Lanzhou–Zhongchuan Airport intercity railway

Lanzhou–Zhongchuan Airport intercity railway
Lanzhou–Zhongchuan Airport intercity railway
Hanyu Pinyin	Lánzhōu zhì Zhōngchuān Jīchǎng chéngjì tiělù

Lanzhou–Zhongchuan Airport intercity railway
Lanzhou–Zhongchuan Airport intercity railway
	standard gauge
Minimum radius	3,500 m (11,500 ft)
Electrification	25 kV 50 Hz AC (Overhead line)
Operating speed	200 km/h (124 mph)
Maximum incline	6.0% (Lanzhou West to Fuliqu); 20% (Fuliqu to Zhongchuan Airport)
Route map
	Legend
	Lanzhou–Zhangye intercity railway
	to Zhangye
	Xuzhou-Lanzhou HSR
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Lanzhou–Zhongchuan Airport intercity railway is a

Lanzhou Zhongchuan Airport. As Zhongchuan Airport is quite distant from the urban area of Lanzhou, regular ground transport currently takes about an hour to make the journey and taxi journeys are expensive at around 150 to 200RMB, but with little to no time advantage over the airport bus service. Thus a higher-speed rail connection was initiated by the Lanzhou government in order to improve access to the airport, but also to the adjacent Lanzhou New Area

special economic zone. The journey to the airport now takes from 30 to 40 minutes at a cost of 18.5RMB for Second Class and 22RMB for First Class.

Overview

The Lanzhou–Zhongchuan Airport intercity railway is proposed to be the first section of a longer

Zhongwei–Lanzhou high-speed railway branches off.^[1]

An initial groundbreaking ceremony was held on December 27, 2010. However works were not actually started. On December 21, 2012, another groundbreaking ceremony was held again with full construction now underway.[2] The line started operation on September 30, 2015.^[3]

Fuliqu opened on January 8, 2020.

Stations

Station №	Station Name	Chinese	Distance km		Metro transfers/connections	Location

LZJ	Lanzhou	兰州	0.00	0.00		Chengguan
LAJ	Lanzhou West (Lanzhouxi)	兰州西	10.00	10.00	1 2 (planned)	Qilihe
CAJ	Chenguanying	陈官营	8.70	18.70	1	Xigu
FLJ	Fuliqu	福利区	3.00	21.70
XIJ	Xigu	西固	2.40	24.10
HOJ	Huangyangtou	黄羊头	11.20	35.20		Gaolan Co.
LQJ	Lanzhou New Area (Lanzhou Xinqu)	兰州新区	31.20	66.50		Lanzhou New Area
ZJJ	Zhongchuan Airport (Zhongchuan Jichang)	中川机场	3.80	70.30		Lanzhou New Area

References

^ "厉害了！宁夏计划建设4条高铁，这些区县将交通大爆发！_新闻_腾讯网".
^ "敦煌至格尔木和兰州至中川机场铁路开工建设" [Work started on the Dunhuang-Golmud Railway and on the railway from Lanzhou to Zhongchuan Airport] (in Chinese). December 23, 2012.
^ Haonan, Liu (October 19, 2015). "Seamless transfer to Zhongchuan airport". This is Lanzhou. Retrieved December 17, 2015.

[1] "厉害了！宁夏计划建设4条高铁，这些区县将交通大爆发！_新闻_腾讯网".

[2] "敦煌至格尔木和兰州至中川机场铁路开工建设" [Work started on the Dunhuang-Golmud Railway and on the railway from Lanzhou to Zhongchuan Airport] (in Chinese). December 23, 2012.

[3] Haonan, Liu (October 19, 2015). "Seamless transfer to Zhongchuan airport". This is Lanzhou. Retrieved December 17, 2015.

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Overview

Stations

See also

References