Taihangshan tunnel
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Taihangshan Tunnel 太行山 隧道 |
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| use | Railway tunnel | |||
| traffic connection | ShiTai high speed line | |||
| place | Taihang Mountains | |||
| length | 27.848 km | |||
| Number of tubes | 2 | |||
| Largest coverage | 445 m | |||
| construction | ||||
| start of building | June 11, 2005 | |||
| completion | December 22, 2007 | |||
| business | ||||
| release | January 1, 2009 | |||
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| Coordinates | ||||
| West portal | 38 ° 7 ′ 0 ″ N , 113 ° 28 ′ 6 ″ E | |||
| East portal | 38 ° 8 ′ 49 ″ N , 113 ° 47 ′ 2 ″ E | |||
Map with all coordinates: The Taihangshan Tunnel ( Chinese 太行山 隧道 , Pinyin Tàiháng Shān Suìdào ) is a double-track railway tunnel in the northern Chinese province of Shanxi . In 2019, with a length of 27.8 kilometers, it was the third longest railway tunnel in the People's Republic of China - after the New Guanjiao Tunnel and the Western Qinling Tunnel . The tunnel has been in operation since January 1, 2009.
description
The tunnel is part of the ShiTai Railroad Line ( 石 太 客运 专线 ), a 189.93 km high-speed line connecting Shijiazhuang , the capital of Hebei Province , with Taiyuan , the capital of Shanxi Province . The construction of the ShiTai railway line began on June 11, 2005. The first of the two tunnels was completed on December 22nd, 2007 and the entire route was opened to traffic on January 1st, 2009. The originally planned schedule was fully adhered to.
The tunnel passes under the Taihang Mountains of the same name ( Taihangshan ) in the area of the mountain Yuexiushan ( 越 宵 山 ) at a height of 1311 meters above sea level at a maximum depth of 445 meters . At the time of opening, the tunnel was the longest railway tunnel in China. The tunnel structure has two tubes that run parallel through the mountain at a distance of 35 meters. Every 420 m there is a connecting corridor between the tunnel tubes. One tunnel tube is 27.839 kilometers long and the other 27.848 kilometers.
In addition to the Chinese state-owned China Railway Construction , foreign companies such as Parsons Brinckerhoff (part of WSP Global since 2018 ) were involved in the construction of the tunnel .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b 国内 首 条 开工 建设 的 客 专 石 太 客运 专线: 中国 铁 建中 铁 二 十二 局 集团 在 施工 中 创造 了 多项 国内外 记录 (The first Shijiazhuang passenger line built in China: the 22nd century China Railway Construction design bureau sets many domestic and foreign records in construction). China Railway Construction , April 9, 2009, accessed December 5, 2019 (Chinese (simplified)).
- ↑ 吴艳荣 (Wu Yanrong): 我国 最长 山岭 隧道 石 太 客运 专线 太行山 隧道 贯通 ("Taihangshan Tunnel on the Shitai Passenger Line, the longest mountain tunnel in China"). Xinhuanet.com as of December 23, 2007, archived from the original on September 24, 2015 ; Retrieved December 6, 2019 (Chinese (simplified)).
- ↑ 2007 年 铁路 基本建设 动态 信息 (“Dynamic information on the railway infrastructure in 2007”). Ministry of Railways of China, 2007, archived from the original on October 20, 2010 ; Retrieved December 6, 2019 (Chinese (simplified)).
- ↑ a b 我国 最长 的 山岭 隧道 —— 石 太 线 太行山 隧道 贯… (图) (The longest mountain tunnel in China - Taihang mountain tunnel of the Shitai line ... (picture)).山西 新闻 网 (Shanxi news network),山西 日报 (Shanxi Daily News), December 23, 2007, accessed December 5, 2019 (Chinese (simplified)).
- ^ Jinxiu (Jenny) Yan: Development of Tunneling over the Past 40 Years in China. Retrieved on December 6, 2019 (English, Challenges of Modern Tunneling conference in Warsaw on September 13, 2019).
- ↑ 中国 铁 建 石 太 铁路 客运 专线 太行山 隧道 贯通 (China Railway Construction's Shijiazhuang-Taiyuan Passenger Line runs through the Taihangshan Tunnel). Commission for the Control and Management of State Assets , December 24, 2007, accessed December 7, 2019 (Chinese (simplified)).
- ^ Taihangshan Tunnel on Shijiazhuang- Taiyuan Passenger Railway Line. Retrieved December 7, 2019 .
- ↑ China High Speed Rail. 2017, accessed December 7, 2019 .