Dazhou–Chengdu Railway or Dacheng Railway (), is a double-track,
electrified railroad in
Sichuan Province of
southwest China
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. The railway is named after its two terminal cities
Chengdu
Chengdu (, ; Simplified Chinese characters, simplified Chinese: 成都; pinyin: ''Chéngdū''; Sichuanese dialects, Sichuanese pronunciation: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: ), Chinese postal romanization, alternatively Romanization of Chi ...
and
Dazhou. The line has a total length of and opened in 1997. Other cities and towns along the route include
Suining and
Nanchong
Nanchong (; Sichuanese: lan2cong1) is a prefecture-level city in the northeast of Sichuan province, China, with an area of . At the 2020 census it was home to 5,607,565 people, of whom 1,936,534 lived in the built-up (or 'metro') area made of th ...
. The line is owned and operated by the Dacheng Railway Company Limited, a 70-30 joint venture between the Ministry of Railways and Sichuan Provincial Government.
[(Chinese]
雷康 达成铁路 Dazhou-Chengdu Railroad
2007-02-12
Route
The Dacheng-Chengdu Railway runs from Chengdu, the provincial capital in central Sichuan to Sanhui Township of
Qu County,
Dazhou Municipality in eastern Sichuan. The Dacheng Line forms an important link in China's national railway network, connecting the
Baoji-Chengdu and
Chengdu-Kunming Railways in the west with the
Suining−Chongqing Railway in the center and
Xiangyang-Chongqing Railway in the east. It is a major railway outlet for the Sichuan Basin, and a section of the
Shanghai–Wuhan–Chengdu High-Speed Railway. High-speed train service between Chengdu and Chongqing run on the Dazhou−Chengdu and Suining−Chongqing Lines instead of the longer and older
Chengdu–Chongqing Railway.
History
The Dacheng Railway was proposed in 1958 by Railway Minister
Teng Daiyuan
Teng Daiyuan (; November 2, 1904 – December 1, 1974) was a military leader of the People's Liberation Army, a senior leader of the Communist Party of China, and a politician of the People's Republic of China.
Teng belonged to Miao people ...
but was halted after two years of planning due to economic difficulties caused by the
Great Leap Forward
The Great Leap Forward (Second Five Year Plan) of the People's Republic of China (PRC) was an economic and social campaign led by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from 1958 to 1962. CCP Chairman Mao Zedong launched the campaign to reconstruc ...
.
[(Chinese]
达成铁路建成通车
/ref> The project was reconsidered in 1965 but was set aside in favor of building the Xiangfan-Chongqing Railway first.[ In 1986, Deng Xiaoping, a native of eastern Sichuan, pressed for the project to proceed and construction began in June 1992.][ Some of new tracks were laid.][ The railway opened on December 25, 1997.][
From June 2005 to 1 July 2009, the entire line was electrified.][ A second line was added to the Suining-Sanhui section in the east and trains can reach 160 km/h on this section.][
On 7 July 2009, the high-speed track between Chengdu and Suining was duplicated and these two tracks were subsequently designated as the Suining–Chengdu railway. The original low-speed, single track line between Chengdu and Suining remains as part of the Dazhou–Chengdu railway.
]
Rail junctions
* Chengdu
Chengdu (, ; Simplified Chinese characters, simplified Chinese: 成都; pinyin: ''Chéngdū''; Sichuanese dialects, Sichuanese pronunciation: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: ), Chinese postal romanization, alternatively Romanization of Chi ...
: Baoji–Chengdu Railway, Chengdu–Kunming Railway
* Suining: Suining–Chongqing Railway
* Dazhou: Xiangyang–Chongqing Railway
See also
* List of railways in China
References
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Rail transport in Sichuan
Railway lines opened in 1997
1997 establishments in China