Baotou (Yinchuan)–Hainan corridor

The Baotou (Yinchuan)–Hainan corridor (Chinese: 包(银)海通道; pinyin: Bāo (Yín) Hǎi Tōngdào) is a high-speed rail corridor and one of the eight north–south routes in China's "Eight Vertical and Eight Horizontal" network.[1]

Route

Main route (Baotou-Sanya)

Section Description Designed
speed
(km/h)

Length
(km)

Construction
start date

Open date
Baotou–Ordos Mid-to-long term planning
Ordos–Yan'an

Yan'an–Yulin–Ordos high-speed railway

HSR from Ordos, run through Yulin to Yan'an 350 390 5 November 2023 2028 (exp.)
Yan'an–Xi'an

Xi'an–Yan'an high-speed railway

HSR from Yan'an to Xi'an 292 9 January 2020 2025 (exp.)
Chongqing–Xi'an

high-speed railway

Xi'an–Ankang HSR from Xi'an to Ankang 350 171 29 September 2021 2025 (exp.)
Ankang–Chongqing HSR from Ankang to Chongqing 479 29 November 2022 2028 (exp.)
Chongqing–Guiyang (old) Class I railway from Chongqing to Guiyang 200 345 22 December 2010 25 January 2018
Chongqing–Guiyang (new) Planned HSR from Chongqing to Gui'an/Guiyang 350 383 Mid-to-long term planning
Guiyang–Nanning Guiyang–Libo HSR from Guiyang to Libo 205 29 December 2016 8 August 2023
Libo–Nanning HSR from Libo to Nanning 307 31 August 2023
Nanning–Hepu (old) Nanning–Qinzhou HSR from Nanning to Qinzhou 250 99 11 December 2008 30 December 2013
Qinzhou–Hepu

Qinzhou–Beihai high-speed railway (section)

HSR from Qinzhou to Hepu 23 June 2009
Nanning–Hepu (new) Planned HSR from Nanning to Hepu 350 ~172 Mid-to-long term planning
Hepu–Zhanjiang Planned HSR from Hepu/Beihai to Zhanjiang 137 2024 (exp.) 2025 (exp.)
Zhanjiang–Haikou Zhanjiang–Xuwen Planned HSR from Zhanjiang (West/North) to Xuwen ~129 Earlier than 2025 (exp.)
Xuwen–Haikou Across Qiongzhou Strait via ferries at the moment, planned fixed link in the future
Hainan ring HSRs Eastern ring HSRs around Haikou and Sanya 250 308 29 June 2007 30 December 2010
Western ring 200 344 2011 30 December 2015

Branches

Section Description Designed
speed
(km/h)

Length
(km)

Construction
start date

Open date
Yinchuan–Xi'an

high-speed railway

Yinchuan–Wuzhong HSR from Yinchuan to Wuzhong 250 (reserved for higher speed) 74 9 August 2016 29 December 2019
Wuzhong–Xi'an HSR from Wuzhong to Xi'an 544 26 December 2020
Fankuai–Wanzhou

Chongqing–Xi'an high-speed railway (section)

HSR from Fankuai to Wanzhou 350 90 29 November 2022 2028 (exp.)

References

  1. ^ "八纵八横高铁线路图,高铁通道清清楚楚" [Eight vertical and eight horizontal high-speed rail line map, high-speed rail channel clear]. 高铁地图 (in Chinese). 22 May 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2021.