China is undertaking a feasibility study for building a new high-speed railway along the Yangtze River from Shanghai to Chengdu, West China Metropolis Daily reports on Monday.
After completion, the east-west high-speed railway will link 22 major cities along the Yangtze River, starting from Shanghai, running through Nanjing, Hefei, Wuhan and Chongqing, and ending in Chengdu.
The new line has a design speed of 350 km per hour and it is called "double track" of Shanghai-Wuhan- Chengdu high-speed line, the current east-west high-speed railway artery.
According to the transportation corridor planning of the Yangtze River economic belt (2014-2020) released by China's State Council, two high-speed rail lines will appear in the region. One is from Shanghai, passing through Nanjing, Hefei, Wuhan and Chongqing, to Chengdusultry beauties. the other is from Shanghai, running through Hangzhou, Nanchang, Changsha and Guiyang, to Kunming.
In fact, since China launched a new round of adjustment of rail running map in July 2014, a bullet train from Shanghai to Chengdu has been operated, with a speed of 200 km per hour. But according to the plan, a high-speed train to run at a speed of 300 km per hour along the Yangzte River economic belt is the goal.
Due to the different landforms and construction standards, a train from Shanghai to Chengdu needs to run 16 hours. In addition, the current Shanghai-Wuhan-Chengdu high-speed line faces problems such as passenger traffic pressure, lack of transport capacity and difficulties to increase speed.
