Not to be confused with Shijiazhuang–Taiyuan railway.

The Shijiazhuang–Taiyuan high-speed railway, or the Shitai passenger railway (simplified Chinese: 石太客运专线; traditional Chinese: 石太客運專線; pinyin: Shí-Tài Kèyùn Zhuān Xiàn) is a 190-kilometre long (120 mi) high-speed railway operated by China Railway High-speed, running from Shijiazhuang to Taiyuan, respectively the provincial capitals of Hebei and Shanxi, at 250 kilometres per hour (160 mph). The railway opened on April 1, 2009.[1] It now forms part of the Qingdao–Yinchuan corridor.

The railway crosses the Taihang mountain range through the Taihang Tunnel, which, at almost 28 kilometres (17 mi) long, is (as of 2010) the longest railway tunnel in China.

History

  • June 11, 2005: Construction of this line began.
  • December 22, 2007: the 27,848 m (17.304 mi)-long Taihang Tunnel, was broken through.[2]
  • December 25, 2008: TISCO Bridge was completed, bringing the Shijiazhuang-Taiyuan PDL more than a week ahead of the scheduled construction time with all track laying completed.[3]
  • January 1, 2009: the official opening.[4]
  • February 18, 2009: EMU test car running.[5]
  • April 1, 2009: EMU put into formal operation.[6]

Services

The Shijiazhuang–Taiyuan high-speed railway is used by G- and D-series high-speed trains. Initially, they mostly ran between Taiyuan and Shijiazhuang. With the opening of the Beijing–Guangzhou high-speed railway, which runs through Shijiazhuang, in December 2012, almost all of these trains have been extended beyond Shijiazhuang; most of them now continue north to Beijing, while some go south, to Wuhan, Guangzhou, and other points along the line.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ Dingding, Xin (25 March 2009). "High-speed rails to slash travel time". China Daily. Retrieved 18 September 2010.
  2. ^ 我国最长山岭隧道石太客运专线太行山隧道贯通 [My country's longest mountain tunnel, the Taihang Tunnel on the Shijizhuang–Taiyuan PDL, opens]. Xinhua News Hebei. 2007-12-23. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2015-08-26.
  3. ^ 石太客运专线昨晚实现了全线贯通. Taiyuan News. 2008-12-26.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ 开往2009年的快铁——山西石太客运专线今日通车. China News Shanxi. 2009-01-01.
  5. ^ 山西：石太客运专线动车组试验车2月18日试运行. China News Shanxi. 2009-02-04.
  6. ^ 石太客运专线今运营. Sina News. 2009-04-01.
  7. ^ Taiyuan schedule (in Chinese)