Shijiazhuang–Taiyuan high-speed railway

Not to be confused with Shijiazhuang–Taiyuan railway.

The Shijiazhuang–Taiyuan high-speed railway, or 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 operated by China Railway High-speed, running from Shijiazhuang to Taiyuan, respectively the provincial capitals of Hebei and Shanxi, at 250 kilometres per hour (160 mph). The railway opened on April 1, 2009.^[1] It now forms part of the Qingdao–Yinchuan corridor.

Qingdao–Taiyuan high-speed railway Shijiazhuang–Taiyuan section 青太高速铁路石太段
Overview
Owner	China Railway
Locale	Hebei and Shanxi
Service
Type	High-speed rail
Operator(s)	China Railway High-speed
History
Opened	April 1, 2009; 16 years ago (2009-04-01)
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)
Route map Legend km Datong–Puzhou Railway to Datong Taiyuan 0 Taiyuan East 3 Shitai Railway to Taiyuan North Datong–Xi'an high-speed railway to Datong South Donglingjing Yangquan North 95 Taihang Tunnel (27.848 km) Nanliang Tunnel (11.526 km) Jingxing North Shitai Railway to Taiyuan North Huolu 212 Shijiazhuang–Wuhan high-speed railway to Wuhan Beijing–Guangzhou railway to Guangzhou Shiiazhuang North 225 Shijiazhuang 197 ShiDe Railway to Dezhou Beijing–Guangzhou railway to Fengtai Beijing–Shijiazhuang high-speed railway to Beijing West Shijiazhuang–Jinan high-speed railway to Jinan East This diagram: view talk edit

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

History

• June 11, 2005: Construction of this line began.
• December 22, 2007: the 27,848 m (17.304 mi)-long Taihang Tunnel, was broken through.^[2]
• December 25, 2008: TISCO Bridge was completed, bringing the Shijiazhuang-Taiyuan PDL more than a week ahead of the scheduled construction time with all track laying completed.^[3]
• January 1, 2009: the official opening.^[4]
• February 18, 2009: EMU test car running.^[5]
• April 1, 2009: EMU put into formal operation.^[6]

Services

The Shijiazhuang–Taiyuan high-speed railway is used by G- and D-series high-speed trains. Initially, they mostly ran 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.^[7]

See also

• Shijiazhuang–Taiyuan Railway