The design speed is 250 kilometers per hour, and the middle orchid section of Yinlan high-speed railway enters the countdown to opening.

Thank you CTOnews.com netizens for your clue delivery! CTOnews.com, November 7, according to the official account of "China Railway", on November 6, the joint test of the Gansu section of the Zhongwei-Lanzhou section of the Yinchuan-Lanzhou high-speed railway was successfully completed, officially entering a 30-day trial phase.

CTOnews.com learned that the Yinlan high-speed railway is an important part of China's "eight vertical and eight horizontal" high-speed railway network. The Zhonglan section of the Yinlan high-speed railway is drawn from Zhongwei South Station in the east and connected to the Lanzhou hub through Lanzhou New area in the west, with a designed speed of 250 kilometers per hour and a total length of about 219 kilometers.

The railway department said that the test work was carried out in the middle-lan section of the Yinlan high-speed railway, which is divided into Gansu and Ningxia sections. the total length of the Gansu section is about 173 km.

According to reports, after the opening of the Zhonglan section of the Yinlan high-speed railway, the running time of the train from Zhongwei to Lanzhou will be shortened from the current 5 hours to more than 1 hour. After the line is completed and opened to traffic, it will become a fast passenger transport channel connecting North China and Northeast China, which is of great significance for promoting the development of the western region and promoting regional economic and social development.