Xipu is a railway station on the Chengdu–Dujiangyan intercity railway, Line 2 and on Line 6 of the Chengdu Metro. The station is located in Pidu District, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
Xipu station
Two tracks of Chengdu–Dujiangyan intercity railway are outside the two Chengdu Metro tracks. The picture displays a CRH train in Xipu Station.
Cross-platform interchanges. The double track of the Line 2 is in the middle, while the double track of China Railway Chengdu–Dujiangyan intercity railway is on both sides.
Chengdu–Dujiangyan intercity railway
The Chengdu–Dujiangyan intercity railway is a dual-track, electrified, passenger-dedicated, higher-speed rail line in Sichuan Province, connecting the provincial capital, Chengdu with the satellite city of Dujiangyan. The line is 65 kilometres (40 mi) in length with 15 stations. China Railways CRH1 train set on the line reach a maximum speed of 220 kilometres per hour (140 mph) and make the full-trip in 30 minutes, before 2018. The line was built in 18 months and entered into operation on May 12, 2010. The railway is built to withstand an 8.0-magnitude earthquake. The Chengdu–Dujiangyan intercity railway has two branch lines: Pengzhou Branch line is 21.2 kilometres (13.2 mi) in length with 6 stations, and Lidui Branch line is 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) in length with 3 stations. In 2019, China Railways CRH6A-A (Tianfu) train sets on the line started to operate up to 200 kilometres per hour (120 mph).
A CRH1A high speed train at the Pixian West
Chengdu–Dujiangyan high-speed railway under construction
Chengdu–Dujiangyan high-speed railway's elevated tracks
Cross-platform interchanges between different train categories between different train categories in Xipu Railway Station, Chengdu. The double track of the urban railway (Line 2 of Chengdu Metro) is in the middle, while the double track of National rail transport system (Chengdu–Dujiangyan intercity railway) is on both sides, respectively. It is the first implementation of Cross-platform interchanges between different train categories in China.