Chengdu–Guiyang high-speed railway

Chengdu-Guiyang
high-speed railway
成贵高速铁路
Overview
LocaleSichuan, Guizhou and Yunnan, China
Termini
Service
Services1
Operator(s)China Railway Chengdu Group
History
Opened2014/2019
Technical
Line length648 km (403 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in)
Operating speed250 km/h
Route map

km
Chengdu East
Chengdu South
Shuangliu Airport
Shuangliu West
Xinjin
Xinjin South
Pengshan North
Meishan East
Qingshen
Leshan
Emeishan, Emei
Emeishan branch
Qianwei
Nixi
Pingshan
Yibin West
Zaojuebang (signal station)
Changning
Xingwen
Weixin
Zhenxiong
Bijie
Dafang
Qianxi
Qingzhen West
Baiyun North
Guiyang North
Guiyang East
km

Chengdu-Guiyang high-speed railway is a major trunk high-speed railway between the provincial capitals of Chengdu, Sichuan and Guiyang, Guizhou via a small section traversing north east Yunnan province. It was selected for construction under the 11th Five Year Plan set by the Chinese Government. Construction started in 2010 and was expected to be completed by 2014. The northern section of this line between Chengdu and Leshan forms the southern part of the operational Chengdu–Mianyang–Leshan intercity railway.

The 135 km (84 mi) Chengdu – Leshan section opened in 2014, the 141 km (88 mi) Leshan – Yibin opened in June 2019, while last 372 km (231 mi) Yibin - Guiyang section opened in December 2019. Almost 82% of the route is on 468 bridges or in 183 tunnels.