Yinchuan–Xi'an high-speed railway, is a dual-track, electrified, high-speed rail line in

Northwest China Northwestern China () is a region in the People's Republic of China. It consists of five provincial administrative regions, namely Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, and Xinjiang. The region is characterized by a (semi-)arid continental climate. ...

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Yinchuan Yinchuan is the capital of the Ningxia, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China, and was the capital of the Tangut people, Tangut-led Western Xia, Western Xia dynasty. It has an area of and a total population of 2,859,074 according to the 2020 C ...

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Xi'an Xi'an is the list of capitals in China, capital of the Chinese province of Shaanxi. A sub-provincial city on the Guanzhong plain, the city is the third-most populous city in Western China after Chongqing and Chengdu, as well as the most populou ...

. It is a branch of the Baotou (Yinchuan)–Hainan corridor, part of China's "Eight Vertical and Eight Horizontal" network. The line is the first railway to connect Qingyang to the Chinese railway network, and also the first railway to connect Ningxia and Yinchuan to the high-speed railway network.

Construction

Construction began in December 2015. The longest bridge on the line measures , and the longest tunnel is long. The first full-length test run was carried out in October 2020. The line opened on 26 December 2020 as planned.

Route

The line has 20 stations in Ningxia, Gansu and Shaanxi. Between

and Wuzhong, the route is shared with the Yinchuan–Lanzhou high-speed railway. This section opened on December 19, 2019.

Stations

References

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