Longhai Railway runs east-west, passing through natural terrain areas such as Huanghuai Plain, Yellow River Basin, Weihe River Basin, Loess Plateau and Zaochungou in Yellow River Canyon.
Longhai Railway starts from Lanzhou City, Gansu Province in the west and ends in Lianyungang City, Jiangsu Province in the east. The total length of the main line is 1759 km, passing through Jiangsu, Anhui, Henan, Shaanxi and Gansu provinces, starting from Lianyungang East Station and connecting with maritime ports. Westbound via Xuzhou, Kaifeng, Zhengzhou, Luoyang, Xi, Baoji and Tianshui to Lanzhou West Railway Station, connecting Lan Xin, Baolan and Lanqing Railways.
Introduction:
Longhai Railway, referred to as Longhai Line for short, was built in 1904. It is a national railway I-class passenger and freight railway connecting Lanzhou City, Gansu Province, China and Lianyungang City, Jiangsu Province. The line runs east-west, connecting northwest, central and east China, and it is the cross of China's three horizontal and five vertical trunk railway networks.
1905 10, the construction of Bianluo Railway started; 1909 65438+February, Bianluo Railway was completed; 19 12 In September, Beiyang government signed a loan contract with Belgium to build the Longhai Railway, which was built in the east-west direction based on the Bianluo Railway. After the establishment of People's Republic of China (PRC), the construction of Tianshui-Lanzhou section continued in April. 1950, the domestic high-speed emu was completed in July. 1953. At this point, the entire Longhai Railway was completed and opened to traffic.