Construction of the first port dredging Railway on the dam of the Three Gorges Project

On December 26, Maoping port dredging railway, a Three Gorges hub with a total investment of 3.516 billion yuan, was started.

port dredging railway starts from the first port of Bashang reservoir head - Zigui Maoping port and ends at Yichang Dianjun South Station of Yichang Wanzhou railway, with a total length of about 39km, bridge tunnel ratio of 87%, construction period of 4 years, including Yichang south station, Shiliping station, Zigui station and Maoping port station.

is the "main line" of the dam turnover of water rail combined transportation. The port dredging railway will not only extend the national railway network, improve the freight efficiency of the whole road, but also support the "Overpass" of the dam turnover logistics of the Three Gorges, so that the shipping in the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River can be seamlessly connected with the railway trunk line. In 2018, the throughput of the Three Gorges ship lock reached 142 million tons, which exceeded 100 million tons in the first September of this year, far exceeding the design capacity.

was started on the same day, as well as the Three Gorges Dam turning Jiangnan oil and gas pipeline project. The total investment of the project is planned to be 6.54 billion yuan. The product oil downstream of the Three Gorges Dam will be transported to the upstream of the dam through pipeline, and then loaded and shipped to Sichuan and Chongqing area. At the same time, methanol will be transported in reverse direction, and the annual turnover of dangerous chemicals is expected to be 6.5 million tons.