Chengdu–Dujiangyan Intercity Railway

Chengdu-Dujiangyan Intercity Railway

A CRH1A high speed train at the Pi County West Station
Overview
Native name	成灌铁路
Status	Operational
Locale	Chengdu Dujiangyan
Termini	Chengdu Qingchengshan Guanxian Ancient Town Pengzhou
Stations	21
Services	1
Operation
Opened	12 May 2010
Operator(s)	China Railway High-speed
Technical
Line length	94.2 km (59 mi)
Track gauge	4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in (1,435 mm)

Chengdu–Dujiangyan High-Speed Railway

Line length:

94.2 km (58.5 mi)

Track gauge:

1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in)

Maximum speed:

220 km/h (136.7 mph)

Stations and structures

Legend

Chengdu–Chongqing Railway

Dazhou–Chengdu Railway

Chengdu–Kunming Railway

Chengdu

Baoji–Chengdu Railway

Anjing

Chengdu West Ring Railway

Xipu East

Line 2, Chengdu Metro

Xipu

Line 2, Chengdu Metro

Hongguangzhen

Pi County East

Pengzhou (building)

Buxingjie (building)

Pi County

Pengzhou South (building)

Gucheng (building)

Pi County West

Sandaoyan (building)

Xinmin (building)

Pengzhou Branch Line

Ande

Chongyi (planned)

Juyuan

Lidui Branch Line

Dujiangyan

Yingbin Road (building)

Zhongxing (planned)

Libing Square (building)

Qingchengshan

Guanxian Ancient Town (building)

The Chengdu–Dujiangyan Intercity Railway is a dual-track, electrified, passenger-dedicated, high-speed rail line in Sichuan Province, China. It connects the provincial capital, Chengdu with the satellite city of Dujiangyan in Guan County. The line is 65 kilometres (40 mi) in length with 15 stations. China Railways CRH1 train sets on the line reach a maximum speed of 220 kilometres per hour (140 mph) and make the full-trip in 30 minutes. The line was built in 18 months and entered into operation on May 12, 2010. The railway is built to withstand an 8.0-magnitude earthquake. The Chengdu–Dujiangyan Intercity Railway have two branch lines : Pengzhou Branch line is 21.2 kilometres (13.2 mi) in length with 6 stations,^[1] and Lidui Branch line is 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) in length with 3 stations,^[2] they are being built.

Route

The railway runs from the Chengdu Railway Station to Dujiangyan’s Qingchengshan Station and passes through Pi County. Bridges and tunnels account for 67.8% of the line's total length. The longest viaduct is some 21 kilometres (13 mi). The line is built to withstand future earthquakes. Sound insulation panels were installed alongside the railway to reduce train noise near the tracks.^[3] Clear panels allow passengers to enjoy rural scenery along this route.^[3] The line shortened rail travel time from Chengdu to Dujiangyan by half, and will bring more tourist traffic to Dujiangyan’s World Heritage Sites, the city's ancient irrigation system and Mount Qingcheng, a sacred Daoist mountain.

Chengdu-Dujiangyan High Speed Railway under construction.
Chengdu-Dujiangyan High Speed Railway's elevated tracks.

Trains

Cross-platform interchanges between different train categories between different train categories in Xipu Railway Station, Chengdu. The double track of the urban railway (Line 2 of Chengdu Metro) is in the middle, while the double track of National rail transport system (Chengdu–Dujiangyan Intercity Railway) is on both sides, respectively. It is the first implementation of It is the first implementation of Cross-platform interchanges between different train categories in China.^[4]

The route uses CRH1 trains in eight-car train sets, which can carry 661 passengers.^[5] Each day, 14 pairs of trains are scheduled daily between Chengdu and Qingchengshan Station, and 1 pair of trains are scheduled daily between Chengdu and Dujiangyan Station.

