The Zhangping–Quanzhou–Xiaocuo railway (), also known as the Zhangquanxiao railway, is a regional railway in

Fujian Province Fujian (; alternately romanized as Fukien or Hokkien) is a province on the southeastern coast of China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, Guangdong to the south, and the Taiwan Strait to the east. Its cap ...

, China. The line runs eastward from Zhangping, in the interior, to Quanzhou, on the coast, and terminates at the Xiaocuo Harbor in the

Port of Quanzhou The Port of Meizhou Bay was created in 2012 by merging the ports of Quanzhou, Meizhou Island and Putian, as part of Fujian Province's rationalization of ports, which cutting down the number of ports in the province into three large consolidated po ...

. Construction began in 1958 and the Zhangping-Quanzhou section entered operation in 2001. The extension to Xiaochuo Harbor was built in 2007. The Zhangping–Quanzhou section of the rail line used to have fairly active passenger service, with a number of fairly slow trains connecting

Quanzhou East railway station Quanzhou East railway station () is a railway station in Fengze District, Quanzhou, Fujian, China. It is on the Zhangping–Quanzhou–Xiaocuo railway. History The station opened in 1998. Passenger service ended on 9 December 2014. It has since ...

with major cities throughout China. Passenger service on this line was terminated, and Quanzhou East railway station closed on December 9, 2014, presumably as a consequence of the introduction of much faster high-speed service on the

Fuzhou–Xiamen railway The Fuzhou–Xiamen railway or Fuxia railway (; Foochow Romanized: ''Hók-â Tʰiā-le̤'') is a dual-track, electrified, higher-speed rail line in eastern China. The line is named after its two terminal cities Fuzhou and Xiamen, both coastal ci ...

and connecting lines.

Rail connections

* Zhangping: Yingtan–Xiamen railway, Zhangping–Longchuan railway * Quanzhou:

References

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Rail connections

See also

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