The Hefei–Nanjing railway also known as the Hening railway () is a railway line in China, running from Hefei to

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at . The line is long and began service on April 18, 2008.(Chinese
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2008-04-18 High-speed trains on the line reduced travel time between Nanjing and Hefei from over three hours to 1.5 hours. The Hening Line forms part of the higher-speed

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from Shanghai to Chengdu and the easternmost section of the Nanjing–Xi'an Railway. The faster

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is under construction, including the parallel Shanghai–Suzhou–Huzhou high-speed railway (due for completion in 2023) and the Hefei South–Huzhou section of the

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(completed in 2020).

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