page_title: Baoji–Chengdu railway
section_title: Line description
hierarchical_section_title: Baoji–Chengdu railway / Line description
caption_attribution_description: English: Baocheng Railway near Jialing river.
context_page_description: The Baoji–Chengdu railway or Baocheng railway, is a mixed single- and double-track, electrified, railroad in China between Baoji in Shaanxi province and Chengdu in Sichuan province. The Baocheng Line is the main railway connection between the northern/northwestern and southwestern China. The line has a total length of 668.2 km and passes through mostly mountainous terrain in southern Shaanxi, eastern Gansu and northern Sichuan. It opened in 1961 as the first rail outlet from Sichuan, and in 1975 became the first railway in China to be electrified. Other cities along route include Mianyang, Guangyuan, Guanghan and Lueyang.
context_section_description: The Baocheng Line runs from the plains of the Sichuan Basin to the Wei River Valley.  It traverses the Qin Mountains, the east–west range that divides northern from southern China.  The line has 304 tunnels and 1,001 bridges, which collectively account for 17% of the total track length.
  In Baoji, the line meets the Longhai railway, on which trains can travel east to Xian and the Central Plains or west to Lanzhou and the northwest.  At Yangpingguan, the line intersects with the Yangpingguan–Ankang railway which branches eastward along the Han River Valley.  In Chengdu, the line connects with the Chengyu Line to Chongqing, Chengqian Line to Guizhou, and Chengkun Line to Kunming.
caption: Baocheng railway near the Jialing River
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