Jining–Baotou railway

Jining–Baotou railway
Overview
Native name	集包铁路第二双线
Status	In operation
Owner	China Railway
Locale	Inner Mongolia
Termini	Jining South Baotou
Stations	15
Service
Type	Higher-speed rail
System	China Railway High-speed
Operator(s)	CR Hohhot
History
Opened	3 December 2012
Technical
Line length	308 km (191 mi)
Number of tracks	2 (Double-track)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Minimum radius	generally 4,500 m (2.8 mi) or 3,500 m (2.2 mi) on difficult sections
Electrification	25 kV 50 Hz AC (Overhead line)
Operating speed	200 kilometres per hour (120 mph)
Signalling	ABS
Maximum incline	0.6% uphill, 0.9% downhill
Route map km elev Beijing–Baotou railway from Beijing North Zhangjiakou–Jining railway from Zhangjiakou Guyingpan Jining South Hulu Beijing–Baotou railway to Baotou Zhuozi East Qixiaying East Taobuqi Baita Zhangjiakou–Hohhot HSR to Zhangjiakou Hohhot East Hohhot Taigemu Chasuqi Sanbosu Salaqi Nanyuancun Baotou East Baotou–Shiguai to Shiguai Baotou Ring Railway to Baotou East Baotou Baotou–Xi'an railway to Xi'an Baotou–Lanzhou railway to Lanzhou km

The Jining–Baotou railway (also referred to in Chinese as the Jibao second double-track line, or the Jibao line for short) is a railway from Ulanqab City to Baotou City in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Its route is basically parallel to the Jining to Baotou section of the Beijing-Baotou railway and it is 308 km (191 mi) long. Construction started in April 2009 and it was officially opened to traffic on 3 December 2012. The entire line is under the jurisdiction and operation of the Hohhot Railway Bureau. Since the date of opening to traffic, most passenger trains on the original Jining–Baotou section of the Beijing-Baotou Railway have operated via the Jibao line. EMU trains have operated between Baotou, Hohhot and Jining since 8 January 2015.

The Jibao line from Guyingpan to Taigemu has since been merged with the Kongjiazhuang–Tangshan railway and the Zhangjiakou–Jining railway to form the Tangshan–Baotou railway (Tangbao), while the section from Taigemu to Baotou is now considered to be part of the Beijing–Baotou Passenger Dedicated Line, although this section is not a true high-speed line. The line forms part of the Beijing–Lanzhou corridor of China's "Eight Vertical and Eight Horizontal" network.