Construction of Yichang Zhengzhou Wanzhou high speed railway connecting line

The Yichang - Zhengzhou - Wanzhou high-speed rail link connecting the Shanghai - Wuhan - Chengdu Railway and the Zhengzhou - Wanzhou high-speed railway was opened in beidouping, Xingshan County, the Three Gorges Reservoir Area on Tuesday. After the completion of the line, it will form a new East high-speed railway channel in Sichuan Chongqing area together with Wanzhou Xingshan section of Zhengzhou Wanzhou railway. The

Yichang zhengwan high speed railway connecting line project is a major project to implement the development strategy of the Yangtze River economic belt and strengthen the passenger transport channel along the river. It was jointly approved by China Railway Corporation and the people's Government of Hubei Province on March 29, 2019. The total length of the line is 109.38km, which is led from Yichang east station of Shanghai Wuhan Chengdu Railway. Xiabaoping station is set through Changgangling, and Xingshan station of zhengwan railway is introduced. The estimated total investment of the project is 18.15 billion yuan, the construction period is 5.5 years, and the design speed is 350 km / h. According to

, the construction of Yichang zhengwan high-speed rail link will help optimize the national road network structure and solve the existing slow short board between Yichang and Chongqing along the river. After the completion of the connecting line, combined with Zheng Wan high-speed railway, Wuhan Chongqing will be shortened from the fastest 5 hours and 54 minutes to about 3 hours; meanwhile, Yichang Beijing will be shortened from the current 8 hours to about 4.5 hours.