Stations

Stations and structures of Chengdu–Dujiangyan Intercity Railway

Principal Line:Chengdu · Anjing · Xipu East · Xipu · Hongguangzhen · Pi County East · Pi County · Pi County West · Ande · Chongyi (planned) · Juyuan · Dujiangyan · Zhongxing (planned) · Qingchengshan

Pengzhou Branch Line:Pi County West · Xinmin · Sandaoyan · Gucheng · Pengzhou South · Buxingjie · Pengzhou

Lidui Branch Line:Juyuan · Yingbin Road · Libing Square · Guanxian Ancient Town

Prices

Prices(¥)	Chengdu	Xipu	Hongguangzhen	Pi County West	Dujiangyan	Qingchengshan
Chengdu	-	5	5	10	15	15
Xipu	5	-	5	5	10	10
Hongguangzhen	5	5	-	5	10	10
Pi County West	10	5	5	-	10	10
Dujiangyan	15	10	10	10	-	5
Qingchengshan	15	10	10	10	5	-

History

On May 28, 2008, 16 days after the Wenchuan earthquake devastated Dujiangyan and the western suburbs of Chengdu, the Chengdu city government and the Ministry of Railways agreed to build a high-speed railway line as part of the reconstruction of the disaster zone.^[6] Construction began on November 4, 2008 and involved 20,000 workers at the cost of ¥13 billion.^[3] The line entered trial operation on April 1, 2010 and full commercial operation began on May 12, 2010, the second anniversary of the large earthquake that killed some 70,000 people in the region.^[3]

External links

Media related to Chengdu–Dujiangyan Intercity Railway at Wikimedia Commons

References

↑ (Chinese) "成灌“快铁”本月开工建成后30分钟内到青城山" 中华铁道网 2008-10-08
↑ (Chinese) "半小时到彭州！成灌快铁彭州支线明年通车" 四川新闻网-成都日报 2012-11-11
1 2 3 4 Zhang Jiawei, "High-speed rail to bring in new era for Chengdu after quake" China Daily 2010-05-12
↑ "成灌快铁犀浦站正式开建". 成都市官方网站. 2009-08-26. Retrieved 2013-08-08.
↑ (Chinese) "震后四川建首条城际快客连通成都和都江堰" 新民晚报 2010-05-12
↑ (Chinese) "汶川震区首个灾后重建重大项目成灌快铁建设纪实" Xinhua 2010-05-12

Public transport in Chengdu

Chengdu Metro

Lines in operation	1 2 4

Lines under construction	3 5 7 10 18

Planned lines	6 8 9 11 17

Chengdu BRT

Lines in operation	Line K1 / Line K1A (clockwise) Line K2 / Line K2A (anticlockwise)

Intercity Rails

Lines in operation	Chengdu–Dujiangyan Chengdu–Lidui Chengdu–Pengzhou Jiangyou–Mianyang–Chengdu–Leshan Chengdu–Chongqing

Lines under construction	Chengdu–Pujiang

Transportation Hubs

Airport	Chengdu Shuangliu

Railway stations	Chengdu Chengdudong Chengdunan Chengduxi Shuangliu Airport Railway Station

Chengdu–Dujiangyan Intercity Railway

Chengdu–Qingchengshan	Chengdu Anjing Xipudong Xipu Hongguangzhen Pixiandong Pixian Pixianxi Ande Chongyi (planned) Juyuan Dujiangyan Zhongxing (planned) Qingchengshan

Pengzhou Branch	Pixianxi Xinminchang Sandaoyan Gucheng Pengzhounan Buxingjie Pengzhou

Lidui Branch	Juyuan Yingbinlu Libing Square Lidui Park

Regional & commuter rail transit in China

Jingjinji
(JJJ-RT)

BCR
(Beijing CityRail)

In operation	S2

Under construction	S1 (Mentougou)

Planned	S3 S4 S5 S6 S7

Tianjin

Tianjin–Binhai

Intercity

In operation	Beijing–Tianjin Tianjin–Baoding

Under construction	Beijing–Tangshan Second Beijing–Tianjin Beijing–Bazhou Beijing–Zhangjiakou

Yangtze River
Delta
(YRD-RT)

Shanghai

In operation	16 Jinshan

Planned	17 Pudong

Nanjing

In operation	Nanjing–Gaochun (S1) Nanjing–Tianchang (S8)

Under construction	Nanjing–He County (S3)

Planned	Nanjing–Ma'anshan (S2) Nanjing–Chuzhou (S4) Nanjing–Yizheng (S5) Nanjing–Jurong (S6) Nanjing–Lishui (S7)

Suzhou (planned)

S1
S2B
Airport Link

Ningbo (u/c)

Ningbo–Yuyao (S1)
Ningbo–Cixi (S2)
Ningbo–Fenghua (S3)

