Dazhou–Chengdu Railway or Dacheng Railway (), is a double-track,

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Sichuan Province Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively romanized as Szechuan or Szechwan; formerly also referred to as "West China" or "Western China" by Protestant missions) is a province in Southwest China occupying most of the ...

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China. The railway is named after its two terminal cities

Chengdu Chengdu (, ; simplified Chinese: 成都; pinyin: ''Chéngdū''; Sichuanese pronunciation: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: ), alternatively romanized as Chengtu, is a sub-provincial city which serves as the capital of the Chinese pro ...

and

Dazhou Dazhou () is a prefecture-level city in the northeast corner of Sichuan province, China, bordering Shaanxi to the north and Chongqing to the east and south. As of 2020 census, Dazhou was home to 5,385,422 inhabitants whom 1,850,869 lived in t ...

. The line has a total length of and opened in 1997. Other cities and towns along the route include

Suining Suining (; Sichuanese Pinyin: Xu4nin2; Sichuanese pronunciation: ; ) is a prefecture-level city of eastern Sichuan province in Southwest China. In 2002, Suining had a population of 658,798. Geography and climate Suining is located in the cen ...

and Nanchong. 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
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Route

The Dacheng-Chengdu Railway runs from Chengdu, the provincial capital in central Sichuan to Sanhui Township of

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, 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 Chengdu–Chongqing railway or Chengyu railway (), is a single-track electrified railroad in the Sichuan Basin of Southwest China between the cities Chengdu and Chongqing. Chongqing's short form name is Yu (渝) and the railway is named after the ...

History

The Dacheng Railway was proposed in 1958 by Railway Minister

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but was halted after two years of planning due to economic difficulties caused by the Great Leap Forward.(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,

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, 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 track was opened on the Chengdu–Suining section on 1 April 2006 that allows trains to reach a top speed of 200 km/h. 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 Suining–Chengdu railway or Suicheng railway () is a double-track, electrified railway in Sichuan Province of Southwest China, southwest China. The railway is named after its two terminal cities, Suining and Chengdu, and forms a segment of the ...

. The original low-speed, single track line between Chengdu and Suining remains as part of the Dazhou–Chengdu railway.

Rail junctions

Baoji–Chengdu Railway The Baoji–Chengdu railway or Baocheng railway (), is a mixed single- and double-track, electrified, railroad in China between Baoji in Shaanxi province and Chengdu in Sichuan province. The Baocheng Line is the main railway connection between ...

Chengdu–Kunming Railway The Chengdu–Kunming railway or Chengkun railway (), is a major trunkline railroad in southwestern China between Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province and Kunming, the capital of Yunnan Province. The line is long and traverses rugged ...

: Suining–Chongqing Railway *

Xiangyang–Chongqing Railway The Xiangyang–Chongqing railway or Xiangyu railway (襄渝铁路), also known as the Xiangfan-Chongqing railway and Xiangyu line (襄渝线), is a single-track electrified railroad in central China between the cities of Xiangyang, formerly known ...

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