Original title: tickets sold out on the opening day of Beijing Zhangjiakou high speed railway, the fastest running time will be reduced to 47 minutes
On December 30, Beijing Zhangjiakou high-speed railway (hereinafter referred to as Beijing Zhangjiakou high-speed railway) was put into operation, and Chongli railway was completed and put into operation simultaneously. The fastest running time from Zhangjiakou to Beijing will be reduced from the current 3 hours and 7 minutes to 47 minutes, Hohhot to Beijing will also be compressed from the current 9 hours and 15 minutes to the fastest 2 hours and 9 minutes, and the fastest time from Datong to Beijing can reach 1 hour and 42 minutes. At 18:00 on the 28th, tickets for Beijing Zhangjiakou high speed railway and Chongli railway multiple units began to be sold. In less than a minute, tickets for some trains from Beijing to Zhangjiakou on December 30 were sold out.
Beijing Zhangjiakou high-speed railway is an important part of the "eight vertical and eight horizontal" high-speed railway network in China's medium and long-term railway network planning. It will help the coordinated development of Beijing Tianjin Hebei integration and provide transportation operation service guarantee for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. The line is connected to the two high-speed railways from Zhangjiakou to Hohhot and Zhangjiakou to Datong, which were opened on the same day in the west, and connected with the Beijing hub in the East, forming a fast passenger transport channel to Beijing in the eastern part of Inner Mongolia, Shanxi and northern Hebei.
At 18 o'clock yesterday, Beijing Zhangjiakou high speed railway began to sell tickets. After entering the system, all the six trains from Beijing to Zhangjiakou that were released at the first time have been sold out. Subsequently, the system began to sell tickets for other trains, and the sales were also very hot. Only a few trains still have tickets left.
After the opening of Beijing Zhangjiakou high speed railway, the departure stations of high-speed rail to Zhangjiakou, Hohhot and Datong have two choices: Beijing North Station and Qinghe station. Ticket prices are also slightly different. For example, the number of high-speed rail from Beijing to Zhangjiakou varies from 72 yuan to 91 yuan for second-class seats and 115 to 146 yuan for first-class seats according to the running time and departure station.
The reporter learned from China National Railway Group Co., Ltd. that the total length of Beijing Zhangjiakou high-speed railway is 174km, and the maximum design speed is 350 km / h. There are 10 stations along the line, including Beijing North, Qinghe, Shahe (no passenger transport), Changping, Badaling Great Wall, east garden north, Huailai, Xiahuayuan north, Xuanhua north and Zhangjiakou. Chongli railway is led out from Xiahuayuan North Station of Beijing Zhangjiakou high speed railway to the Olympic village of Taizi city in Chongli district. The total length of the line is 53 km and the design speed is 250 km / h.
In the initial stage of operation, the railway department will arrange 36 pairs of daily EMU trains and 6 pairs of peak lines. The smart Beijing Zhangjiakou high speed rail experience train will also be online.
After opening, the fastest running time of the smart Beijing Zhangjiakou high-speed railway experience train from Beijing North Station to taizicheng station is 1 hour and 04 minutes, and the fastest running time of the intelligent Beijing Zhangjiakou high-speed railway experience train from Qinghe station to taizicheng station is 50 minutes, and the speed is 350 km / h.