Shijiazhuang–Taiyuan High-Speed Railway

Qingdao–Taiyuan High-Speed Railway Shijiazhuang–Taiyuan Section 青太高速铁路石太段
Overview
Type	CRH
Locale	China
Operation
Opening	April 1, 2009
Owner	China Railway
Operator(s)	China Railway High-speed
Technical
Line length	189 km (117 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Electrification	50 Hz, 25,000 V
Operating speed	250 km/h (160 mph)

Shitai Passenger Railway
stations and mileage toward Shitai Railway、Tongpu Railway、Taijiao Railway、Shanglancun line Taiyuan 0 km Taiyuaneast 3 km toward Shitai Railway at Taiyuan North Donglingjing km Yangquan North km Taihang Mountain Tunnel Huailu km toward Shitai Railway Shijiazhuang North 189 km

The Shitai Passenger Railway (simplified Chinese: 石太客运专线; traditional Chinese: 石太客運專線; pinyin: Shí-Tài Kèyùn Zhuān Xiàn) is a 190-kilometre long (120 mi) high speed railway in China, running from Shijiazhuang to Taiyuan at 250 kilometres per hour (160 mph). The railway opened on April 1, 2009.^[1]

The railway crosses the Taihang mountain range in Taihang Tunnel, which, at almost 28 kilometres (17 mi) long, is presently (as of 2010) the longest railway tunnel in China.

Services

The Shijiazhuang–Taiyuan High-Speed Railway is used by G- and D-series trains. Initially, they mostly ran just between Taiyuan and Shijiazhuang. With the opening of the Beijing-Guangzhou High-Speed Railway, which runs through Shijiazhuang, in December 2012, almost all of these trains have been extended beyond Shijiazhuang: most of them now continue north to Beijing, while some go south, to Wuhan, Guangzhou, and other points along the line.^[2]

See also

• Shijiazhuang–Taiyuan Railway

References