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Taocun–Weihai Railway
The Taocun–Weihai railway is a passenger and freight railway line between Taocun and Weihai in China. History The railway was approved on 1 June 1989 and construction began on 28 November 1990. Trial operation began on 26 March 1995 and the first passenger services were introduced in 1996. In July 2020, work began on electrifying the line. The project will also see the maximum speed raised from to . The branch to Weihai Port will also be upgraded, increasing the linespeed from to . Route The line has the following stations: * Taocun (Lancun–Yantai railway) * Rushan *Wendeng * Weihai ( Qingdao–Rongcheng intercity railway) Since its opening in 2014, it has been significantly quicker to use the Qingdao–Rongcheng intercity railway to reach Weihai. However, it does not serve Rushan and instead passes through Yantai. The currently under construction Laixi–Rongcheng high-speed railway will include a station, Rushan South, which will be closer to the city than the existi ...
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Yantai
Yantai, Postal Map Romanization, formerly romanization of Chinese, known as Chefoo, is a coastal prefecture-level city on the Shandong Peninsula in northeastern Shandong province of People's Republic of China. Lying on the southern coast of the Bohai Strait, Yantai borders Qingdao on the southwest and Weihai on the east, with sea access to both the Bohai Sea (via the Laizhou Bay and the Bohai Strait) and the Yellow Sea (from both north and south sides of the Shandong Peninsula). It is the largest fishing industry in China, fishing seaport in Shandong. Its population was 6,968,202 during the 2010 Chinese census, 2010 census, of whom 2,227,733 lived in the built-up area made up of the 4 district (China), urban districts of Zhifu District, Zhifu, Muping District, Muping, Fushan District, Fushan and Laishan District, Laishan. Names The name Yantai (."Smoke Chinese pagoda, Tower") derives from the watchtowers constructed on in 1398 under the reign of the Hongwu Emperor of t ...
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Weihai
Weihai (), formerly called Weihaiwei (), is a prefecture-level city and major seaport in easternmost Shandong province. It borders Yantai to the west and the Yellow Sea to the east, and is the closest Chinese city to South Korea. Weihai's population was 2,804,771 as of the 2020 Chinese census, of whom 1,164,730 lived in the current built-up (''or metro'') area of (Huancui District) even though Wendeng district to the south with 563,529 inhabitants is soon being conurbated. There are two county-level cities within Weihai; Rongcheng has a built up area with 714,211 inhabitants, while Rushan had 464,078 inhabitants in 2020. A subway is planned with 4 lines and route length to link all city districts. The first phase, Line 1 and 2 is planned for 2025. History Before the 14th century, Weihai was a minor fishing settlement. In 1398, during the Ming dynasty, it became a military stronghold (''wei'') to defend against raids by the wokou. The fortification at Weihai was constructed ...
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Weihai Railway Station
Weihai (), formerly called Weihaiwei (), is a prefecture-level city and major seaport in easternmost Shandong province. It borders Yantai to the west and the Yellow Sea to the east, and is the closest Chinese city to South Korea. Weihai's population was 2,804,771 as of the 2020 Chinese census, of whom 1,164,730 lived in the current built-up (''or metro'') area of (Huancui District) even though Wendeng district to the south with 563,529 inhabitants is soon being conurbated. There are two county-level cities within Weihai; Rongcheng has a built up area with 714,211 inhabitants, while Rushan had 464,078 inhabitants in 2020. A subway is planned with 4 lines and route length to link all city districts. The first phase, Line 1 and 2 is planned for 2025. History Before the 14th century, Weihai was a minor fishing settlement. In 1398, during the Ming dynasty, it became a military stronghold (''wei'') to defend against raids by the wokou. The fortification at Weihai was constructed ...
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China Railway High-speed
China Railway High-speed (CRH) is a high-speed rail service operated by China Railway. The introduction of CRH series was a major part of the sixth national railway speedup, implemented on April 18, 2007. By the end of 2020, China Railway High-speed provided service to all provinces in China, and operated just under passenger tracks in length, accounting for about two-thirds of the world's high-speed rail tracks in commercial service. China has revealed plans to extend the HSR to 70,000 km by year 2035. It is the world's most extensively used railway service, with 2.29 billion bullet train trips delivered in 2019 and 2.16 billion trips in 2020, bringing the total cumulative number of trips to 13 billion as of 2020. Over 1000 sets of rolling stock are operated under the CRH brand including Hexie CRH1/ 2A/ 5 that are designed to have a maximum speed of , and CRH2C/ 3 have a maximum speed of . The indigenous designed CRH380A have a maximum test speed of with commercia ...
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Port Of Weihai
The Port of Weihai is a seaport on the Yellow Sea in the vicinity of Weihai, Shandong, People's Republic of China. History In 2011 the Port of Weihai, together with three other Chinese ports in East China's Shandong province, signed a strategic alliance with the largest port of the Republic of Korea (ROK). The alliance is jointly formed by Shandong's Qingdao Port, Port of Yantai The Port of Yantai is a seaport on the Bohai Sea in the vicinity of Yantai, Shandong, People's Republic of China. History As of December 14, 2011 the port had handled 200 million tonnes of cargo, becoming the 10th port in China that has a through ..., Port of Rizhao, Port of Weihai and the ROK's Port of Busan, aiming to build a shipping and logistics center in Northeast Asia. References External linksPort of Weihai website {{Shandong-geo-stub Ports and harbours of China ...
