Beijing-Shanghai Express Railway
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The Beijing–Shanghai High-Speed Railway (or Jinghu High-Speed Railway from its Chinese name) is a 1318 kilometres (819 mi) long high-speed railway that connects two major economic zones in the People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
: the Bohai Economic Rim
Bohai Economic Rim
The Bohai Economic Rim or BER or Bohai Bay Economic Rim is a term used to describe the economic hinterland surrounding Beijing and Tianjin. It also includes areas in Hebei, Liaoning and Shandong which surrounds the Bohai Sea. This region has gone through major changes in economic and infrastructures...
and the Yangtze River Delta
Yangtze River Delta
The Yangtze River Delta, Yangtze Delta or YRD, also called Yangzi, or Chang Jiang Delta, Rive Chang Delta Tai Lake Region or the Golden Triangle of the Yangtze, generally comprises the triangular-shaped territory of Wu-speaking Shanghai, southern Jiangsu province and northern Zhejiang province of...
. Construction began on April 18, 2008, and a ceremony to mark the completion of track laying was held on November 15, 2010. The line opened to the public for commercial service on June 30, 2011. This rail line is the world's longest high-speed line ever constructed in a single phase.
Under the former Minister of Railways, Liu Zhijun
Liu Zhijun
Liu Zhijun is a Chinese politician. He was the Minister of Railways in the People's Republic of China from 2003 to 2011. He was removed from the party chief of the ministry on February 12, 2011, and from office in the 11th NPC Standing Committee's 19th meeting on February 25 because of allegations...
, the railway line was the first one designed for 380 km/h commercial running. The non-stop train from Beijing South to Shanghai Hongqiao was expected to finish the 1305 kilometres (810.9 mi) journey in 3 hours, 58 minutes, averaging 329 kilometres per hour (204.4 mph), making it the fastest scheduled train in the world, compared to 9 hours, 49 minutes by the fastest trains running on the parallel old railway. However, following Liu Zhijun's dismissal in February 2011, several major changes were announced. First, trains would be slowed down from 380 km/h (236 mph), and instead would be limited to 300 km/h (186 mph), reducing operating costs. At this speed, the fastest trains would take 4 hours, 48 minutes for the journey from Beijing South to Shanghai Hongqiao, with one stop in Nanjing South. Additionally, a slower class of trains running at 250 km/h (155 mph) would be operated, making more stops and with lower fares. In August 12 2011, due to often experienced delays caused by equipment problems, 54 of the train's CRH380BL cars were withdrawn by the producer.
Specifications
The Beijing–Shanghai High-Speed Railway Co., Ltd. was in charge of construction. The project was expected to cost 220 billion yuan (about $32 billion). An estimated 220,000 passengers are expected to use the trains each day, which is double the current capacity. During peak hours, trains should run every five minutes. 1,140 km, or 86.5% of railway is elevated. There are 244 bridges along the line. The 164-km long Danyang–Kunshan Grand Bridge is the longest bridge in the world, the 114-km long viaduct bridge between Langfang and Qingxian is the second longest in the world, and the viaduct between Beijing's Fourth Ring Road and Langfang is the fifth longest. The line also includes 22 tunnels, totaling 16.1 km. 1,268 km of the length is ballastlessTrack ballast
Track ballast forms the trackbed upon which railway sleepers or railroad ties are laid. It is packed between, below, and around the ties. It is used to facilitate drainage of water, to distribute the load from the railroad ties, and also to keep down vegetation that might interfere with the track...
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According to Zhang Shuguang
Zhang Shuguang
Zhang Shuguang born in Shanghai, whose ancestors are native of Liyang, Jiangsu, China. Graduated from Lanzhou Railway University in 1982, he was deputy chief engineer of Ministry of Railways and the deputy chief designer of the Chinese high-speed railway.He has since been sacked for corruption in...
, the deputy chief designer of China's high-speed railway network, the designed continuous operating speed is 350 km/h (217 mph), with a maximum speed of up to 380 km/h (236 mph). The average commercial speed from Beijing to Shanghai was planned to be 330 km/h (205 mph), which would have cut the train travel time from 10 hours to 4 hours. The rolling stock used on this line consists mainly of CRH380 trains. The CTCS
Chinese Train Control System
The Chinese Train Control System is a train control system used on railway lines in People's Republic of China. CTCS is similar to the European Train Control System ....
