The Taocun–Weihai railway is a passenger and freight railway line between Taocun and

Weihai Weihai ( zh, t=, p=Wēihǎi), formerly Weihaiwei ( zh, s=, p=Wēihǎiwèi, l=Mighty Sea Fort, first=t), is a prefecture-level city and major seaport city in the easternmost Shandong province of China. It borders Yantai to the west and the Yellow ...

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 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–Jina ...

) * Rushan * Wendeng *

( 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 Yantai, formerly known as Chefoo, is a coastal prefecture-level city on the Shandong Peninsula in northeastern Shandong province of the People's Republic of China. Lying on the southern coast of the Bohai Strait, Yantai borders Qingdao ...

. The currently under construction Laixi–Rongcheng high-speed railway will include a station, Rushan South, which will be closer to the city than the existing Rushan station.

Incidents

On 25 July 2011, heavy rainfall led to landslides which damaged the line. While it was being repaired, trains terminated at Rushan and a

rail replacement bus service A rail replacement bus service uses buses to replace a passenger train service on a temporary or permanent basis. The train service that is replaced may be of any type such as light rail, tram, streetcar, commuter rail, regional rail or heavy r ...

took passengers to Wendeng and Weihai. The line was reopened on 31 July.

References

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