On March 19, 2026, with the convening of the Land and Space Planning Committee meeting of Bazhong City, the expansion and renovation project of Guangyuan Bazhong Railway officially entered the public eye. This is not only a simple route adjustment, but also a key engine for breaking the transportation bottleneck and integrating into the Chengdu Chongqing economic circle in Northeast Sichuan. When the keywords of national railway level II, electrification transformation, and 120 kilometers per hour are finalized one by one, a fast track connecting the northwest and Sichuan Chongqing is turning from a blueprint into a reality.

Say goodbye to the era of small trains

For a long time, the existing Guangzhou Pakistan Railway has become a hindrance to regional development due to its long construction history and inconsistent standards. The speed from Guangyuan to Puji is only 60 kilometers per hour, and from Puji to Leba it is as low as 30 kilometers per hour, and the entire line is non electrified. The current situation of slow delivery of broken cars not only leads to low freight efficiency, but also delays the implementation of the concept of a large railway intermodal transportation channel. This renovation hits the pain point, completely ending the history of slow travel through electrification upgrades and rerouting of small radius curved sections, injecting a shot in the arm for revitalizing existing railway resources.

11.3 billion investment to reshape Iron Dragon

According to the plan, this railway with a total length of 164.705 kilometers will achieve the functional positioning of both passenger and freight transportation, with a focus on cargo. Among them, the speed of the newly relocated section of Guangyuan urban area will be increased to 120 kilometers per hour, and 141 new bridges and 84 tunnels will be built along the entire line. The bridge tunnel ratio is extremely high, and the engineering difficulty and scale are unprecedented. The Sichuan Provincial Development and Reform Commission has made a clear statement, striving to meet the conditions for starting construction within the year. The estimated total amount of the project is about 11.35 billion yuan, which not only involves Guangyuan and Bazhong, but also benefits 8 towns along the route. This is not only a transportation line, but also an economic line that will revitalize the 49.95 kilometer route in Bazhong and open up a smooth road to the Yangtze River in northeastern and even northwestern Sichuan. Keywords: railway transportation, freight transportation

The wind begins at the end of Qingping, and the waves form between gentle waves. The expansion and renovation of the Guangba Railway is not only a leap in technical standards, but also a reshaping of the regional development pattern. When the steel dragon raises its head again in the Daba Mountains, the road to revitalization in Bazhong and even the entire northeastern Sichuan will become wider and wider.Editor/Cheng Liting