-3 based train control system is used on the line, to allow for a maximum speed of 380 km/h of running and a minimum train interval of 3 minutes. With power consumption of 20 MW and capacity of about 1,050 passengers, the energy consumption per passenger from Beijing to Shanghai should be less than 80kWh.
History
China's two most important cities, Beijing and Shanghai, were not linked by railways until 1912, when Jinpu railwayJinpu railway
The Tianjin–Pukou or Jinpu Railway runs from Tianjin to Pukou outside Nanjing in Jiangsu province.In September 1898 at a conference in London, British and German capitalists decided to build a railway from Tianjin to Zhenjiang. In May 1899, the Qing government agreed to the financing of the...
was completed between Tianjin and Pukou. With the existing railway between Beijing and Tianjin which was completed in 1900, Huning railway between Nanjing and Shanghai opened in 1908, and a ferry between Pukou and Nanjing city across the Yangtze River, a weekly Beijing–Shanghai direct train was first introduced on December 1, 1913.
In 1933, a train ride from Beijing to Shanghai took around 44 hours, at an average speed of 33 km/h. Passengers had to get off in Pukou
Pukou District
Pukou , Jiangsu, China a district in the City of Nanjing which lies northwest across the Yangtze River from downtown Nanjing.The district was formerly the southern terminus of the Tianjin-Pukou Railway; railcars had to be ferried across the river until it was bridged in 1968.-Geography:Pukou...
with their luggage, board a ferry named "Kuaijie" across the Yangtze, and get on another connecting train in Xiaguan
Xiaguan District
Xiaguan District is an administrative district within the city of Nanjing, in Jiangsu province, China.-References:*...
on the other side of the river.
On October 22, 1933, Nanjing Train Ferry was opened for service. The new train ferry
Train ferry
A train ferry is a ship designed to carry railway vehicles. Typically, one level of the ship is fitted with railway tracks, and the vessel has a door at the front and/or rear to give access to the wharves. In the United States, train ferries are sometimes referred to as "car ferries", as...
, "Changjiang" (Yangtze), built by a British company, was 113.3 meters long, 17.86 meters wide, was able to carry 21 freight cars or 12 passenger cars. Passengers could remain on the train when crossing the river, and the travel time was thus cut to around 36 hours.
The train service was suspended during the Japanese invasion
Second Sino-Japanese War
The Second Sino-Japanese War was a military conflict fought primarily between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan. From 1937 to 1941, China fought Japan with some economic help from Germany , the Soviet Union and the United States...
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On July 1, 1949, at 8:50 pm, train number 12 departed from Shanghai's North railway station, and ran toward Beijing (then Beiping). The train 11/12 had been scheduled on November 15, 1949 to depart from Shanghai at 19:55 and to arrive in Beijing at 08:45 the third day. It took 36 hours, 50 minutes, at an average speed of 40 km/h. In December 1956, train 11/12, renumbered to train 5/6, the single trip time was cut to 28 hours, 17 minutes. In 1959, the train was renumbered to 13/14. In the early 1960s, the travel time was further cut to 23 hours, 39 minutes.
In October 1968, Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge
Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge
The Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge is the first bridge to be built across the Yangtze River in Nanjing, China. It was completed in 1968 and is the first double-decker, double-track highway and railway bridge designed and constructed by the Chinese without outside engineering assistance.After the...
was opened. The travel time was cut to 21 hours, 34 minutes. As new diesel locomotives were introduced in the 1970s, the speed was increased further. In 1986, the travel time of train 13/14 was 16 hours, 59 minutes.
China introduced six line schedule reductions from 1997 to 2007. In October 2001, train T13/T14 took about 14 hours from Beijing to Shanghai. On April 18, 2004, Z-series
Z-series
Z-series is a train service offered by China National Railway.Z stands for Zhida . Most Z-series trains do not have any intermediary stops, not even technical stops for changing locomotives or drivers...
trains were introduced. The trip time was cut to 11 hours, 58 minutes. There were five trains departing around 7 pm every day, each 7 minutes apart from another, arriving at the destination the next morning.