Wuxi (planned)

Wuxi–Jiangyin
Wuxi–Yixing

Intercity

In operation	Shanghai–Nanjing Nanjing–Hangzhou Hangzhou–Ningbo Nanjing–Anqing

Under construction	Hangzhou–Huangshan

Planned	Nantong–Suzhou–Jiaxing

Pearl River
Delta
(PRD-RT)

In operation	Guangzhou–Zhuhai Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong (Mainland section)

Under construction	Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong (HK section) Guangzhou–Foshan Guangzhou–Dongguan–Shenzhen Dongguan–Huizhou Guangzhou–Foshan–Zhaoqing Guangzhou–Qingyuan Huizhou–Heyuan

Central
(Huazhong)

Wuhan
CityRail

In operation	Wuhan–Xianning Wuhan–Huangshi Wuhan–Huanggang

Under construction	Wuhan–Xiaogan

Central Plains
CityRail

In operation	Zhengzhou–Kaifeng Zhengzhou–Jiaozuo

Under construction	Zhengzhou–Xuchang

Planned	Zhengzhou–Luoyang Zhengzhou–Xinxiang

Changsha
CityRail

Under construction	Changsha–Zhuzhou–Xiangtan

Planned	Changsha–Yiyang–Changde Changsha–Liuyang

West
Triangle

Chengdu
CityRail

In operation	Chengdu–Dujiangyan Chengdu–Pengzhou Jiangyou–Mianyang–Chengdu–Leshan

Under construction	Mianyang–Suining–Ziyang–Neijiang–Zigong–Yibin

Planned	Chengdu–Ya'an

Chongqing
CityRail (u/c)

Chongqing–Yongchuan–Rongchang (S1)
Chongqing–Hechuan (S2)
Chongqing–Wanzhou (S3)
Chongqing–Changshou–Fuling (S4)
Chongqing–Qijiang (S5)
Chongqing–Jiangjin (S6)

Xi'an
CityRail

Under construction	15

Planned	Xi'an–Lantian Xi'an–Weinan Xi'an Xianyang Airport–Famensi Xi'an–Zhouzhi Xi'an–Fuping Xi'an–Tongchuan

Intercity

Chengdu–Chongqing

Northeast
(Dongbei)

Changchun
& Jilin City

Harbin

In operation	Harbin–Qiqihar

Planned	Harbin–Jiamusi Harbin–Mudanjiang

Shenyang
CityRail

In operation	Shenyang–Fushun Shenyang–Dandong

Under construction	Shenyang–Tieling

Planned	Shenyang–Liaoyang–Anshan Shenyang–Fuxin Shenyang–Tongliao Shenyang–Panjin Shenyang–Benxi

Dalian

Dandong–Dalian

Other
Regions

Kunming
CityRail

In operation	Kunming–Shizui

Under construction	Kunming–Kunyang Kunming–Anning Kunming–Songming

Lanzhou
CityRail

Lanzhou–Zhongchuan (4)
Lanzhou–Yuzhong (5)
Lanzhou–Shichuan–Qingcheng (6)

Wenzhou
Urban Railway

Under construction	S1

Planned	S2 S3 S4

Hainan

Others

In operation	Nanchang–Jiujiang Liuzhou–Nanning

Under construction	Zhangjiakou–Datong Xiamen–Quanzhou–Zhangzhou (S1) Dongsheng–Ordos Airport

High-speed rail in China

Maglev

Shanghai Maglev Train

Conventional high-speed railways

National 4 × 4 Corridors	North–south Beijing–Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong Beijing–Harbin Beijing–Shanghai Hangzhou–Fuzhou–Shenzhen East–west Shanghai–Kunming Shanghai–Wuhan–Chengdu Qingdao–Taiyuan Xuzhou–Lanzhou

Long-distance major corridors	Chengdu–Guangzhou Chongqing–Guizhou Chongqing–Lanzhou Datong–Xi'an Ganzhou–Shenzhen Hengyang–Liuzhou Hefei–Fuzhou Lanzhou–Urumqi Nanchang–Shenzhen Nanning-Kunming Nanning–Guangzhou Qinhuangdao–Shenyang Tianjin–Qinhuangdao Xi'an–Chengdu Xi'an–Chongqing

