The utility model relates to an X-shaped pier for intercity railway viaducts and aims to allow line selection in cities to be freer, effectively avoid or reduce, to the greatest extent, modification and transfer of city underground lines and enhance beauty of piers. The n X-shaped pier comprises a column and a bearing platform fixed to the lower end of the column; the column is composed of an upper fork segment, a middle joint segment and a lower fork segment; the upper fork segment comprises an upper left limb and an upper right limb; the lower fork segment comprises a lower left leg and a lower right leg; the front of the column is in an X shape; the upper left limb, the middle joint segment and the lower left leg are streamlined, and the upper right limb, the middle joint segment and the lower right leg are also streamlined.