The Baoji–Zhongwei railway is a railway line in northwest China: it starts in
Baoji
() is a prefecture-level city in western Shaanxi province, People's Republic of China. Since the early 1990s, Baoji has been the second largest city in Shaanxi.
Geography
The prefecture-level city of Baoji had a population of 3,321,853 accordin ...
in
Shaanxi
Shaanxi (alternatively Shensi, see #Name, § Name) is a landlocked Provinces of China, province of China. Officially part of Northwest China, it borders the province-level divisions of Shanxi (NE, E), Henan (E), Hubei (SE), Chongqing (S), Sichu ...
, passes through
Pingliang in
Gansu
Gansu (, ; alternately romanized as Kansu) is a province in Northwest China. Its capital and largest city is Lanzhou, in the southeast part of the province.
The seventh-largest administrative district by area at , Gansu lies between the Tibet ...
and finally ends in Zhenluobao (镇罗堡) in
Zhongwei in
Ningxia, with a total length of 498.19 kilometres. Construction on the railway started in 1990 and track laying was completed on 10 July 1994. It was electrified and opened in the following year on 8 June 1995. The railway is under the jurisdiction of the
Xi'an Railway Bureau
China Railway Xi'an Group, officially abbreviated as CR Xi'an or CR-Xi'an, formerly, Xi'an Railway Administration is a subsidiaries company under the jurisdiction of the China Railway (formerly the Ministry of Railway). It supervises the railway ...
in Shaanxi and the
Lanzhou Railway Bureau
China Railway Lanzhou Group, officially abbreviated as CR Lanzhou or CR-Lanzhou, formerly, Lanzhou Railway Administration is a subsidiaries company under the jurisdiction of the China Railway (formerly the Ministry of Railways of the People's Repu ...
in Gansu and Ningxia. The line is single-track and electrified. It is a key line connecting Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia.
There are plans to make the line double-tracked and increase the maximum speed to 160 km/h.
Route
The line starts at Guozhen station in
Qianwei town near Baoji and ends at Yinshuiqiao station just west of Zhongwei, traversing 14 counties and cities in Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia.
Main stations
*
Baoji railway station
Baoji railway station is a railway station in Weibin District, Baoji, China. It is the junction of Baocheng Railway Baocheng may refer to
*Baocheng, Hainan, a town in Hainan, China
*Baocheng, Mian, a township in Mian County, Shaanxi, China
*Bao ...
* Qianyang
* Qixian
* Huating
*
Pingliang
*
Guyuan
(), formerly known as Xihaigu (, Xiao'erjing: قُيُوًا شِ), is a prefecture-level city in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China. It occupies the southernmost section of the region, bordering Gansu provin ...
* Tongxin
*
Zhongwei
See also
*
Yinchuan–Xi'an high-speed railway
Yinchuan–Xi'an high-speed railway, is a dual-track, electrified, high-speed rail line in Northwest China between Yinchuan and Xi'an. The line is the first railway to connect Qingyang to the Chinese railway network, and also the first railway t ...
, an alternative route between Shaanxi and Ningxia through Gansu
*
Xi'an–Pingliang railway The Xi'an–Pingliang Railway is a railway line in China connecting Xi'an in Shaanxi and Pingliang in Gansu, China. The line is 266 km long and has 22 stations.
The railway was a key railway construction project under the 11th Five-Year Plan, ...
References
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Railway lines in China
Rail transport in Shaanxi
Rail transport in Gansu
Rail transport in Ningxia
Railway lines opened in 1996