Intercity and long-distance	300–350 km/h Beijing–Tianjin Beijing–Tangshan Chengdu–Chongqing Chongqing–Wanzhou Nanjing–Hangzhou Shanghai–Nanjing 200–250 km/h Chengdu–Mianyang–Leshan Changchun–Jilin Dandong–Dalian Beijing–Zhangjiakou Harbin–Jiamusi Harbin–Mudanjiang Harbin–Qiqihar Guangzhou–Foshan–Zhaoqing Liuzhou–Nanning Jilin–Hunchun Nanjing–Anqing Nanchang–Jiujiang Shenzhen–Maoming Tianjin–Baoding Qingdao–Rongcheng Shenyang–Dandong Xi'an–Chengdu Zhangjiakou–Hohot

Regional intercity	300–350 km/h Chengdu–Ya'an Tianjin–Binhai New Area 200–250 km/h Changsha–Zhuzhou–Xiangtan Chengdu–Dujiangyan Chengdu–Pujiang Dongguan–Huizhou Foshan–Dongguan Fuzhou–Changle Airport Guangzhou–Dongguan–Shenzhen Guangzhou–Qingyuan Guangzhou–Zhuhai Guiyang-Kaiyang Hainan Eastern Ring Hainan Western Ring Lanzhou–Zhongchuan Airport Mianyang–Suining–Ziyang–Neijiang–Zigong–Yibin Suzhou–Jiaxing Wuhan Metropolitan Area Zhengzhou–Jiaozuo Zhengzhou–Kaifeng Zhengzhou–Xuchang

Upgraded old lines	Beijing–Guangzhou Beijing–Harbin Beijing–Shanghai Guangzhou–Shenzhen Hunan–Guangxi Lianyungang–Lanzhou Qingdao–Jinan Shanghai–Kunming Wuchang–Jiujiang Hankou–Danjiangkou Hangzhou–Ningbo

Rolling stock	Blue Arrow China Star CIT Trains CRH1 CRH2 CRH3 CRH5 CRH6 CRH380A SJ 2000 Zefiro 380

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

High-speed rail

Part of Rail transport

Technologies

High-speed trains
(category)

300 km/h (186 mph) or more	AGV AVE Class 100, 102, 103 China Railways CR2C, 3C, 380A, 380B, 380C, 380D ETR 500 Eurostar e300; e320 ETR 1000 ICE 3 KTX-I, II (Sancheon) Oaris Shinkansen Series 500, N700, E5, E6, H5, L0 AVRIL TGV Sud-Est (refurbished), Atlantique, Réseau, Duplex, POS, 2N2 TCDD HT80000 Thalys PBA, PBKA THSR 700T Transrapid Shanghai Maglev Train Velaro Bombardier Zefiro

250–299 km/h (155–186 mph)	China Railways CRH 1A, 1B, 1E, 2A, 2B, 2E New Pendolino ICE 1, 2 RENFE Class 120, 121, 130 Sapsan Shinkansen Series 200, 300, 700, 800, E2, E3, E7, W7 TCDD HT65000 TGV Sud-Est (original), La Poste V250 Fyra

200–249 km/h (124–155 mph)	Acela Express Adelante APT AVE Class 101/Euromed CRH6A ER200 GMB Class 71 (Flytoget) IC4 InterCity 125, 225 ICE T, TD ICE 4 (ICx) Javelin NSB Class 73 NSB Class 74 Pendolino Railjet Regina Shinkansen series 0, 100, 400, E1, E4 SBB RABDe 500, RABDe 502 IC 2000 SJ 2000 SJ X40 Z-TER (Z 21500) Sokol Super Express Class 800, Class 801, Class 802 Talgo XXI Voyager/Meridian X3

Experimental and prototype high-speed trains (category)

High-speed railway line
(category)

List of high-speed railway lines

By country

planned networks in italics

Africa	Morocco

Americas	Argentina Brazil Canada Mexico United States

Asia	China Hong Kong India Indonesia Iran Iraq Japan Kazakhstan South Korea Malaysia and Singapore Philippines Saudi Arabia Russia Taiwan Turkey Uzbekistan Vietnam

Europe	Austria Belgium Croatia Czech Republic Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Italy Latvia Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Russia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey United Kingdom

Oceania	Australia

Planned high-speed rail by country

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