The railway was completely electrified in July 2006. On April 18, 2007, the new CRH bullet train was introduced on the upgraded railway, the day-time train D31 served the route, departing from Beijing at 10:50 every morning, and arrive Shanghai at 20:49 in the evening, travels mostly at 160–200 km/h, and up to 250 km/h in a very short section between Anting and Shanghai West. On December 21, 2008, over-night sleeper CRH trains were also introduced, replaced the locomotive-hauled Z-series sleeper trains. As new high-speed intercity line opened between Nanjing and Shanghai in summer 2010, the sleeper trains now use the high-speed line in the Shanghai–Nanjing section, travels at 250 km/h for relatively longer distance. The fastest sleeper trains took 9 hours, 49 minutes, with four intermediate stops, an average speed of 149 km/h.
As the Nanjing Yangtze Bridge connected the two sections of the railway into a continuous line, the entire railway between Beijing and Shanghai got a new name: Jinghu Railway, Jing (京) being the standard Chinese abbreviation for Beijing, and Hu (沪), the one for Shanghai. Jinghu Railway has served as China's busiest railway for nearly a century. Due to rapid growth in passenger and freight traffic in the last 20 years, this line has reached and surpassed capacity.
Dedicated high-speed rail proposal
Acknowledging that one-quarter of the country’s population lives in cities along the existing Beijing-Shanghai rail line, the Jinghu High-Speed Railway was proposed in the early 1990s. In December, 1990, the Ministry of RailwaysMinistry of Railways of the People's Republic of China
The Ministry of Railways of the People's Republic of China is a member of the State Council of the People's Republic of China...
submitted to the National People's Congress
National People's Congress
The National People's Congress , abbreviated NPC , is the highest state body and the only legislative house in the People's Republic of China. The National People's Congress is held in the Great Hall of the People, Beijing, capital of the People's Republic of China; with 2,987 members, it is the...
a proposal to build the Beijing–Shanghai high speed railway parallel to the existing Beijing–Shanghai railway line. In 1995, Premier Li Peng
Li Peng
Li Peng served as the fourth Premier of the People's Republic of China, between 1987 and 1998, and the Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, China's top legislative body, from 1998 to 2003. For much of the 1990s Li was ranked second in the Communist Party of China ...
announced that preparatory work on the Beijing–Shanghai High-Speed Railway would begin in the 9th Five Year Plan (1996–2000). The Ministry's initial design for the high-speed rail line was completed, and a suggestion report was submitted for state approval in June 1998. The construction plan was finally determined in 2004, after a five-year-long debate on whether to utilize steel-on-steel rail track, or maglev technology.
Technology debate
Although engineers said construction could take at least until 2015, the China’s Ministry of RailwaysMinistry of Railways of the People's Republic of China
The Ministry of Railways of the People's Republic of China is a member of the State Council of the People's Republic of China...
initially promised a 2010 opening date for the new line. However, the Ministry did not anticipate an ensuing debate over the possible use of maglev technology. Although more traditional steel-on-steel rail technology was chosen for the railway, the technology debate resulted in a substantial delay of the railway's feasibility studies. These studies were completed in March, 2006. The Ministry opened the project to foreign technology in May 2006. Immediate international interest developed. Alstom, Siemens, and Mitsubishi-Kawasaki were all interested in providing parts for the project.
Engineering challenges
Testing began shortly thereafter on the main line section between Shanghai and Nanjing. This section of the line sits on the soft soil of the Yangtze Delta, providing engineers an example of the more difficult challenges they would face in later construction. In addition to these challenges, high speed trains use extensive amounts of aluminiumAluminium
Aluminium or aluminum is a silvery white member of the boron group of chemical elements. It has the symbol Al, and its atomic number is 13. It is not soluble in water under normal circumstances....
alloy
Alloy
An alloy is a mixture or metallic solid solution composed of two or more elements. Complete solid solution alloys give single solid phase microstructure, while partial solutions give two or more phases that may or may not be homogeneous in distribution, depending on thermal history...
