Jinhua–Wenzhou high-speed railway, also known as Jinhua–Lishui–Wenzhou high-speed railway as well as the Jinhua–Wenzhou railway expansion renovation project, is a high-speed railway operated by

China Railway Shanghai Group China Railway Shanghai Group, officially abbreviated as CR Shanghai or CR-Shanghai, formerly, Shanghai Railway Administration is a subsidiaries company under the jurisdiction of the China Railway (formerly the Ministry of Railways). As of 2007, t ...

Zhejiang Zhejiang ( or , ; , also romanized as Chekiang) is an eastern, coastal province of the People's Republic of China. Its capital and largest city is Hangzhou, and other notable cities include Ningbo and Wenzhou. Zhejiang is bordered by Jiang ...

province. This line follows a similar route to the conventional Jinhua-Wenzhou Railway but has stations unique to this line. It connects the cities of

Jinhua , alternately romanized as Kinhwa, is a prefecture-level city in central Zhejiang province in eastern China. It borders the provincial capital of Hangzhou to the northwest, Quzhou to the southwest, Lishui to the south, Taizhou to the east, ...

and

Wenzhou Wenzhou (pronounced ; Wenzhounese: Yuziou �y33–11 tɕiɤu33–32 ), historically known as Wenchow is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Zhejiang province in the People's Republic of China. Wenzhou is located at the extreme south east o ...

, via Wuyi County, Yongkang,

Jinyun County Jinyun County () is a county of south-central Zhejiang province, China. It is under the administration of the Lishui, Zhejiang, Lishui City. Administrative divisions Towns: *Wuyun, Zhejiang, Wuyun (五云镇), Huzhen, Jinyun County, Huzhen (壶� ...

Lishui Lishui (; Lishuinese: ''li⁶ syu³'' ) is a prefecture-level city in the southwest of Zhejiang province, People's Republic of China. It borders Quzhou, Jinhua and Taizhou to the north, Wenzhou to the southeast, and the province of Fujian to ...

Qingtian County Qingtian (), is a county in southeastern Zhejiang Province, on the middle-lower reaches of the Ou River which flows 388 kilometers (241 mi) before finally reaching the city of Wenzhou and emptying into the East China Sea. The county is known ...

, Wenzhou's

Ouhai Ouhai District () is a district of Wenzhou, Zhejiang. It is an outlying district of Wenzhou urban area (). It has a population of 386,000 and occupies . Administrative divisions Twelve subdistricts: * Louqiao Subdistrict (), Xinqiao Subdistrict ...

and

Lucheng District Lucheng may refer to the following locations in China: ;Districts * Lucheng District, Changzhi (), Shanxi * Lucheng District, Wenzhou (), Zhejiang ;Subdistricts * Lucheng, Kangding (), seat of Kangding County, Sichuan *Lucheng Subdistrict, Yidu ( ...

. It then connects the following railways Shanghai–Kunming high-speed railway's Hangzhou–Changsha section and Hangzhou–Fuzhou–Shenzhen high-speed railway's

Ningbo–Taizhou–Wenzhou Railway The Ningbo–Taizhou–Wenzhou railway or Yong-Tai-Wen railway () is a dual-track, electrified, high-speed rail line in Zhejiang Province, China. It is named after the three prefecture-level cities along route: Ningbo, whose abbreviated Chinese ...

and Wenzhou-Fuzhou Railway sections.

Stations

* Jinhua South (Renovated) * Wuyi North * Yongkang South * Jinyun West *

(Renovated) * Chenzhuan *

Qingtian Qingtian (), is a county in southeastern Zhejiang Province, on the middle-lower reaches of the Ou River which flows 388 kilometers (241 mi) before finally reaching the city of Wenzhou and emptying into the East China Sea. The county is known ...

(Renovated) * Wenzhou South

Design and construction

This project was built as a double tracked electrified railway built to national level I standards. It has a route length of and a design speed of (but limited to operationally). It has a planned passenger transport capacity of 69 train pairs per day, equating to about 15 million passengers per year. A new service depot has also been constructed in Jinhua as part of this project to handle train maintenance. It has been built with a total investment of 17.97 billion yuan, as a joint venture between the now defunct

Ministry of Railways A Ministry of Railways is a Cabinet department that exists or has existed in many Commonwealth states as well as others. It generally occurs in countries where railroad transportation is a particularly important part of the national infrastructur ...

and the

provincial government. The construction period lasted four years, ending on October 15, 2015, when testing was commenced. The line was opened on December 26, 2015.

References

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