Fengtai–Shacheng railway

The Fengtai–Shacheng railway (simplified Chinese: 丰沙铁路; traditional Chinese: 豐沙鐵路; pinyin: Fēngshā Tiělù), also known as the Fengsha railway, is a dual-track, electrified, railroad in northern China. The Fengtai–Shacheng railway runs 105 km (65 mi) from Fengtai District in western Beijing Municipality to the town of Shacheng in Huailai County, Hebei Province.[1] The line passes through Beijing's Fengtai, Shijingshan and Mentougou Districts, and Huailai County in northern Hebei. The original single track line was built from 1952 to 1955.[1] The second track was added in 1972.[1] The line was electrified in 1984.[1]

Fengtai–Shacheng railway
The K729 train from Ganzhou to Datong on the Fengsha railway in Mentougou District of western Beijing
Overview
TypeHeavy rail
TerminiBeijing
Shacheng
Technical
Line length121 km (75 mi)
Number of tracks2
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification25 kV/50 Hz AC overhead
Operating speed60–80 km/h (37–50 mph)
Route map
km
elev
0
 Beijing
Jingha Railway to Harbin
Beijing–Tianjin ICR from Tianjin
7
 Beijing South
Jinghu HSR to Shanghai Hongqiao
Cross-city railway to Beijing station
link to Jingjiu Railway and Beijing West
 Beijing West
17
 Fengtai
Jinghu HSR to Shanghai Hongqiao
Jingguang Railway to Guangzhou
25
 Shijingshan South
101 Railway towards 101 station
Xichang Railway
Jingyuan railway to Yuanping
Shijingshan Tunnel
Yangmachang
Yangsan
37
 Sanjiadian
connection to  1  to Heishitou and Gaojing
Jingmen Railway from Mentougou
Northwestern Ring Railway to Shahe
43
 Xiehejian
repeated crossings of Jingmen Railway
Jingmen Railway from Mentougou
50
 Luopoling
Jingmen Railway to Muchengjian
53
 Anjiazhuang
60
 Yanchi
separation of up track and down track
69
 Zhuwo East
69
 Zhuwo
79
 Yanhecheng West
79
 Yanhecheng
84
 Youzhou East
84
 Youzhou
91
 Jiuzhuangwo West
91
 Jiuzhuangwo
Lanheba loading point
102
 Guanting West
102
 Guanting
tracks come together
111
 Xingjiabu
Daqin Railway
Jingbao Railway from Beijing North
121
 Shacheng
Shayu Railway to Cuijiazhai
Jingbao Railway to Baotou
Where the tracks are separated, distances are measured on the original
track. Distances on the other track (which has stations with appended
directions) officially have the same chainage as the station they are
named after although they may be several km apart.

Line description
A bridge across the Yongding River.

The Fengsha railway runs up the Yongding River Valley from Fengtai District in southwest Beijing through the Taihang Mountains and across the Guanting Reservoir to Shacheng, on the Beijing–Baotou railway.[1] The line crosses the Yongding River eight times through rugged terrain and has 67 tunnels and 81 bridges in all.[1] The shortest tunnel, No. 056, just 19.8 m (65 ft) in length, is the shortest standard gauge rail tunnel in China.

An 8K locomotive on the Fengsha line at the Luopoling station

The famous late Qing Dynasty railway engineer Jeme Tien Yow considered routing the Beijing–Zhangjiakou railway through the Yongding River Valley, but abandoned the approach due to high construction costs.[1][2] The line was built in 1952 as an alternative route to Beijing–Baotou railway for the shipment of coal from Shanxi.[1] The Fengsha railway avoids the steep incline at Nankou near Badaling on the Jingbao Line.[2] A marble stele by the entrance to Tunnel No. 1 near Liuliqu Village commemorates the 108 soldiers who died building the initial line.[1]

Rail connections

See also
  • List of railways in China

References
  1. "丰沙铁路". Worlduc.com (in Chinese). 4 February 2012. Archived from the original on 5 November 2013.
  2. "丰沙铁路（1955）". China Digital Science and Technology Museum (in Chinese).
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