Honghui railway

The Honghui railway (Chinese: 红会铁路; pinyin: Hónghuì tiělù) is a railway line in Baiyin, Gansu, China. It was built in the early 1970s to allow the export of coal, and was opened in 1974. The line has also been used for the export of crops.[1] The line branches from the Baotou–Lanzhou railway north of Baiyin West railway station. It continues east towards its terminus at Honghui railway station in Pingchuan District. Passenger services operate between Baiyin West and Changzheng railway station.[1][2]

The Baiyin–Zhongwei section of the Yinchuan–Lanzhou high-speed railway will roughly parallel the line.

Incident

On 8 March 2022 at around 10pm, a dump truck struck a railway overbridge between Wujiachuan and Jingyuan West stations. This caused the bridge to tilt. When a freight train passed over the bridge, the locomotive derailed and fell to the ground.[3] Three people died at the scene and one injured person was taken to hospital.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b ""慢火车"开启红色之旅" (in Chinese). 中国青年. 2021-02-09. Retrieved 2022-07-03.
  2. ^ "长征—兰州空调 快速列车开行" (in Chinese). 2015-02-20. Archived from the original on 2015-04-27. Retrieved 2022-07-03.
  3. ^ "卡车撞击铁路桥梁致红会货运支线中断 4人被困" (in Chinese). Caixin. 2022-03-09. Retrieved 2022-07-03.
  4. ^ "兰州铁路局红会支线货运列车机车脱轨坠桥事故：已致3人死亡1人重伤" (in Chinese). 央视新闻. 2022-03-09. Retrieved 2022-07-03.