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The Chinese railway tunnels are divided into four classes by length: Super-long tunnels (over 10,000 metres) Long tunnels (between 3,000 and 10,000 metres) Middle tunnels (between 500 and 3,000 metres) Short tunnels (less than 500 metres) By 2008, there were 6,102 railway tunnels in operation in China. Their total length reached 3,938,913 ...
The Beijing underground cross-city railway is a short railway connection in Beijing. This railway line includes the Qiansanmen Tunnel. The speed limit is 120 km/h. [1] It connects the important transportation hubs Beijing railway station and Beijing West railway station via a tunnel.
Huangtong-Baise railway Henggang Tunnel China 13.450 km (8.357 mi) 2027 Pinghu'nan-Yantiangang railway Baimashan Tunnel China 13.407 km (8.3 mi) 2025 Chongqing-Changsha High Speed Railway: Trinacria Tunnel [92] Italy 13.4 km (8.3 mi) 2030 Palermo-Catania Railway Pamuling Tunnel China 13.340 km (8.3 mi)
Individual China Rail Passenger routes displayed in Google Maps with timetable (Chinese and English) Railway map of China (1). Showing double track lines, electrified lines and planned lines in detail around year 2001. Railway map of China (2). Showing railway network in 1990s. Railway map of China (3). Showing railway network in 1980s.
Eagle's Nest Tunnel (cross-mountain) (road) Eastern Harbour Crossing / Tseung Kwan O line (road and metro) Kai Tak Tunnel (beneath site of former Hong Kong International Airport) (road) Lion Rock Tunnel (cross-mountain) (road and water pipe) Sha Tin Heights Tunnel (cross-mountain) (road) Shing Mun Tunnels (cross-mountain) (road) Tai Lam Tunnel ...
The shortest tunnel, No. 056, just 19.8 m (65 ft) in length, is the shortest standard gauge rail tunnel in China. An 8K locomotive on the Fengsha line at the Luopoling railway station The famous late Qing Dynasty railway engineer Zhan Tianyou considered routing the Beijing–Zhangjiakou railway through the Yongding River Valley, but abandoned ...
Owing to the difficult terrain, the project involved a large number of bridges (including two over the Yangtze River: the Wanzhou Railway Bridge and the Yichang Railway Bridge) and tunnels. Out of the line's total 377 km (234 mi) length, 288 km (179 mi) runs on bridges or in tunnels.
The MNR began construction of the original Ducao Tunnel in July 1937, opening the new, shorter line on 31 July 1942. At 3,849 m (12,628 ft), it was China's longest railway tunnel. To expand the capacity of the line, China Railway decided to build a second tunnel, 3,900 m (12,800 ft) in length, in 1961, but construction was suspended a year ...