Builders from China Railway No.4 Engineering Group Co., Ltd. (CREC4), helping build the Jining-Datong-Yuanping High-speed Railway, a 290.116-kilomeer HSR costs 33.93 billion yuan ($5.06 billion) to fast link North China’s Inner Mongolia and Shanxi, have completed the line’s sole pole arch.
The 144-meter-long pole arch, traversing the Erenhot-Guangzhou Expressway as part of the Fengzhen Grand Bridge, and built by CREC4 First Engineering Co., Ltd, ended its construction on November 6, 2023, laying a good foundation for the box beam erection for the whole line.
The railway started its official construction in 2021, aiming to offer travelers great convenience and aid regional economic progress, and allowing trains to run at 250 km per hour. CRCE4 is building 31.751 kilometers of the whole line — at its No 2 bid section.
The CREC4 constructors begun pouring concrete for the superstructure of Fengzhen Grand Bridge on May 20, which traverses the Ereenhot-Guangzhou Expressway with the 144-meter tied arch bridge, calling for high-precision control and exerting difficult construction conditions.
The railway started its official construction in 2021, aiming to offer travelers great convenience and aid regional economic progress, and allowing trains to run at 250 km per hour. CRCE4 is building 31.751 kilometers of the whole line — at its No 2 bid section.
Among the 290.116 km of the Jining-Datong-Yuanping HSR, 268.5 kilometers will be newly built. Starting at the east of Ulaanqab Station, the HSR runs through Qahar Right Wing Front Banner and Fengzhen City under Ulaanqab City in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region before entering Shanxi Province. After passing Xinrong District under Datong City, it will enter Datong South Station.
The Jining-Datong-Yuanping HSR is also one northern part of the vertically-run Hohhot-Nanning HSR, which is one of the nation’s “eight verticals and eight horizontals” HSR network.By connecting Ulaanqab with Shanxi’s Datong, Shuozhou and Xinzhou cities, the Jining-Datong-Yuanping HSR can also link with Taiyuan, the capital of Shanxi, via the Datong-Xi’an High-speed Railway.
Upon operation, travel between Hohhot and Taiyuan will be reduced to 150 minutes, while that between Datong and Taiyuan will be slashed to 76 minutes, offering travelers great convenience and helping boost the regional economic progress.
Jointly developed by China State Railway Group Co., Ltd., Inner Mongolia and Shanxi, the Jining-Datong-Yuanping HSR will have eight stations: Ulaanqab, Fengzhen West, Datong South, Huairen East, Yingxian West, Shanyin South, Shuozhou East and Daixian West.