CHONGQING (CQNEWS) -- Chongqing East Ring Railway started operating Fuxing (China Rejuvenation) bullet trains from 00:00 on January 10, allowing passengers to travel directly from Yinhua Railway Station in Yubei to Chengdudong or Emeishan in Chengdu by train, said the Chongqingbei Railway Department of China Railway Chengdu Group.

The information on 12306 China Railway shows that the Yinhua-Chengdudong Train G8684 departs Chongqing at 20:20, and passes through Jiangbei Airport Railway Station, Chongqingbei Railway Station, Neijiangbei Railway Station, Zizhongbei Railway Station before arriving at Chengdudong Railway Station at 22:39. The whole journey takes two hours and 19 minutes.

The Emeishan-Yinhua Train G8682/8683 departs Emeishan at 16:25 and passes through Leshan Railway Station, Meishandong Railway Station, Shuangliu Airport Railway Station, Chengdunan Railway Station, Neijiangbei Railway Station, Chongqingbei Railway Station, and Jiangbei Airport Railway Station before arriving at Yinhua Railway Station at 19:52. The whole journey takes three hours and 27 minutes.

The first operating Fuxing train of Chongqing East Ring Railway is an 8-car train named CR400AF, with a capacity of 576 people and a maximum travel speed of 350 kilometers per hour.

Chongqing East Ring Railway was open to traffic on December 30, 2022. With a design speed of 160 km/h and a total trunk length of 160 km, it is a double-track electrified railway for both passenger and freight transport. The line covers six districts, namely Jiangjin District, Banan District, Nan’an District, Jiangbei District, Yubei District, and Beibei District, connecting three bases and one harbor: the railway logistics base of Tuanjie Village Central Station, the aviation logistics base of Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport, Nanpeng Trade Logistics Base and Donggang Port Area.

(Translated by Yuki, Fathom Language Limited)