In August 2019, the National Railway Group and the Anhui Provincial People's Government jointly approved the preliminary design of the Chizhou-Huangshan high-speed railway. According to the preliminary design approval, Chihuang High-speed Railway has a total length of 125.1 kilometers from Chizhou Station to Jixian East Station, with a design speed of 350 kilometers per hour. There are 4 stations in Chizhou, Jiuhuashan, Huangshanxi and Jixian East, with an estimated total investment of 18.37 billion yuan.

The bidding documents show that the construction of the new Chizhou-Huangshan high-speed railway has been implemented by the approval of the China Railway Corporation and the Anhui Provincial People's Government on the feasibility study report on the new Chizhou-Huangshan high-speed railway. The construction unit of this project is the Beijing-Fuzhou Railway Passenger Dedicated Line Anhui Co., Ltd.

The document shows that the newly-built Chizhou-Huangshan high-speed railway was taken from the Chizhou Station of Ning'an Passenger Station, east to Jiuhua Mountain and Taiping Lake, and Huangshan West Station was set up in the west of the North Gate of Huangshan Scenic Area. After exiting the station, it was connected to the Jianchang Jinghuang Railway in the south. At the county east station, the Changjinghuang Railway was used to introduce the Huangshan North Station, and the Jixian County to the Huangshan North was reserved for the long-term construction of the third and fourth line conditions according to the adaptability of transportation capacity. From Chizhou Station to Jixian East Station, the total length of the new main line is 125.1km (including the reconstruction project of Chizhou Station). There are four stations in Chizhou, Jiuhuashan, Huangshanxi and Jixian East. Among them, Chizhou Station is an existing station, Jixian County is a station built by Changjinghuang Railway, and Jiuhua Mountain and Huangshan West are new stations. The total planned duration of the project is 4.5 years.

The project is divided into four sections

The first bidding section: mileage range: DK0+000~DK29+765.13, the total length of the line is 29.765km;

The main projects include: Chizhou Station Introduction Project; 14 bridges such as Baishapu Bridge and Dunshang Village Bridge, with a total length of 18.2km; 8 Jinjinling Tunnel and Yunguanshan Tunnel, with a total length of 9.9km; Jiangcun beam-making field; full-track track laying project and the track base of Chizhou Station.

The second bidding section: mileage range: DK29+765.13~DK62+297.04, the total length of the line is 32.532km;

The main projects include: Jiuhuashan Station; Qingtong River Bridge, Qingyang Jingtai Expressway Bridge and other 14 bridges, the total length of the bridge is about 5.1km; the longest tunnel, the Lingshang Village Tunnel (11775m) and other tunnels, the total length of the tunnel is about 20.2. Km; Jiuhuashan beam field and so on.

The third tender: mileage range: DK62 + 297.04 ~ DK86 + 860.115, the total length of the line is 24.563km;

The main projects include: Huangshan West Station; 13 bridges such as Taipinghu Bridge, the total length of the bridge is about 7.2km; there are 7 tunnels such as Tiesling Tunnel, the total length of the tunnel is about 14.6 km, and the Huangshan West-made beam field.

The fourth bidding section: mileage range: DK86+860.115~DK121+625, the total length of the line is 34.765km;

The main projects include: 12 bridges such as Shuangxi Super Bridge and Tangliu Bridge, with a total length of 5.6km; 10 tunnels such as Yuling Tunnel (9046m) and Shangtianling Tunnel (10863m), with a total length of 26.6km.

After the opening of the Chihuang High-speed Railway, Jiuhuashan and Huangshan will be in the high-speed railway network extending in all directions, which will play a decisive role in promoting Jiuhuashan and Huangshan tourism. It is of great significance to promote the new urbanization construction along the Yellow High-speed Railway area and the development of Huangshan tourism industry, and support the implementation of the Yangtze River Economic Belt and the Yangtze River Delta integrated development strategy. Editor / Huang Lijun