, with specially designed windscreen glass capable of withstanding avian impacts.
Speed debate
According to Japanese author Masahiro Miyazaki, the only reason the train line is able to achieve speeds of 300 km/h is because the line was constructed in a completely straight line between Beijing and Shanghai. According to Miyazaki, this has resulted in many of the line's stations being situated, "Like uninhabited islands in the middle of nowhere."Construction
Construction work began on April 18, 2008. Track-laying was started on July 19, 2010, and completed on November 15, 2010. The overhead catenary work was completed on February 4, 2011. According to CCTV, more than 130,000 construction workers and engineers were at work at the peak of the construction phase.According to the Ministry of Railways, construction has used twice as much concrete as the Three Gorges dam, and 120 times the amount of steel in the Beijing National Stadium. There are 244 bridges and 22 tunnels built to standardised designs, and the route is monitored by 321 seismic, 167 windspeed and 50 rainfall sensors.
Rolling Stock
The 300 km/h services use CSR CRH380A and CNR CRH380B trainsets, while slower 250 km/h services are operated using CSR CRH2 and CNR CRH5 trainsets.On December 3, 2010, a 16-car CRH380AL
China Railways CRH380A
The CRH380A is an electric high-speed train designed by China South Locomotive & Rolling Stock Corporation Limited and manufactured by CSR Qingdao Sifang Locomotive & Rolling Stock Co., Ltd. A continuation of the CRH2-350 program it both replaces foreign technology in the CRH2 with Chinese...
trainset set a speed record of 486.1 km/h (302 mph) on the Zaozhuang West to Bengbu section of the line during a test run. On January 10, 2011, another 12-car modified CRH380BL
China Railways CRH3
The CRH3 is a version of the Siemens Velaro high-speed train used in China on the Beijing-Tianjin Intercity Rail line, Wuhan-Guangzhou Passenger Dedicated Line, Zhengzhou-Xi'an Passenger Dedicated Line and the Shanghai–Nanjing High-Speed Railway...
train set a speed record of 487.3 km/h (302.8 mph) during a test run.
First day in service
Tickets were put on sale at 9am on June 24 and sold out within an hour. To compete with the new train service, airlines slashed the cost of flights between Beijing and Shanghai by up to 65%. Economy air fares between Beijing and Shanghai fell by 52%.http://www.centreforaviation.com/news/2011/07/05/beijing-shanghai-airfares-slump-as-high-speed-rail-service-commences/page1After July 1, 2011
More than 90 trains a day run between Beijing South and Shanghai Hongqiao from 7am to until 6pm. Sleeper bullet trains on the upgraded railway were cancelled. The new line will increase the freight capacity of the old line by 50 million tons per year between Beijing and Shanghai.In its second week in service, the system experienced three malfunctions in four days. On July 10, 2011, trains were delayed after heavy winds and a thunderstorm caused power supply problems in Shandong
Shandong
' is a Province located on the eastern coast of the People's Republic of China. Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history from the beginning of Chinese civilization along the lower reaches of the Yellow River and served as a pivotal cultural and religious site for Taoism, Chinese...
province. On July 12, 2011, trains were delayed again when another power failure occurred in Suzhou
Suzhou
Suzhou , previously transliterated as Su-chou, Suchow, and Soochow, is a major city located in the southeast of Jiangsu Province in Eastern China, located adjacent to Shanghai Municipality. The city is situated on the lower reaches of the Yangtze River and on the shores of Taihu Lake and is a part...
. On July 13, 2011, a transformer malfunction in Changzhou
Changzhou
Changzhou is a prefecture-level city in southern Jiangsu province of the People's Republic of China. It was previously known as Yanling, Lanling, Jinling, and Wujin. Located on the southern bank of the Yangtze River, Changzhou borders the provincial capital of Nanjing to the west, Zhenjiang to the...
forced a train to half its top speed, forcing passengers to take a backup train. Within two weeks after opening, airline prices had rebounded due to frequent malfunctions on the line. Airline ticket sales were only down 5% in July 2011 compared to June 2011, after the opening of the line. A spokesman for the Ministry of Railways apologized for the glitches and delays, stating that in the two weeks since service had begun only 85.6% of trains had arrived on time. The line's average daily ridership in its initial two weeks of operation was 165,000 passengers daily, while 80,000 passengers every day continued to ride on the slower and less expensive old railway. The figure of 165,000 daily riders is three-quarters of the forecast of 220,000 daily riders and is consistent with a pattern where new rail services build ridership over a period of time after opening (see TGV, Ridership).
