The Suining–Chengdu railway or Suicheng railway () is a double-track, electrified railway in Sichuan Province of southwest

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

. The railway is named after its two terminal cities, Suining and

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 forms a segment of the

Shanghai–Wuhan–Chengdu passenger railway Shanghai–Wuhan–Chengdu passenger-dedicated railway (), is a fully completed higher-speed railway corridor in China. It is operated by CR Shanghai Group, CR Wuhan Group and CR Chengdu Group. The Chinese name of the railway line, Huhanrong ...

. It was built as part of the

Dazhou–Chengdu Railway Dazhou–Chengdu Railway or Dacheng Railway (), is a double-track, Railway electrification system, electrified railroad in Sichuan Province of Southwest China, southwest China. The railway is named after its two terminal cities Chengdu and Dazhou ...

. A second, more direct track was opened on the Chengdu–Suining section of that line on 1 April 2006 that allows trains to reach a top speed of . On 7 July 2009, the high-speed track 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 and is now mainly used for freight traffic.

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