Fengtai–Shacheng railway

The Fengtai–Shacheng railway or Fengsha railway (simplified Chinese: 丰沙铁路; traditional Chinese: 豐沙鐵路; pinyin: Fēngshā Tiělù) is a dual-track, electrified, railway in northern China. The Fengtai–Shacheng railway runs 105 km (65 mi) from Fengtai District in western Beijing Municipality to Shacheng Town in Huailai County, Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province. The line passes through Beijing's Fengtai, Shijingshan and Mentougou Districts, and Huailai County in Zhangjiakou City, northern Hebei. The original single track line was built from 1952 to 1955. The second track was added in 1972. The line was electrified in 1984.

Fengtai–Shacheng railway
The K729 train on the Fengsha railway in Mentougou District, Beijing
Overview
Termini	Beijing Fengtai Shacheng
Service
Type	Heavy rail
Technical
Line length	121 km (75 mi)
Number of tracks	2
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	25 kV/50 Hz AC overhead
Operating speed	60–80 km/h (37–50 mph)
Route map km elev 0 Beijing Jingha Railway to Harbin Beijing–Tianjin ICR from Tianjin 7 Beijing South Jinghu HSR to Shanghai Hongqiao Underground Cross-city railway to Beijing link to Jingjiu Railway and Beijing West Beijing West 17 Beijing Fengtai Jinghu HSR to Shanghai Hongqiao Jingguang Railway to Guangzhou 25 Shijingshan South 101 Railway towards 101 Xichang Railway Jingyuan railway to Yuanping Shijingshan Tunnel Yangmachang Yangsan 37 Sanjiadian connection to  1  to Gaojing Jingmen Railway from Mentougou Northwestern Ring Railway to Shahe 43 Xiehejian repeated crossings of Jingmen Railway Jingmen Railway from Mentougou 50 Luopoling Jingmen Railway to Muchengjian 53 Anjiazhuang 60 Yanchi separation of up track and down track 69 Zhuwo East 69 Zhuwo 79 Yanhecheng West 79 Yanhecheng 84 Youzhou East 84 Youzhou 91 Jiuzhuangwo West 91 Jiuzhuangwo Lanheba loading point 102 Guanting West 102 Guanting tracks come together 111 Xingjiabu Daqin Railway Jingbao Railway from Beijing North 121 Shacheng Shayu Railway to Cuijiazhai Jingbao Railway to Baotou Where the tracks are separated, distances are measured on the original track. Distances on the other track (which has stations with appended directions) officially have the same chainage as the station they are named after although they may be several km apart.

Line description

A bridge across the Yongding River.

The Fengsha railway runs up the Yongding River Valley from Fengtai District in southwest Beijing through the Taihang Mountains and across the Guanting Reservoir to Shacheng, on the Beijing–Baotou railway. The line crosses the Yongding River eight times through rugged terrain and has 67 tunnels and 81 bridges in all. The shortest tunnel, No. 056, just 19.8 m (65 ft) in length, is the shortest standard gauge rail tunnel in China.

An 8K locomotive on the Fengsha line at the Luopoling railway station

The famous late Qing Dynasty railway engineer Zhan Tianyou considered routing the Beijing–Zhangjiakou railway through the Yongding River Valley, but abandoned the approach due to high construction costs. The line was built in 1952 as an alternative route to Beijing–Baotou railway for the shipment of coal from Shanxi. The Fengtai–Shacheng railway avoids the steep incline at Nankou on the Beijing–Baotou railway. A marble stele by the entrance to Tunnel No. 1 near Liuliqu Village commemorates the 108 soldiers who died building the initial line.

Rail connections

• Beijing Fengtai: Beijing–Shanghai railway
• Shijingshan South: Beijing–Yuanping railway
• Shacheng: Beijing–Baotou railway

See also

• List of railways in China