On July 23, 2011, three weeks after the line opened, the railway authorities announced that two shuttle trains to Jinan
Jinan
Jinan is the capital of Shandong province in Eastern China. The area of present-day Jinan has played an important role in the history of the region from the earliest beginnings of civilisation and has evolved into a major national administrative, economic, and transportation hub...
would be cancelled due to low occupancy rates.
Fares
On June 13, 2011, the list of fares was announced at a Ministry of Railways press conference. The fares from Beijing South to Shanghai Hongqiao in RMBRenminbi
The Renminbi is the official currency of the People's Republic of China . Renminbi is legal tender in mainland China, but not in Hong Kong or Macau. It is issued by the People's Bank of China, the monetary authority of the PRC...
Yuan are listed below:
| Speed | 2nd-class seat | 1st-class seat | VIP Seat (Sightseeing Seat) | Quickest Journey Time | Daily services |
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| G(300km/h) | 555 | 935 | 1750 | 4h48m | 63 |
| D(250km/h) | 410 | 650 | 1260* | 7h56m | 27 |
Note: * Only available on services using the CRH380.
On June 14, 2011, the list of stop-by-stop fares was published on the Ministry of Railways' website.
With ¥1750 one way in sightseeing class, passengers can sit behind the driver and watch the driver work and the track in front through the windshield of the driver's cab.
Ticket service on the web
The online ticket service opened when brick and mortar ticket service started. Passengers can buy tickets on the internet and pay the fare by debit or credit card. If the passenger uses a 2nd-generation ID Card and does not want any documents printed, they can use their ID card directly as the ticket to pass the AFC, otherwise the passenger must change to a paper ticket prior to travel.Stations & Service
There are 24 stations on the line. The line has two speeds of service, 300 km/h (186 mph) 'G' trains and 250 km/h (155 mph) 'D' trains. The fastest 300 km/h 'G' trains make only one stop, in Nanjing South, and take 4 hours 48 minutes to make the full trip. However, the majority of 300 km/h 'G' trains make six or seven intermediate stops and take between 5 hours 20 minutes up to 5 hours 30 minutes to make the full trip, with different trains making different intermediate stops. Almost all 300 km/h trains stop at Jinanhttp://www.chinatrainguide.com/stntostn.php and Nanjing. The 250 km/h 'D' trains make more intermediate stops and take between 7 hours 52 minutes up to 9 hours to complete the full journey from Beijing to Shanghai. Currently the G services from Beijing to Nanjing are the fastest in the world doing the journey at an average speed of over 279 km/h (173 mph).Timetables for the high-speed trains can be found on the China Train Guide.
