Lanzhou–Zhongchuan Airport Intercity Railway

Lanzhou-Zhongchuan Airport Intercity Railway 兰州至中川机场铁路

Overview
Type	High-speed rail
Status	Operational
Locale	China
Termini	Lanzhou Lanzhou Zhongchuan Airport
Stations	6
Operation
Opened	September 30th, 2015
Operator(s)	China Railway High-speed
Technical
Line length	61 km (38 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in) standard gauge
Minimum radius	3,500 m (11,483 ft)
Electrification	50Hz 25,000V
Operating speed	250 km/h (155 mph)
Maximum incline	6.0%

Lanzhou Zhongchuan Airport

Intercity Railway route map

Legend

Lanzhou-Zhangye Intercity Railway to Zhangye

Zhongchuan Airport

Lanzhou New Area

Yellow River

Lanzhou-Xinjiang Railway to Urumqi

Xigu

Lanzhou-Xinjiang High-Speed Railway to Xining

Fuliqu

ChenguanyingLanzhou Metro Line 1

Lanzhou WestLanzhou Metro Line 2

Baotou–Lanzhou Railway & Xuzhou-Lanzhou HSR to Lanzhou

Lanzhou Zhongchuan Airport Intercity Railway is a high-speed railway in China, located in Gansu Province, connecting the Lanzhou urban area and Lanzhou Zhongchuan Airport. The Lanzhou Zhongchuan International Airport is quite distant from the actual city area of Lanzhou itself. Regular ground transport currently takes about an hour to make the journey and taxi journeys are expensive at around 150 to 200RMB, but with little to no time advantage over the airport bus service. Thus a high-speed rail connection was initiated by the Lanzhou government in order to improve access to the airport. The journey now takes from 30 to 40 minutes at a cost of 18.5RMB for Second Class and 22RMB for First Class.

Overview

The Lanzhou Zhongchuan Airport Intercity Railway is proposed to be the first section of a longer Lanzhou-Zhangye Intercity Railway, connecting western Gansu cities. Length of the railway will be 61 km. Starting from Lanzhou West Railway Station to Fuliqu, the route will parallel the Lanzhou–Xinjiang High-Speed Railway. From Fuliqu to Zhongchuan Airport will have 48.2 km of new railway, built as a double tracked electrified line. Total investment will be over 9.1 billion yuan RMB. A total of six stations will be constructed, Lanzhou West Railway Station will allow transfers to the future Lanzhou Metro Line 2, Chenguanying will allow transfers to Metro Line 1.

An initial groundbreaking ceremony was held on December 27, 2010. However works were not actually started. On December 21, 2012, another groundbreaking ceremony was held again with full construction now underway.^[1] The line started operation on 30 September 2015.^[2]

References

↑ 敦煌至格尔木和兰州至中川机场铁路开工建设 (Work started on the Dunhuang-Golmud Railway and on the railway from Lanzhou to Zhongchuan Airport), 2012-12-23
↑ Haonan, Liu. "Seamless transfer to Zhongchuan airport". China.org.cn. Retrieved 17 December 2015.

Lanzhou–Zhongchuan Airport Intercity Railway

(Lanzhou) Lanzhou West Chenguanying Fuliqu Xigu Lanzhou New Area Zhongchuan 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

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