Aerial view of the brand new Chengdu-Chongqing high speed railway

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Channel: People's Daily, China 人民日报 · 2016 · News & Politics

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The Chengdu–Chongqing Intercity Railway is a 307-kilometer long high-speed railway that connects the cities of Chengdu and Chongqing in southwestern China, with a maximum speed of 350 km/h.

The route passes through most of the same cities that the older Chengdu–Chongqing Railway does, but is significantly shorter due to the greater use of elevated sections and tunnels. It reduces travel time between Chengdu and Chongqing to 75 minutes, 45 minutes quicker than the current CRH route via Suining. The line includes four major elevated sections and two tunnels.

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