New Guanjiao Tunnel () is a tunnel on the 2nd line of
Qinghai–Tibet Railway in
Guanjiao Mountain,
Qinghai province
Qinghai (; alternately romanized as Tsinghai, Ch'inghai), also known as Kokonor, is a landlocked province in the northwest of the People's Republic of China. It is the fourth largest province of China by area and has the third smallest pop ...
. It is dual-bored, double-track rail tunnel. The total length of the tunnel is , which makes it the longest railway tunnel in China.
China Railway First Survey and Design Institute is responsible for the design. The New Guanjiao Tunnel was designed for two parallel single-track tunnels with speeds of up to . The total construction duration was projected to be 5 years. The tunnel was bored in difficult geological conditions and
high altitude
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, exceeding above sea level. The construction started in 2007 and was completed in April 2014. The tunnel was opened on 28 December 2014.
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The tunnel's northeastern portal () is in Tianjun County, the southwestern portal () is in Ulan County
Ulan or Wulan ( Mongolian: ; ; ) is a county of Qinghai Province, China. It is under the administration of Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
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.
References
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Railway tunnels in China
Rail transport in Qinghai