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Lancun–Yantai Railway
The Lancun−Yantai railway or Lanyan railway () is a double-track, electrified railway in Shandong Province, China. The line runs from Yantai on the north coast of the Shandong Peninsula southwest to Lancun, near Qingdao, on the Jiaozhou–Jinan railway and has a total length of .(Chinese"蓝烟铁路电气化工程完工 时速提高到120公里" ''齐鲁网'' 2010-08-30 It was built from 1953 to 1956 and double-tracked in 2001.(Chinese"蓝烟铁路电气化改造正稳步推进"2009-10-13 Electrification work, completed in 2010, raised train speed on the line from to . The Qingdao–Rongcheng intercity railway runs approximately parallel to this line for most of its route. References See also *List of railways in China *Rail transport in the People's Republic of China Rail transport is an important mode of long-distance transportation in China. As of 2021, the country had more than of railways, the second longest network in the world. By the end of 2021, China had ...
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Rushan Railway Station
Rushan may refer to: *Rushan, Shandong, a county-level city of Weihai, Shandong, China *Ruşan, also known as Rushan, a village and municipality in the Ismailli Rayon of Azerbaijan *Rushan Range Rushan Range ( tg, қаторкӯҳҳои Рӯшон) is a mountain range in south-western Pamir in Tajikistan, trending in the south-westerly direction from Sarez Lake toward Khorog, between Gunt River to the south and Bartang River to the north. ..., a mountain range in south-western Pamir in Tajikistan *Rushan cheese, cow's milk cheese of Yunnan, China *Rushan (name) *Rūshān, mashrabiya, a type of projecting window characteristic of traditional architecture in the Islamic world *Rushan people, a Iranian peoples, Iranic-Pamiri people, Pamiri ethno-linguistic group of people See also

*Rushon District, Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province, Tajikistan **Rushon or Rushan, the capital town of the district {{disambiguation, geo ...
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Wendeng Railway Station
Wendeng () is a district of Weihai, Shandong province, China. Wendeng is primarily an industrial based area, with a large minority of citizens working as farmers. Wendeng was , then converted to an urban district in March 2014. Administrative divisions As 2017, this district is divided to 3 subdistricts, 12 towns and 1 other. ;Subdistricts *Longshanlu Subdistrict () *Tianfulu Subdistrict () *Huanshanlu Subdistrict () ;Towns ;Others *Wendeng Development Zone () Climate Transport * China National Highway 309 * Yanji Expressway * Qingwei Expressway * Shandong Provincial Highway 204 * Shandong Provincial Highway 804 * Shandong Provincial Highway 901 Friendship Cities * Cheonan-si Cheonan (; 천안시, ''Cheonan-si''), also spelled Ch'ŏnan, is a city in South Chungcheong, South Korea. Cheonan has a population of 666,417 (2018), making it the most-populous city or county in South Chungcheong, and the third most-populous ci ..., South Chungcheong, South Korea Reference ...
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Qingdao–Rongcheng Intercity Railway
Qingdao–Rongcheng intercity railway is a high-speed railway located in China's, Shandong Province. It travels along the Shandong Peninsula connecting to Qingdao and Rongcheng. Line length is (containing a total length of sidings, spurs and depots etc. of ). The design speed is based on service. However, it has been reserved for the line to be upgraded, if warranted, to . Construction consisted of a three-month preparation period, a building period of 27 months and with a joint testing and commissioning period of six months. On December 28, 2014, the Qingdao–Rongcheng intercity railway opened from Jimo to Rongcheng. The whole line opened on November 16, 2016. History * 2008 – The Ministry of Railways and the Shandong provincial government agreed to the project in accordance with 50% of the total capital investment arrangements, the Ministry of Railways, the capital of Shandong Province by 7: 3 ratio of investment, land acquisition and relocation expenses by the Shandong Pro ...
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Laixi–Rongcheng High-speed Railway
The Laixi–Rongcheng high speed railway is a high speed line between Laixi and Rongcheng in China. History The railway was approved on 31 August 2020. Construction on the railway officially began on 31 October. Route The line is long runs from west to east and will take a much more direct route between Laixi and Rongcheng than the existing Qingdao–Rongcheng intercity railway, which goes via Yantai. It will have the following stations: * Laixi * Laiyangdingziwan *Haiyang Haiyang (), a coastal city in Shandong province in eastern China, located on the Yellow Sea (southern) coast of the Shandong Peninsula. It is a county-level city under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Yantai. Haiyang's claim ... * Rushan South * Weihai Nanhai * Wendeng South * Rongcheng References High-speed railway lines in China High-speed railway lines under construction {{PRChina-rail-transport-stub ...
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