新浪微博
腾讯微博
微信
QQ空间
QQ好友
手机阅读分享话题

Chongqing News

Soon you can travel from Chongqing to Xi'an by train in just five hours!

2017-11-24 09:50:21

CHONGQING (CQNEWS) -- The Chengdu Railway Bureau reported that with the No. 55252 CRH3A high-speed train slowly making way out of Chengdudong Station at 8:45, November 22, the Xi'an-Chengdu High-Speed Railway began the final testing phase. After the line opens, the time it takes from Chengdu to Xi'an by railway will be reduced to about 4 hours and the time from Chongqing to Xi'an will be reduced to 5 hours.

The Xi'an-Chengdu high-speed railway connects the two provincial capitals of Chengdu and Xi'an. It also connects with Chongqing by the southern section of the Lanzhou-Chongqing railway line.

The Chengdu Railway Bureau explained that eight pairs of cross railway bureau trains going from Chengdudong Station and Chongqingbei Station will enter the final testing phase, including six pairs from Chengdudong to Xi'an and two pairs from Chongqingbei to Xi'an. Because other train trial will be needed to simulate passenger service in the stations Deyang, Mianyang, Jiangyou, Jianmenguan and Guangyuan in the way, it will take about four hours from Chengdudong to Xi'anbei.

The Xi'an- Chengdu high-speed railway, as the line connecting delicious local food and beautiful scenery between northwestern and southwestern China, will not only drive the overall economic development in western China faster and better, but also has profound significance on deepening on the exchanges of tourism, humanity and ecological development between Sichuan and Shaanxi province. By then, the travel time and ticket price for passengers from Sichuan, Chongqing, even Guizhou and Yunnan to Xi'an will be reduced sharply. According to the analysis on current trial train, after opening the Xi'an- Chengdu high-speed railway, the time it takes from Chengdu to Xi'an will be reduced from ten to four hours. From Chengdu to Beijing travel time will be reduced from 14 hours to 8 hours and the time from Chongqing to Xi'an will be shortened to five hours.

According to the Chengdu Railway Bureau Group, the Xi'an- Chengdu high-speed railway no-load testing operation will be evaluated for the official operation, which also means the more focused operation of the Xi'an-Chengdu railway prior to entering the countdown period. (Translated by Shi Yali, Fathom Language Limited)

Editor:Jiang Yiwei