The Yichang-Wanzhou High-Speed Railway ( Chinese желез 万 铁路 ), 377 km long, runs through Hubei Province from Yichang City through the Enshi-Tujia-Miao Autonomous Region to the territory subordinated to Chongqing City to Wanzhou City. The road is also called the Ivanovo Railway in the first syllables. In the future, the road will become part of the Shanghai-Wuhan-Chengdu High-Speed Passenger Line . The neighboring section of Wuhan - Yichang is preparing to be commissioned in 2012.
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| Full title | Yichang-Wanzhou High Speed Railway |
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| A country |  China |
| City management | Wuhan |
| Length | 377 km |
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| Line length: | 377 km | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Track: | 1,435 mm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Voltage: | 50Hz 25,000V = | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maximum speed: | 200 km / h | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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After Yichang, the road crosses the south side of the Yangtze River , and only before Wanzhou returns again to the north side. Of the 377 km of the highway, 288 are bridges and tunnels. Zhang Mei, chief construction engineer, said the road was the most difficult to build in China. The road was put into operation on December 22, 2010. One kilometer of road costs about 9 million US dollars [2] [3]
Connections
From the east, the Ivanovo Railway is a continuation of the Wuhan - Ichan highway (commissioning is expected in 2012). Currently, this stretch of track is provided by conventional railways. [four]
At Lichuan Station, the road connects with the Chongqing-Lichuan High Speed Road , which is expected to launch in 2012. When this road is launched, it will be the best expressway to Chongqing with the opportunity to continue on to Chengdu . Then the trip from Wuhan to Chongqing will take five hours. Previously, this trip required 22 hours. [five]
Prior to the opening of the route to Chongqing, the main movement of passenger flows will go to Wanzhou , where you can continue on the existing railway to Dazhou . From Dazhou, trains run southwest to Chongqing and west to Chengdu . [five]
In parallel, the Chongqing - Wanzhou Intercity Railway is being built 236 km long, which will branch off from the Chongqing - Lichuan road after the Changshou - North station and continue only along the northern side of the Yangtze River without crossing it; commissioning of this road is estimated in 2015. [6] A parallel route began to be built at the end of December 2010 and requires four years [6] , but the pace of construction has slowed [7] .
History
The idea of building such a road was expressed by Sun Yat-sen in 1903. However, the design was extremely difficult, and until 2003 the project was not developed. [8] [9]
In mid-2009, bridges, tunnels, overpasses along the Yangtze River were almost completed, and almost half of the road was laid. [10] On August 18, 2010, construction was completed. [8] In November 2010, the road was put into operation. [11] [12] Passenger trains began to run along the Wuhan - Lichuan highway from December 22. [13] From January 10, 2011, Wuhan - Chongqing trains began to run through the Ivan line. [four]
Notes
- ↑ http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2010-12-22/104621686745.shtml
- ↑ Most expensive rail line in China becomes operational (December 22, 2010). Date of treatment December 26, 2010.
- ↑ 宜 万 铁路 成 中国 施工 最 艰难 路段 造价 为 青 铁 两倍 (Yiwan Railway will become China's the most difficult railway construction project. Construction costs twice as high as for the Qingzang Railway). 2006-06-30, Source: 楚 网 - 楚天 都市报.
- ↑ 1 2 “最难 修 铁路” 宜 万 铁路 通车 (“World's most difficult to build railway” opens for service) (Chinese)
- ↑ 1 2 Three Gorges route linked up , Railway Gazette International , 31 August 2010
- ↑ 1 2 渝 万 城 际 铁路
- ↑ 渝 黔 新 线 铁路 和 渝 万 城 际 铁路 有望 今年 全线 开工 unopened (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment May 20, 2012. Archived March 28, 2014.
- ↑ 1 2 China's most difficult mountain railway linked up . Xinhua (August 18, 2010). Date of treatment December 23, 2010. Archived on September 19, 2012.
- ↑ SUMMARY ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT YICHANG-WANZHOU RAILWAY PROJECT IN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA (link not available) . Date of treatment May 19, 2012. Archived June 9, 2012.
- ↑ Yichang-Wanzhou Railway Project (Unavailable link) . Date of treatment April 25, 2012. Archived December 11, 2009.
- ↑ (Chinese) 万州 市民 可以 乘坐 火车 游 三峡 大坝 了三峡 都市报 2010-04-19
- ↑ China's Yichang-Wanzhou Railway begins trial operation , 2010-11-19
- ↑ Yi-Wan Railway Line Opened . Wuhan News. 12/26/2010