Chongqing-Guiyang Railway opened today: The fastest high-speed rail only takes 2 hours

According to news from Railway No. 12306, the Chongqing-Guiyang Railway (Lao-Gui Railway) will be opened on January 25 to open up the fast railroad route between Chengdu and Chongqing and even southwest China to the South China and East China regions for the upcoming 2018 Spring Festival. A large capacity transport corridor. According to reports, the Guizhou-Guizhou-Guizhou Railway originates from Chongqing West Railway Station, passes southwards via the Minjiang River, Zunyi, and Xifeng, and ends at the Guiyang North Railway Station. It has a total length of 347 kilometers, and the designed train speed of passenger trains is 200km/h. After the Guizhou-Guizhou-Guizhou Railway opened, the fare for the second-class high-speed rail station in the west of Guiyang, Chongqing, was 129 yuan. The construction of the Chongqing-Guiyang Railway started in May 2013, and joint testing was conducted in October 2017. From the beginning of Chongqing-Guiyang Railway, 66 pairs of passenger trains will be arranged, including 8 pairs of trains from Chongqing to Guiyang, 9 trains from Chongqing to Guangzhou, and 6 trains from Chongqing to Kunming. The running time of the fastest trains from Chongqing to Guiyang, Guangzhou and Kunming will be shortened from about 9 hours, 12 hours and 19 hours respectively to 2 hours, 2 minutes, 7 hours 10 minutes and 4 hours and 40 minutes. The Chongqing-Guiyang railway is an important component of the rapid railway corridors in China's northwest, southwest, and southern China. The opening and operation of the railway can greatly shorten the space-time distance between Chongqing and Guiyang and improve the regional traffic structure. It is of great significance to open up the southbound passage of Chengdu-Chongqing area and alleviate the inconsistency of the uneven transport capacity in the spring season.

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