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北京南 | 0 | 0:00 | 0:00 | Beijing–Tianjin Intercity Railway | Beijing Subway Beijing Subway The Beijing Subway is a rapid transit rail network that serves the urban and suburban districts of Beijing municipality. It is owned by the city of Beijing and has two operators, the wholly state owned Beijing Mass Transit Railway Operation Corp., which operates 12 lines, and the Beijing MTR... Line 4 Line 4, Beijing Subway Line 4 of the Beijing Subway is the 9th subway line in Beijing's mass transit network. It entered into operation on September 28, 2009, and runs from north to south, parallel and to the west of Line 5, through Haidian, Xicheng, Xuanwu and Fengtai Districts in the western half of the city. It is... , 14 Line 4, Beijing Subway Line 4 of the Beijing Subway is the 9th subway line in Beijing's mass transit network. It entered into operation on September 28, 2009, and runs from north to south, parallel and to the west of Line 5, through Haidian, Xicheng, Xuanwu and Fengtai Districts in the western half of the city. It is... |
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| Langfang | 廊坊 | 59 | 2 | 2 | Langfang Langfang Langfang , Hebei province, China, is a prefecture-level city located approximately midway between Beijing and Tianjin with a total population of 3.85 million and an urban area population of 763,700. Its total area is around 6,429 km²... |
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| Tianjin West | 天津西 | Not on main line | Beijing–Tianjin Intercity Railway Tianjin–Qinhuangdao High-Speed Railway (through connection line with Tianjin Station Tianjin–Baoding High-Speed Railway |
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| Cangzhou West | 沧州西 | 219 | 2 | 4 | Cangzhou Cangzhou Cangzhou is a prefecture-level city in Hebei province, People's Republic of China. Cangzhou's urban center has a population of approximately 514,074 at the 2010 census which correspond to the built up area), while the prefecture-level administrative region in total has a population of 7,134,053... |
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| Dezhou East | 德州东 | 327 | Shjiazhuang-Jinan Passenger Dedicated Line Shiji Passenger Railway The Shiji Passenger Railway is a high speed railway in China, running between Shijiazhuang-Jinan at 250 km/h.... |
3 | 5 | Dezhou Dezhou Dezhou is a prefecture-level city in northwestern Shandong province, People's Republic of China. It borders the provincial capital of Jinan to the southeast, Liaocheng to the southwest, Binzhou to the northeast, and the province of Hebei to the north.... |
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| Jinan West | 济南西 | 419 | 2:26 | 1:32 | Shjiazhuang-Jinan Passenger Dedicated Line Shiji Passenger Railway The Shiji Passenger Railway is a high speed railway in China, running between Shijiazhuang-Jinan at 250 km/h.... |
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| Tengzhou East | 滕州东 | 589 | 2 | 4 | Tengzhou Tengzhou Tengzhou is a county-level city of Zaozhuang, Shandong province of the People's Republic of China, and is the site of the feudal vassal State of Teng during the Spring and Autumn Period.The Mayor of Tengzhou is Du Yongguang... |
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| Xuzhou East | 徐州东 | 688 | Zhengzhou–Xuzhou High-Speed Railway Zhengzhou–Xuzhou High-Speed Railway The Zhengzhou–Xuzhou High-Speed Railway is a proposed high-speed rail line connecting the cities of Zhengzhou and Xuzhou, in China.The length of the line is 362.39 kilometers and the investment is estimated to be CN¥48.62 billion... |
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| Bengbu South | 蚌埠南 | 844 | Hefei–Bengbu High-Speed Railway Hebeng Passenger Railway Hefei–Bengbu High-Speed Railway is a 130.67 km high-speed rail line between Hefei and Bengbu in Anhui province, China under construction since January 2009. It is expected to be put into service by 2013. The total estimated investment is 13.6 billion yuan. The design speed is 350 km/h... |
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| Nanjing South | 南京南 | 1018 | Hefei–Nanjing High-Speed Railway | Nanjing Metro Nanjing Metro The Nanjing Metro is a metro system serving the city of Nanjing, Jiangsu, China. It first opened in 2005, and as of 2011, there are two lines in operation, with of track in operation.-Current system:-Line 1:... Line 1 Line 1, Nanjing Metro Line 1 of the Nanjing Metro is the first operating metro line in the Nanjing Metro system, inaugurated on September 3, 2005. After the opening of the 25.08 km-long south extension line on May 28, 2010, the total length of Line 1 is now 46.8 km.... , 3, 6, 12, Airport Line |
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Jiangsu Jiangsu ' is a province of the People's Republic of China, located along the east coast of the country. The name comes from jiang, short for the city of Jiangning , and su, for the city of Suzhou. The abbreviation for this province is "苏" , the second character of its name... |
