China Three Gorges University China Three Gorges University China Three Gorges University (CTGU) (, Pinyin: Sānxiá Dàxué) is in Yichang City, Hubei province, China. The university is in Xiling District, near to the Xiling Gorge, one of the Three Gorges. The campus occupies 200 hectares, and the total building area comprises . The libraries consist of 2,000,000 volumes. CTGU is a comprehensive university established on June 29, 2000 after the merger of the University of Hydraulic and Electric Engineering at Yichang, Hubei Sanxia University, and a medical college founded in 1946. CTGU is famous for its influence in hydroelectric engineering and electrical engineering. Since
Three Gorges Dam Two short rail lines, one on each side of the river, are to be constructed. The 88 kilometer long northern portage railway (北岸翻坝铁路) will run from the Taipingxi port facility (太平溪港) on the northern side of the Yangtze, just upstream from the dam, via Yichang East Railway Station to the Baiyang Tianjiahe port facility in Baiyang Town (), below Yichang. The 95 kilometer long southern portage railway (南岸翻坝铁路) will run from Maoping (upstream of the dam) via Yichang South Railway Station to Zhicheng (on the Jiaozuo–Liuzhou Railway). In late 2012, preliminary work started along both future railway routes. Though the