Chengdu Guiyang railway will open on December 16

The West Yibin Guiyang section of Chengdu Guiyang railway has passed the safety assessment, and China Railway Group has officially approved the opening of passenger transport business on December 16.

it is reported that the construction of Leshan Guiyang section of Chengdu Guiyang railway started at the end of 2013. The line starts from Leshan station of Chengdu Mianyang Leshan railway, passes through 6 provincial stations of Qianwei, Nixi, Pingshan, yibinxi, Changning and Xingwen, and then passes through Yunnan Weixin, Bijie, Qianxi and Guiyang east station. The total length of the main line is 515km (259km in Sichuan Province). By the end of 2018, Sichuan Province completed the construction of Sichuan section one year in advance, and opened Leshan Yibin west section in advance on June 15, 2019, greatly improving the traffic conditions along the railway. The section from Yibin West to Guiyang, which will be opened soon, will connect the whole Chengdu Guiyang railway. As the first southbound fast passenger railway channel in Sichuan Province, the completion and opening of the

Chengdu Guiyang railway will form a high-speed channel from Sichuan Province to Guangdong, Hong Kong, Macao and Beibu Gulf Economic Zone, which is of great significance for Sichuan Province to improve the level of southbound connectivity, further expand the opening up and promote economic and social development.