Haoji Railway
| Haoji Railway 浩吉铁路 | |
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 Haoji Railway under construction in Yunxi, Yueyang | |
| Overview | |
| Status | Operational |
| Locale | Inner Mongolia, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi[1] |
| Termini | |
| Service | |
| Type | Heavy rail |
| System | China Railway |
| Operator(s) |  China Railway |
| Technical | |
| Line length | 1,813.5 km (1,127 mi)[1] |
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) |
| Operating speed | 120 km/h[1] |
The Haoji Railway (Chinese: 浩吉铁路; pinyin: Hàojí tiělù), fully known as Kholbolji/Haolebaoji to Ji'an railway[1] (Chinese: 浩勒报吉至吉安铁路; pinyin: Hàolèbàojí zhì Jí'ān tiělù), formerly known as Menghua Railway (West Inner Mongolia to Central China),[2] is a 1,813.5 km (1,127 mi)[1] freight-dedicated railway in China. It runs from Haolebaoji South railway station[1] in Uxin Banner, Ordos City, Inner Mongolia to Ji'an railway station in Ji'an City, Jiangxi.
It was built to facilitate coal transport from Inner Mongolia and Shanxi to China's southern provinces at up to 200 million tons a year. The railway is also the first north-south railway in China that is dedicated to coal, and is built to bypass existing coal transport routes that go via coastal cities by ship. The line will reduce transit time from 20 days by sea to just 3 days.[3] The line connects to existing railways at several points to share maintenance facilities.[4] The design speed of the railway is 120 kilometres per hour (75 mph).[1]
The line was approved in 2014 at a cost of US$27.2 billion, financed by China Railway and several large domestic coal mining companies.[3] The railway was inaugurated on 28 September 2019.[1]
Major engineering works
[edit]- Hanjiang Bridge, 5,242 metres (3.257 mi) long cable-stayed bridge carrying the railway over the Hanjiang River.[5]
- An 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) long viaduct in Hejin.[6][7]
- Sanmenxia Bridge, a double-level road-rail bridge over the Yellow River at Sanmenxia.[8]
- Dongting Lake Bridge, cable-stayed bridge over Dongting Lake.[9]
Operating speed
[edit]For Jinzhou-Yueyang section only the designated speed is 200km/h rather than 120km/h, although presently not implemented.[10]
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i "纵贯南北的能源运输大通道浩吉铁路开通运营". 2019-09-28. Archived from the original on September 28, 2019.
- ^ "Menghua Railway was renamed Haoji Railway - News - China Coal Market". www.cctdcoal.com.
- ^ a b "Giant coal railway part of China's energy plans - Taipei Times". www.taipeitimes.com.
- ^ "1 800 km Menghua coal railway opens". Railway Gazette.
- ^ "今天，浩吉铁路一周年生日啦！（内附VR全景鸟瞰）_汉江". www.sohu.com. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
- ^ "New Chinese railway line with an 8-km-long viaduct. It's a must-see". Trans.INFO.
- ^ "四公司承建浩吉铁路管段通过动态检测". www.qunlulaobao.com.
- ^ "年底前，黄河上这座规模最大的公铁两用桥将实现通车". kuaibao.qq.com.
- ^ "New bridge over Dongting Lake on Haoji Railway line in C China's Hunan". english.www.gov.cn.
- ^ "浩勒报吉至吉安铁路". 2019-10-31.
