Beijing–Lanzhou corridor

High-speed rail corridor in China

Beijing-Lanzhou corridor
京兰通道

A CR400BF-C train on the Beijing-Zhangjiakou section of Beijing–Lanzhou corridor

Overview
Status| Partly operational
Locale| People's Republic of China
Termini|

* Beijing
* Lanzhou

Service
Type| High-speed rail
Operator(s)| China Railway High-speed
Technical
Track gauge| 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification| 50 Hz 25,000 V
Operating speed| 200 to 350 km/h (124 to 217 mph)

The Beijing–Lanzhou corridor is a high-speed rail corridor running from Beijing through Hohhot and Yinchuan to Lanzhou. It was announced in 2016 as part of China's "Eight Vertical and Eight Horizontal" network.

## Sections

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Line  | Project name  | Section  | Design speed
(km/h)  | Length (km)  | Construction start date  | Opening date

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Beijing-Baotou HSR  | Beijing–Zhangjiakou ICR | Beijing North–Zhangjiakou | 250–350  | 172  | 29 April 2016  | 30 December 2019
Zhangjiakou–Hohhot HSR | Zhangjiakou–Ulanqab | 250  | 161  | 28 April 2014[1]
Ulanqab–Hohhot East | 126  | 3 August 2017[2]
Jining–Baotou railway | Hohhot East–Hohhot | 160  | 9  | 1 April 2015  | 4 August 2017
Hohhot–Taigemu | 19  | 5 March 2014  | 28 September 2015
Taigemu–Baotou | 200  | 146  | 1 April 2009  | 3 December 2012
Baotou–Yinchuan high-speed railway | Baotou–Yinchuan high-speed railway  | Baotou–Huinong South | 250  | 422 (to be determined)  | 31 December 2021  | Expected by end of 2025
Huinong South–Yinchuan | 97  | 16 August 2018  | 1 October 2024
Yinchuan–Lanzhou HSR | Yinchuan–Lanzhou HSR  | Yinchuan–Wuzhong | 250  | 74  | 26 October 2015[3] | 29 December 2019[4]
Wuzhong–Zhongwei ICR  | Wuzhong–Zhongwei South | 133  | 10 October 2015[5]
Zhongwei–Lanzhou HSR  | Zhongwei South–Shuping  | 222  | 19 June 2017  | 29 December 2022
Lanzhou–Zhongchuan Airport ICR | Lanzhou–Zhongchuan ICR  | Shuping-Fuliqu | 160  | 34  | 21 December 2012  | 30 September 2015
Connection of Lanzhou–Zhongchuan ICR to central Lanzhou  | Fuliqu–Lanzhou West | 120  | 11  | 1 September 2018  | 6 September 2024

## References

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1. ^ "内蒙古首条高铁预计2017年建成" [Inner Mongolia's first high-speed railway is expected to be completed in 2017] (in Chinese). 光明日报. 29 April 2014. Archived from the original on 26 July 2020. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
2. ^ "内蒙古驶入高铁时代" [Inner Mongolia enters the high-speed rail era] (in Chinese). 4 August 2017. Archived from the original on 2019-11-27. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
3. ^ "银西高铁宁夏段动工 3小时即可串联陕甘宁" [The Ningxia section of Yinxi High-speed Railway started construction and will connect Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia in 3 hours] (in Chinese). Municipality of Yinchuan. Archived from the original on 9 January 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
4. ^ "宁夏结束没有高速铁路历史" [Ningxia ends its history of no high-speed railway] (in Chinese). China News Service. Archived from the original on 30 December 2019. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
5. ^ "宁夏首条城际铁路项目开工" [Ningxia's first intercity railway project starts construction] (in Chinese). Xinhua News Agency. 10 October 2015. Archived from the original on 2022-01-09. Retrieved 6 February 2025.

## See also

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* High-speed rail in China
* Baotou–Yinchuan high-speed railway

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High-speed rail in China

High-speed demonstrative maglev

* Shanghai maglev train
* Xianning–Changsha maglev test line (Planned)

National 8+8 high-speed corridors

| Coastal|

* Dandong–Dalian–Shenyang–Qinhuangdao–(Tianjin–Dongying–Weifang)–Qingdao–Lianyungang–Yancheng
–Nantong–Shanghai–Hangzhou–Taizhou–Wenzhou–Fuzhou–Xiamen–Zhangzhou–Shantou–
Shanwei–Shenshan–Xili-Jiangmen–Maoming–(Zhanjiang(–)Hepu)–Qinzhou–Fangchenggang–Dongxing

| Hangshen
parallel|

* Hangzhou–Ningbo–Wenzhou–Fuzhou–Xiamen–Shenzhen

|

other branches|

* Weifang–Yantai
* Qingdao–Rongcheng
* Shanwei–Guangzhou–Zhanjiang

Beijing–Shanghai|

| West route|

* Beijing–Shanghai

|

East route|

* Beijing–(Tianjin–Dongying–Weifang)–Linyi–Suqian–Huai'an–Yangzhou–Nantong–Shanghai

branches|

* Nanjing–Hangzhou
* Bengbu–Hefei–Hangzhou

Beijing–Hong Kong (Taipei)§|

* Beijing–Xiong'an–Shangqiu–Fuyang–Hefei–Jiujiang–Lushan–Nanchang

| To Hong Kong|

* Nanchang–Ganzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong

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To Taipei|

* Hefei–Fuzhou
* Nanchang–Fuzhou
* Fuzhou–Pingtan
* Pingtan–Hsinchu
* Hsinchu–Taipei§

Harbin–Hong Kong (Macau)§|

* Harbin–Shenyang–Beijing–Shijiazhuang–Wuhan–Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong
* Guangzhou–Zhuhai–Macau

