The Dongdu–Pingyi railway or Dongping railway (), is a
railroad
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...
in
northern China between Dongdu, near
Xintai
Xintai () is a county-level city in the central part of Shandong province, People's Republic of China. It is the easternmost county-level division of the prefecture-level city of Tai'an and is located about to the southeast of downtown Tai'an.
H ...
, and
Pingyi
Pingyi County () is a county in the south of Shandong, Shandong Province, China. It is the westernmost county-level division of the prefecture-level city of Linyi. It has a land area of and a population of in 2001. Its special local products are ...
central
Shandong Province. The line, in length was built from 2009 to 2010 at the cost of 1.2558 billion
Renminbi.
The line is jointly owned by the
Jinan Railway Bureau
China Railway Jinan Group, officially abbreviated as CR Jinan or CR-Jinan, formerly, Jinan Railway Administration is a subsidiaries company under the jurisdiction of the China Railway (formerly the Ministry of Railway). It supervises the railway ...
,
Laiwu Iron & Steel Group,
Xinwen Mining Enterprises Group and Port of Rizhao Joint Stock Company, and serves primarily to carry coal mined in central Shandong and imported iron ore to steel mills in
Laiwu
Laiwu () was a prefecture-level city in central Shandong Province, China. Bordered the provincial capital of Jinan to the north, Zibo to the east and Tai'an to the southwest, it was the smallest prefecture-level city in the province. It had a ...
and exported steel products to the Port of Rizhao.
History
The railway opened on 22 November 2010.
Rail connections
* Pingyi
Pingyi County () is a county in the south of Shandong, Shandong Province, China. It is the westernmost county-level division of the prefecture-level city of Linyi. It has a land area of and a population of in 2001. Its special local products are ...
: Yanzhou–Shijiusuo railway The Yanzhou–Shijiusuo railway or Yanshi railway (), is a railroad in northern China between Yanzhou and Rizhao railway station (formerly known as Shijiusuo railway station) in Rizhao. The entire line, in length, is located in Shandong Province a ...
* Dongdu: Ciyao–Laiwu railway
See also
* List of railways in China
The following is a list of conventional lines of rail transport in China. For the high-speed network, see List of high-speed railway lines in China.
North–south direction
Beijing-Harbin Corridor
* Jingqin Railway; Beijing-Qinhuangdao 京 ...
References
Railway lines in China
Rail transport in Shandong
Railway lines opened in 2010
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