On December 5, 2021, the Lan-Xin High-speed Railway Shandan Racecourse Station, which was undertaken by China Railway 21st Bureau Group, was officially opened for operation, becoming China's first passenger station to be added to an existing high-speed rail business line in a high-cold and high-altitude area.

Shandan Military Racecourse Station

According to reports, Shandan Junmachang Station is 3,108 meters above sea level, which is the highest point on the Lanxin High-speed Rail Line and the highest high-speed rail station in the world. The annual average temperature is only minus 45 degrees Celsius, and the oxygen content of the air is less than 80% of sea level. , Originally a third-class overpassing station, is mainly for the safe and punctual passage of the Lan-Xin high-speed rail train through the 7 Qilian Mountains tunnel group. The passenger transportation supporting project of Shandan Racecourse Station started construction in March 2021, with a total construction area of more than 2,000 square meters. The shape of the station building adopts a mountain shape, which means Qilian Mountain and Yanzhi Mountain. The station scale is 2 sets and 4 lines.

Since the project entered the site, the participating employees have overcome the difficulties of cold and rainy and snowy, muddy roads, proximity to existing lines, and narrow construction sites. They have optimized the construction design, inverted the construction period, worked day and night, and successfully solved the construction of the Trans-Lanzhou-Xinhua high-speed railway. A series of difficult problems such as materials and steel structure hoisting above the existing high-speed rail line. It took six months to complete all the projects including the station building, platform, canopy, passage, etc., and successfully passed the project acceptance and met the conditions for putting into operation.

During the construction process, the group strictly abides by the ecological and environmental protection regulations, closely cooperates with the local ecological and environmental protection departments, and guides all construction personnel to take care of the grasslands, bushes and wild animals. Dead spots are cleaned up, and people are assigned to inspect at designated locations to effectively control pollution sources and ensure the green ecological environment of Shandan Racecourse.

Shandan Army Horse Farm is located in the middle of the Hexi Corridor and at the northern foot of Qilian Mountain, with a total area of 3.29 million mu. It is currently the largest and oldest horse farm in the world. After the Lanzhou-Xinhua high-speed railway Shandan Racecourse Station is completed and put into operation, the travel time from Lanzhou to Shandan Racecourse will be shortened to about two and a half hours, which will further enhance the radiation driving role along the Lanxin High-speed Railway and promote the development and utilization of Shandan Racecourse tourism resources. Realize the integrated development of transportation + tourism. Editor/He Yuting