyuan
		Banzhuyuan
		Majiaoba
		Erlang Temple
		Houba
		Xiaoxiba
		Shuanghekou
	512 km	Jiangyou
		Sanhechang
		Shimaba
	554 km	Mianyang
		Zaojiaopu
		Tanjiaba
	584 km	Luojiang
		Huangxu
	608 km	Deyang
		Shifang
	631 km	Guanghan
		to Chengdu–Wenchuan Railway
		to Dazhou–Chengdu Railway
		Xindu District
		to Chengdu–Pujiang Railway
	669 km	Chengdu
		to Chengdu–Kunming Railway

The Baoji–Chengdu Railway or Baocheng Railway (simplified Chinese: 宝成铁路; traditional Chinese: 寶成鐵路; pinyin: bǎochéng tiělù), is a mixed single- and double-track, electrified, railroad in China between Baoji in Shaanxi province and Chengdu in Sichuan province. The Baocheng Line is the main railway connection between the northern/northwestern and southwestern China. The line has a total length of 668.2 km and passes through mostly mountainous terrain in southern Shaanxi, eastern Gansu and northern Sichuan.^[1] It opened in 1961 as the first rail outlet from Sichuan, and in 1975 became the first railway in China to be electrified.^[1] Other cities along route include Mianyang, Guangyuan, Guanghan and Lueyang.

Line Description

The Baocheng Line runs from the plains of the Sichuan Basin to the Wei River Valley. It traverses the Qin Mountains, the east-west range that divides northern from southern China. The line has 304 tunnels and 1,001 bridges, which collectively account for 17% of the total track length.^[1]

In Baoji, the line meets the Longhai Railway, on which trains can travel east to Xian and the Central Plains or west to Lanzhou and the northwest. At Yangpingguan, the line intersects with the Yangpingguan–Ankang Railway which branches eastward along the Han River Valley. In Chengdu, the line connects with the Chengyu Line to Chongqing, Chengqian Line to Guizhou, and Chengkun Line to Kunming.

History

The Baocheng Line was originally proposed in Sun Yat-sen's 1913 China National Railway Plan as part of the Datong-Chengdu Railway. Construction began in Chengdu on July 1, 1952 and from Baoji in January 1954.^[1] The line opened on August 15, 1961. It was electrified in 1975, becoming the first railway to be electrified in the country.^[1] Construction of a second track between Chengdu and Yangpingguan began in 1993 and was completed in 1999. From Yangpingguan to Baoji, the line remains single-track.

The Baoji–Chengdu Railway, together with the Xi'an-Baoji section of the Longhai Railway, presently forms the main railway route between Xi'an and Chengdu (and, in general, between North China and Sichuan). However, the Xi'an–Chengdu High-Speed Railway, now under construction between these two cities (work started in 2010-2012), is expected to take over much of the passenger traffic on this route.

The opening of the first electrified railway in China on August 15, 1961. (Baocheng Railway, Baoji - Fengzhou section).

Baocheng Railway near Yangpingguan.

Baocheng Railway near the Jialing River.

See also

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• List of railways in China

References

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