Qingdao–Yinchuan corridor

Qingdao-Yinchuan corridor 青あお银通道どう
Overview
Status	Operational
Locale	Shandong, Hebei, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Ningxia
Termini	Qingdao Yinchuan
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 Qingdao–Yinchuan corridor (simplified Chinese: 青あお银通道どう; traditional Chinese: 青あお銀ぎん通どおり道どう; pinyin: Qīngyín Tōngdào) is a China Railway High-speed line running from Qingdao, Shandong to Yinchuan, Ningxia. The line passes through the cities of Jinan, Shijiazhuang, and Taiyuan. Announced in 2016 as part of China's "Eight Vertical and Eight Horizontal" network, the line comprises the existing Qingdao–Taiyuan passenger railway and the Taiyuan–Zhongwei–Yinchuan railway.

Overview

The Qingdao–Yinchuan corridor runs east–west ("horizontally") from the coastal city of Qingdao in Shandong Province, passing through Jinan, Shijiazhuang, and Taiyuan before terminating at Yinchuan in Ningxia.

Sections

Operational lines are marked with green background. The Taiyuan-Yinchuan section is not high-speed and does not yet have any through trains beyond Taiyuan South and is marked as blue.

Section	Description	Designed speed (km/h)	Length (km)	Construction start date	Open date
Qingdao–Jinan section (Qingdao–Jinan high-speed railway)	HSR connecting Qingdao and Jinan	350	308	2015	2018-12-26
Jinan–Shijiazhuang section (Shijiazhuang–Jinan high-speed railway)	PDL connecting Shijiazhuang & Jinan via Dezhou	250	319	2013	2017-12-28
Shijiazhuang–Taiyuan section (Shijiazhuang–Taiyuan high-speed railwayy)	PDL connecting Shijiazhuang & Taiyuan.	250	190	2005-06-11	2009-04-01
Taiyuan–Yinchuan section (Taiyuan–Zhongwei–Yinchuan railway)	upgraded railway connecting Taiyuan and Yinchuan through Zhongwei.	250		2006-05	2011-01-11

See also

• High-speed rail in China