Changchun–Jilin Intercity Railway is a high-speed rail

High-speed rail

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 line in Jilin Province, China

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, which opened for service on January 11, 2011. It is the first intercity high-speed rail to be operational in Northeast China

Northeast China

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. Like the Shanghai–Nanjing Intercity High-Speed Railway, which services Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport, the Changchun-Jilin Intercity Railway serves as an airport rail link

Airport rail link

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 for the cities of Changchun

Changchun

Changchun is the capital and largest city of Jilin province, located in the northeast of the People's Republic of China, in the center of the Songliao Plain. It is administered as a sub-provincial city with a population of 7,677,089 at the 2010 census under its jurisdiction, including counties and...

 and Jilin

Jilin City

Jilin City is the second largest city of Jilin province in Northeast China. At the 2010 census, 4,414,681 people resided within its administrative area of and 1,975,803 in its built up area...

.

Summary

The line connects, and terminates at, the cities of Changchun and Jilin. The entire line spans 111 km (69 mi) and was built at a cost of RMB 9.6 billion. Construction began on May 13, 2007, and the line was officially open to the public on January 11, 2011. The operational speed of the network is 250 km/h, which means that travel between the two cities now takes about 29 minutes, down from the previous 1.5 hours. The line also services Changchun Longjia International Airport

Changchun Longjia International Airport

Changchun Longjia International Airport is an airport in Jilin Province, People's Republic of China , for which it is an aviation hub in China's Civil Airport System...

, which is nine minutes from Changchun station and 22 minutes from Jilin station.

Stations

The network has seven stops, of which three are operational, two are scheduled to be operational and two are reserved for future operations. The stations are:

• Changchun Railway Station
  Changchun Railway Station
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• Konggang
• Longjia
  Changchun Longjia International Airport
  Changchun Longjia International Airport is an airport in Jilin Province, People's Republic of China , for which it is an aviation hub in China's Civil Airport System...
  
  
• Jiutai South
• Xinhuapichang
• Shuangji
• Jilin Railway Station

Ticketing

All currently operational stations have both manned ticket booths and ticket vending machines. At the time of writing, the ticket vending machines can only accept cash (fourth

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 and fifth

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 series renminbi

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banknotes in denominations ¥5, ¥10, ¥20, ¥50 and ¥100 only, no coins) as payment.