China News Service, Nanchong, March 23 (Zhang Lang, Wu Huaiqiu, Guo Ze) At 4 o'clock in the morning on the 23rd, with the successful insertion of the last set of switches, the Nanchong to Bazhong section of the newly built Hanzhong-Bazhong-Nanchong Railway (hereinafter referred to as "Banan") "High-speed Railway") the existing Nanchong North Station was successfully completed, marking the successful integration of the Banan High-speed Railway into the national "eight vertical and eight horizontal" railway network, laying a solid foundation for the Banan High-speed Railway to be opened and operated within the year.
Workers working hard overnight. Photo by reporter Zhang Lang
Nanchong North Station is located in the "Lanzhou (West)-Guangzhou Channel" of the national "Eight Vertical and Eight Horizontal" high-speed railway network, and is the connection point between Lanzhou-Chongqing Railway and Dacheng Railway. This station reconstruction will connect the Banan High-speed Railway to Nanchong North Station through line shifting, switch installation and other construction, thereby connecting the Lanzhou-Chongqing Railway and reaching the railway.
Aerial photography of a brightly lit construction site. Photo by Wu Huaiqiu
Since the first set of turnout blockade construction on March 10, more than 300 construction workers and 8 construction machines have been working on site at the same time, passing through 5 Level II blockade points. The construction is difficult, the safety risks are high, and the blockade construction time is tight. , complex construction environment and other circumstances, the construction of 5 sets of turnouts was successfully completed, 340 meters of old rails were removed, more than 560 old sleepers were removed, and more than 400 cubic meters of ballast were added. At this point, the entire track project of Banan High-speed Railway has been completed.
Construction Site. Photo by reporter Zhang Lang
The Banan High-Speed Railway is invested and led by Shudao Group. Hanbanan Railway Company, a subsidiary of Shudao Railway Investment Group, is constructed and managed. China Railway Fourth Bureau is responsible for the track laying of the entire line and the switch paving of Nanchong North Station. Banan High-speed Railway is the first high-speed railway in Sichuan Province fully funded and constructed by the local government. It is included in the national medium and long-term railway network plan and written into the revitalization and development plan of Sichuan-Shaanxi revolutionary old areas. It is known as the "Red Railway" and "Revitalization". Railway", its completion will integrate Northeast Sichuan into the national high-speed rail network and effectively promote the revitalization of the old revolutionary areas of Sichuan and Shaanxi. It is a major transportation project for the cooperative development of the Chengdu-Chongqing twin-city economic circle and regional economy. The total length of the main line of the project is 147.772 kilometers, the bridge-to-tunnel ratio is 69.76%, and the design speed is 250 kilometers per hour. After the project is put into operation, the shortest running time from Bazhong to Nanchong is about 35 minutes, the shortest running time to Chengdu is about 145 minutes, and the shortest running time to Chongqing is about 105 minutes. (over)