Chongqing–Lichuan railway
{{Short description|Railway line in China}}
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{{nobold|Lichuan-Chongqing section of the Shanghai–Wuhan–Chengdu passenger railway corridor}}
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宁蓉线凉渝段}}
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| type = High-speed rail
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| status = Operational
| locale = Chongqing
Hubei province
| start = Chongqing North
| end = Lichuan
| stations = 9
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{{Infobox Chinese
|title=Chongqing–Lichuan railway
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File:Hanjiatuo Yangtze River Bridge.JPG
The Chongqing–Lichuan railway, or the Yuli railway ({{zh|s=渝利铁路 |t=渝利鐵路|p=Yú-Lì Tiělù}}) is a railway connecting central Chongqing with the Hubei city of Lichuan. The {{Cvt|244|km}} long railway, connecting Chongqing North railway station with the Lichuan Station on the Yichang–Wanzhou railway, is a section of the Shanghai–Wuhan–Chengdu passenger railway, which extends to Wuhan, Nanjing, and Shanghai.{{cite news| url=http://cq.cbg.cn/content/2008-12/29/content_453894.htm| script-title=zh:渝利铁路今天开工 今后重庆八小时可达上海| trans-title=Construction Work on the Yuli Railway starts today. After [completion], one will be able to get from Chongqing to Shanghai in 8 hours.| date=December 29, 2008}}{{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Services
Together with the Hankou–Yichang and Yichang–Lichuan sections of the Huhanrong mainline, the Chongqing–Lichuan line forms what was, until the completion of the Xi'an–Chengdu high-speed railway, the only high-speed rail connection between the Sichuan Basin and the rest of China. It carries numerous high-speed trains running between the cities of the Sichuan Basin (Chengdu and Chongqing) and various destinations in the central and eastern China.
The trains are traveling on the Yuli line with the speed up to {{convert|200|km/h|abbr=on}}. It was said that when the Yuli railway and the relevant sections of the Huhanrong mainline are completed, one would be able to travel from Chongqing to Shanghai in just 10 hours.{{cite news | url=http://cq.people.com.cn/news/2011627/201162773630.htm | script-title=zh:韩家沱大桥合龙 两年后主城坐火车1小时到石柱 | date=June 27, 2011 | access-date=October 10, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110806045931/http://cq.people.com.cn/news/2011627/201162773630.htm | archive-date=August 6, 2011 | url-status=dead }} As of mid-2015, no service this fast seem to exist yet (there is no G-series train directly to Shanghai), but several D-series trains do make it from Chongqing to Shanghai in 13–15 hours.[http://qq.ip138.com/train/chongqing/chongqingbei.htm Chongqing North schedule] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150320230917/http://qq.ip138.com/train/chongqing/chongqingbei.htm |date=2015-03-20 }}, as of May 2015 {{in lang|zh}} There are also G-series trains running from Chongqing to Beijing ({{convert|2078|km|disp=or|abbr=on}}) in 12.5 hours (G309).
Construction history
Construction work started in the late 2008; the plans were for it to be completed within four years. As of August 2012, it was expected that the railway will be completed by the end of 2013.
A {{Convert|139|m|adj=on}} tall pier of the railway's Caijiagou Bridge ({{lang|zh-hans|蔡家沟特大桥}}), located in Fuling District, is said to be the world's tallest railway bridge pier.{{cite news| url=http://cd.qq.com/a/20120826/000005.htm| script-title=zh:渝利铁路139米世界最高 成都到上海时间缩短|trans-title=Yu-Li Railway's world's highest 139 m [pillar]; will shorten Chengdu-Shanghai travel time| date=August 26, 2012| language=Chinese}} The railway's Hanjiatuo Bridge over the Yangtze is said to have the longest main span ({{Cvt|432|m}}) among the world's double-track railway cable-stayed bridges.
Two sets of CRH2A high speed train-sets commenced testing of the completed Yuli railway line on December 11, 2013, from Chengdu to Chongqing. It was expected for the line to be opened by the end of December 2013.{{cite news| url=http://english.cqnews.net/html/2013-12/13/content_29028421.htm| title=Yuli Railway operates CRH trains| date=December 13, 2013}}
The Chongqing–Lichuan line was opened to conventional rail traffic at the end of December 2013, and full high speed services were expected to commence by the end of June 2014.{{cite news| url=http://english.cqnews.net/html/2014-02/20/content_29854960.htm| title=Chongqing-Wuhan CRH trains to be put into service| date=February 20, 2014| access-date=March 9, 2014| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140309155311/http://english.cqnews.net/html/2014-02/20/content_29854960.htm| archive-date=March 9, 2014| url-status=dead}}
See also
{{Portal|Railways}}
References
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{{Yuli Railway}}
{{High-speed rail in the People's Republic of China}}
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