The Tianshui–Longnan railway is a planned railway in
China
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. The combined passenger and freight line will be long and has a design speed of .
The project is in the design phase as of 2021.
The line will take a north-south route, connecting with the
Longhai railway
The Longhai railway (), formerly romanized as the is a major arterial east–west railway in China. It runs from Lianyungang, Jiangsu, on the Yellow Sea to Lanzhou, Gansu, through the provinces of Jiangsu, Anhui, Henan, Shaanxi, and Gansu, cove ...
and the
Tianshui–Pingliang railway in the north, and the
Chongqing–Lanzhou railway in the south.
History
Construction began in November 2020 and is expected to take five and a half years with a cost of 24.323 billion yuan.
However in 2021 it was reported that the project was in the preliminary design phase and would commence construction again by the end of that year.
Construction started in July 2022 and is planned to be completed by the end of 2027.
On June 13, 2025, the Xujiaping tunnel, the first extra-long tunnel of the Tianlong Railway, was successfully completed, establishing a robust basis for the further efficient advancement of construction.
Stations
Yangjianian (existing station on
Tianshui–Pingliang Railway), Panjizhai, Maijishan, Niangniangba, Liziyuan, Mayan, Jiangluo, Shuiquan, Chengxian, Xixia, Taishi, Pingluo (Kang County), Foya, Anhua, Majie, Liangshui,
Longnan West railway station (existing station on
Chongqing–Lanzhou railway).
References
Railway lines in China
Transport in Gansu
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