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| Zhenjiang South | 镇江南 | 1087 | 2 | 4 | Zhenjiang Zhenjiang Zhenjiang is a prefecture-level city in the southwest of Jiangsu province in the eastern People's Republic of China . Sitting on the southern bank of the Yangtze River, it borders the provincial capital of Nanjing to the west, Changzhou to the east, and Yangzhou across the river to the north.Once... |
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| Danyang North | 丹阳北 | 1112 | 2 | 4 | Danyang | |||||
| Changzhou North | 常州北 | 1144 | 2 | 4 | Changzhou Changzhou Changzhou is a prefecture-level city in southern Jiangsu province of the People's Republic of China. It was previously known as Yanling, Lanling, Jinling, and Wujin. Located on the southern bank of the Yangtze River, Changzhou borders the provincial capital of Nanjing to the west, Zhenjiang to the... |
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| Wuxi East | 无锡东 | 1201 | Wuxi Metro Line 2 | 2 | 4 | Wuxi Wuxi Wuxi is an old city in Jiangsu province, People's Republic of China. Split in half by Lake Tai, Wuxi borders Changzhou to the west and Suzhou to the east. The northern half looks across to Taizhou across the Yangtze River, while the southern half also borders the province of Zhejiang to the south... |
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| Suzhou North | 苏州北 | 1227 | Suzhou–Jiaxing Intercity Railway | Suzhou Metro Line 2 | 2 | 4 | Suzhou Suzhou Suzhou , previously transliterated as Su-chou, Suchow, and Soochow, is a major city located in the southeast of Jiangsu Province in Eastern China, located adjacent to Shanghai Municipality. The city is situated on the lower reaches of the Yangtze River and on the shores of Taihu Lake and is a part... |
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| Kunshan South | 昆山南 | 1259 | Shanghai–Nanjing Intercity High-Speed Railway Shanghai–Wuhan–Chengdu High-Speed Rail Corridor |
2 | 4 | Kunshan Kunshan Kunshan is a satellite city in the greater Suzhou region. Administratively, it is a county-level city within the prefecture-level city of Suzhou. It is located in southeastearn part of Jiangsu Province, China, adjacent to Jiangsu's border with the Shanghai Municipality.The total area of Kunshan... |
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| Shanghai Hongqiao Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station is one of the four major railway stations in Shanghai, China, the others being Shanghai Railway Station, Shanghai South Railway Station, and Shanghai West Railway Station... |
上海虹桥 | 1302 | 7:56 | 4:48 | Shanghai–Hangzhou High-Speed Railway Shanghai–Hangzhou High-Speed Railway The Shanghai–Hangzhou High-Speed Railway , also known as the Huhang High-Speed Railway or Huhang Passenger Railway is a high-speed rail line in China between Shanghai and Hangzhou. The line is in length and designed for commercial train service at . It was built in 20 months and opened on October... Shanghai–Nanjing Intercity High-Speed Railway Shanghai–Wuhan–Chengdu High-Speed Rail Corridor |
Shanghai Metro Shanghai Metro The Shanghai Metro is the urban rapid transit system of China's largest city, Shanghai. The system incorporates both subway and light rail lines. It opened in 1995, making Shanghai the third city in Mainland China, after Beijing and Tianjin, to have a rapid transit system... Line 2, 10, 5, 17, 20, 22 Line 22, Shanghai Metro Line 22, also known as Jinshan Railway Line, is a metro line under construction in Shanghai. It runs from Shanghai South Railway Station in Xuhui District via Xinzhuang in Minhang District to Jinshan New Town in Jinshan District, crossing Huangpu River on a dedicated railway bridge. Passengers will... |
16 | 30 | Shanghai Shanghai Shanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010... |
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Note: * - Lines in italic text are under construction or planned.
Bridges
The railway line has some of the longest bridges in the world. They include:- Danyang–Kunshan Grand BridgeDanyang–Kunshan Grand BridgeThe Danyang–Kunshan Grand Bridge is the world's longest bridge. It is a long viaduct on the Beijing–Shanghai High-Speed Railway.-Bridge:The bridge is located between Shanghai and Nanjing in East China’s Jiangsu province. It includes a long section over water that crosses Yangcheng Lake in Suzhou....
- longest bridge in the world. - Tianjin Grand Bridge - second longest bridge in the world.
- Beijing Grand BridgeBeijing Grand BridgeBeijing Grand Bridge is a long railway viaduct on the Beijing–Shanghai High-Speed Railway, located in Beijing. It was completed in 2010 and opened in 2011. It is one of the longest bridges in the world....
- Cangzhou–Dezhou Grand Bridge
- Nanjing Qinhuai River Bridge
- Zhenjiang Beijing–Hangzhou Canal Bridge