Shijiazhuang–Taiyuan High-Speed Railway

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The Shijiazhuang–Taiyuan High-Speed Railway is a major Chinese high-speed rail line linking Hebei’s capital Shijiazhuang with Shanxi’s capital Taiyuan, significantly shortening travel times across the Taihang Mountains and integrating Shanxi into the national high-speed rail network.

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instanceOf high-speed railway line
alsoKnownAs Shitai Passenger-Dedicated Line
category High-speed rail in China
ChineseName 石太客运专线
connectsCity Shijiazhuang
Taiyuan
constructionStart 2005
country China
crossesMountainRange Taihang Mountains
designedFor passenger service
electrification overhead line
electrificationVoltage 25 kV AC
endPoint Taiyuan
hasStation Shijiazhuang North railway station
Shijiazhuang railway station
Taiyuan South railway station
Taiyuan railway station
hasStructure Taihang Tunnel
impact enhanced economic integration of Shanxi with eastern China
improved passenger mobility across Taihang Mountains
infrastructureType railway infrastructure
languageOfOfficialName Chinese
lineLength approximately 190 km
lineType passenger-dedicated line
locatedIn People's Republic of China
linked to: China
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Hebei
Shanxi
linked to: Shanxi Province
maximumOperatingSpeed 250 km/h
notableFeature includes one of the longest railway tunnels in China
opened 2009
openingDate 2009-04-01
operator China Railway
China Railway Beijing Group
China Railway Taiyuan Group
partOfCorridor Beijing–Xi'an high-speed rail corridor
partOfNetwork China high-speed rail network
purpose improve transport across the Taihang Mountains
integrate Shanxi into the national high-speed rail network
shorten travel time between Hebei and Shanxi
railGauge standard gauge
regionServed North China
startPoint Shijiazhuang
status in operation
trackConfiguration double track
travelTimeReduction reduces Shijiazhuang–Taiyuan travel to about 1 hour
tunnelLength over 27 km
usesRollingStock CRH series EMU
linked to: CRH

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Beijing–Guangzhou High-Speed Railway connectsWith Shijiazhuang–Taiyuan High-Speed Railway
Shijiazhuang isRailwayHubOn Shijiazhuang–Taiyuan Railway
linked to: Shijiazhuang–Taiyuan High-Speed Railway
Taiyuan South Railway Station railwayLine Shijiazhuang–Taiyuan high-speed railway
linked to: Shijiazhuang–Taiyuan High-Speed Railway