The Jinhua–Wenzhou railway (), also known as the Jinwen line, is a railway in

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,

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, connecting

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 ...

. It is the first railway with the investment from a joint venture, between Chinese

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s and

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. The construction of this -long rail line began on December 18, 1992, and it was opened on June 11, 1998. Upon the completion of its construction, all of the share owned by private shareholders has been transferred to state-own corporations. The railway is now under the supervision of

CR Shanghai 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 ...

. A major upgrade along this route was carried out as the Jinhua–Wenzhou high-speed railway or Jinhua–Wenzhou Rail Expansion Project. Built to a design speed of , this project shortened the rail distance between Jinhua and Wenzhou to . This project opened in December 2015.

Railway stations

Jinyun railway station

Jinyun railway station () is a

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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 ...

, China. It is an intermediate stop on the Jinhua–Wenzhou railway.

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(in Chinese) Railway lines in China Rail transport in Zhejiang Jinhua Transport in Wenzhou Railway lines opened in 1998 {{PRChina-rail-transport-stub

Railway stations

Jinyun railway station

See also

References

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