China's first high-speed railway through the Qinling Mountains West (An) into (are) 24 passenger line in Shaanxi launched the construction, completion Hou Xian to Chengdu train running time shortened from 13 hours to 3 hours.
Qinling Mountains across central China, is about 1,500 km, 100-150 km from north to south across Gansu, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Hubei and Henan provinces. Along the path of dangerous, complex geological structure, the construction of the railway is one of the most difficult.
At present, China has built or under construction most of the distribution of high-speed railway in the plains and hilly areas, such as Xi'an-Chengdu railway line across north and south China climate, has a "Geological Museum of China," said the Qinling Mountains, high-speed Railway is the first.
Xi'an to Chengdu from Xi'an Railway Passenger Station leads north of Xi'an, the south by the Qinling Mountains Huxian access along the highway through the Qinling Mountains Jingkun to Hanzhong Ningqiang after more Daba Sichuan, the Sichuan Guangyuan to the station and into the Jiangyou Chengmianle rail phase. Xian-off speed of 250 kilometers Design and default conditions will further speed up the construction period is about 4 years, and its built Hou Xian to Chengdu train running time from the current 13 hours reduced to 3 hours.
According to Xi'an to Chengdu Passenger design project engineer Wang Jie introduced, this high-speed railway from north to south across the Guanzhong Plain, Qinling Mountains, Daba Mountain Hanzhong plain and the complex geological and topographical area in the Qinling Mountains across the lot, the tunnel length to 127 kilometers , longer than the 10 km long tunnel will have six. Qinling Mountain Tunnel Group also continued to paragraph also big ramp up to 46 km, which in the mountains of China's high standards of the proposed construction of modern railway will be a new trial.
It is reported that Chengdu, Xi'an Passenger completed, one-way transport capacity to 70 million passengers per year, will check with the Chengdu-Chongqing economic zone in the Tianshui economic circle more closely together, while the formation of China's northwest, southwest and central and eastern areas convenient Fast Passenger.