The Sichuan–Guizhou railway or Chuanqian railway (), is a single-track electrified

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between

Chongqing Municipality Chongqing Previously romanized as Chungking ();. is a direct-administered municipality in Southwestern China. Chongqing is one of the four direct-administered municipalities under the Central People's Government, along with Beijing, Shanghai ...

and

Guiyang Guiyang; Mandarin pronunciation: ; Chinese postal romanization, alternatively as Kweiyang is the capital of Guizhou, Guizhou province in China. It is centrally located within the province, on the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau, eastern part of the Yun ...

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. The shorthand name for the line, Chuanqian, is derived from the shorthand names of

Sichuan Province Sichuan is a Provinces of China, province in Southwestern China, occupying the Sichuan Basin and Tibetan Plateau—between the Jinsha River to the west, the Daba Mountains to the north, and the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau to the south. Its capita ...

(Chuan 川), to which Chongqing once belonged, and Guizhou (Qian 黔). Baishatuo Yangtze River Railway Bridge

The railway was built from 1956 to 1965 and had a total length of .(Chinese
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2005-07-15 The line was electrified in 1991. Major cities and towns along route include Chongqing, Qijiang, Tongzi,

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, and Guiyang. The Chuanqian railway is a major rail conduit in western China from

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to the

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Route

The Sichuan–Guizhou railway originates in the north from the Chongqing railway station and shares tracks with the

Chengdu–Chongqing railway Chengdu–Chongqing railway or Chengyu railway ( zh, s=成渝铁路, t=成渝鐵路, p=chéngyú tiělù), is a single-track electrified railroad in the Sichuan Basin of Southwest China between the cities Chengdu and Chongqing. Chongqing's short ...

to Xiaonanhai. The line crosses the

Yangtze River The Yangtze or Yangzi ( or ) is the longest river in Eurasia and the third-longest in the world. It rises at Jari Hill in the Tanggula Mountains of the Tibetan Plateau and flows including Dam Qu River the longest source of the Yangtze, i ...

via the Baishatuo Railway Bridge and passes through Qijiang before entering northern Guizhou, where it ends at Guiyang railway station. The Liangfengya Tunnel on the Chuanqian Line in Tongzi was the longest railway tunnel in China when it was built.

Rail connections

Chongqing ChongqingPostal Romanization, Previously romanized as Chungking ();. is a direct-administered municipality in Southwestern China. Chongqing is one of the four direct-administered municipalities under the State Council of the People's Republi ...

, Xiangyang–Chongqing railway, Chongqing–Huaihua railway, Chongqing–Lichuan railway *

: Shanghai–Kunming railway, Guizhou–Guangxi railway

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