Hohhot–Nanning|

* Hohhot–Ulanqab–Datong–Yuanping–Taiyuan–Jiaozuo–Zhengzhou
* branch: Jiaozuo–Luoyang–Pingdingshan
* Zhengzhou–Pingdingshan–Xiangyang–Jingmen–Yichang(–)Changde–Yiyang(–)Loudi–Shaoyang(–)Yongzhou–Liuzhou–Nanning–Hengyang

Beijing–Kunming|

Beijing–Xiong'an(–)Xinzhou–Xi'an–Chengdu–Yibin–Kunming

| Branch lines|

* Beijing–Zhangjiakou–Datong–Taiyuan
* Chongqing–Kunming

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Baotou (Yinchuan)–Hainan|

* Yinchuan–Xi'an
* Baotou–Yan'an–Xi'an–Chongqing–Guiyang–Nanning–Qinzhou–Beihai–Zhanjiang–Haikou
* Hainan eastern ring
* Hainan western ring

Lanzhou (Xining)–Guangzhou|

* Xining–Tangga'ang
* Lanzhou–Tangga'ang–Chengdu–Guiyang–Guangzhou

Suifenhe–Manzhouli|

* Suifenhe–Mudanjiang–Harbin–Qiqihar–Manzhouli

Beijing–Lanzhou|

* Beijing–Zhangjiakou–Hohhot–Baotou–Yinchuan–Lanzhou

Qingdao–Yinchuan|

* Qingdao–Jinan–Shijiazhuang–Taiyuan–Yinchuan

Eurasia Continental|

* Lianyungang–Xuzhou–Zhengzhou–Xi'an–Baoji–Lanzhou–Ürümqi–Khorgas

Yangtze River|

* Shanghai–Nanjing–Hefei–Wuhan–Yichang–Xingshan–Wanzhou–Fuling–Chongqing–Chengdu
* Shanghai–Huzhou–Hefei
* Yichang–Fuling
* Wuhan–Xiangyang–Xingshan–Wanzhou–Dazhou–Chengdu
* Chongqing–Neijiang–Chengdu

| Old line|

Shanghai–Wuxi–Nanjing–Hefei–Wuhan–Yichang–Lichuan–Chongqing–Suining–Chengdu

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Shanghai–Kunming|

* Shanghai–Hangzhou–Changsha–Guiyang–Kunming

Xiamen–Chongqing|

* Kaohsiung§–Xiamen–Longyan–Ganzhou–Changsha–Changde–Qianjiang–Chongqing

Guangzhou–Kunming|

Guangzhou–Nanning–Kunming

Other conventional high-speed railways (list)

| Intercity and
long-distance|

| North China|

* Tianjin–Daxing Airport
* Tianjin–Chengde
* Beijing–Tangshan
* Beijing–Binhai
* Tianjin–Baoding

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Northeast China|

* Qiqihar–Tongliao
* Shenyang–Jiamusi
* Shenyang–Baihe
* Dunhua–Baihe
* Mudanjiang–Dunhua
* Mudanjiang–Jiamusi
* Changchun–Hunchun
* Changchun–Jilin
* Jilin–Hunchun
* Harbin–Yichun
* Shenyang–Dandong
* Panjin–Yingkou
* Chifeng–Kazuo
* Chaoyang–Linghai
* Xinmin–Tongliao

East China|

* Qingdao–Jinan
* Jinan–Laiwu
* Rizhao–Lankao
* Zhengzhou–Fuyang
* Xuzhou–Yancheng
* Huaibei–Xiaoxian
* Shanghai–Suzhou–Huzhou
* Hangzhou–Wenzhou
* Hefei–Suqian
* Ma'anshan–Anqing
* Longyan–Longchuan
* Hangzhou–Nanchang
* Hangzhou–Taizhou
* Nanchang–Jiujiang

Central and South China|

* Zhengzhou–Jinan
* Zhengzhou–Xinzheng Airport
* Wuhan–Shiyan
* Wuhan–Huangshi/Huanggang
* Zhangjiajie–Jishou–Huaihua
* Changsha–Zhuzhou–Xiangtan
* Meizhou–Chaoshan
* Nanning–Pingxiang
* Shimen–Huaihua
* Guigang–Yulin

Northwest China|

* Lanzhou–Zhongchuan Airport
* Lanzhou–Zhangye
* Wuchangshi

Southwest China|

* Mianyang–Luzhou
* Anshun–Liupanshui
* Jishou–Yuping
* Mile–Mengzi
* Zhaotong–Liupanshui

Intercity railway
networks|

* Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei
* Yangtze River Delta
* Pearl River Delta Metropolitan Region
* Wuhan Metropolitan Area
* Chengdu-Chongqing
* Central Plains Metropolitan Region
* Shandong

Upgraded lines with
operating speeds
≥ 200 km (120 mi)|

* Dazhou–Chengdu
* Guangzhou–Shenzhen
* Beijing–Harbin
* Mudanjiang–Suiyuan
* Kunming–Yuxi–Hekou
* Guangtong–Chuxiong–Dali
* Nanjing–Qidong

Rolling stock

* X 2000
* Blue Arrow
* China Star
* Hexie (CRH1/CRH2/CRH3/CRH5/CRH6/CRH380A/CRH380B/CRH380C/CRH380D)
* Vibrant Express (MTR CRH380A)§
* CIT Trains
* Fuxing (CR200J/CR300AF/CR300BF/CR400AF/CR400BF)

* Italics: under construction or currently not operational
* (-), Place A-: section under construction or currently not operational
* §: in/related to Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan
* (Place A–Place B): share tracks with other lines

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