Hefei–Fuzhou high-speed railway (), is a dual-track,

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, passenger-dedicated, high-speed rail line between

Hefei Hefei is the Capital city, capital of Anhui, China. A prefecture-level city, it is the political, economic, and cultural center of Anhui. Its population was 9,369,881 as of the 2020 census. Its built-up (or ''metro'') area is made up of four u ...

and

Fuzhou Fuzhou is the capital of Fujian, China. The city lies between the Min River (Fujian), Min River estuary to the south and the city of Ningde to the north. Together, Fuzhou and Ningde make up the Eastern Min, Mindong linguistic and cultural regi ...

, the provincial capitals of

Anhui Anhui is an inland Provinces of China, province located in East China. Its provincial capital and largest city is Hefei. The province is located across the basins of the Yangtze and Huai rivers, bordering Jiangsu and Zhejiang to the east, Jiang ...

and

Fujian Fujian is a provinces of China, province in East China, southeastern 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 capital is Fuzhou and its largest prefe ...

, respectively. It has a total length of and runs through Anhui,

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and Fujian province. Construction began on April 27, 2010 and the line was opened on 28 June 2015. The total cost of the line was about ¥109.8 billion. On this line, trains can reach top speeds of , reducing the travel time by rail from Hefei to Fuzhou from fourteen to four hours. The railway is part of the future Beijing–Taipei high-speed rail corridor. Cities and towns along the route include Changlinhe,

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, Wuwei,

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, Nanling, Jingxian, Jingde,

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and

Huangshan Huangshan ( zh, s=黄山),Bernstein, pp. 125–127. literally meaning the Yellow Mountain(s), is a mountain range in southern Anhui province in eastern China. It was originally called "Yishan", and it was renamed because of a legend that Em ...

in Anhui, Wuyuan and

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in Jiangxi, and Wuyishan,

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, Gutian,

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and Minqing in Fujian. The Hefu passenger-dedicated line (PDL) constitutes a portion of the proposed Beijing–Taipei high-speed rail corridor, which would

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under the

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from Fuzhou to the

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. The northern section of this project is being built as the section of the Beijing-Shanghai HSR from Beijing to

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. From Bengbu, a high-speed rail spur (opened on 2012-10-16), extends to Hefei, supporting 4 hour travel time from

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to Hefei. The Hefu PDL would then extend the line from Hefei to Fuzhou on the western shores of the Taiwan Strait. Political differences between the People's Republic of China (which controls mainland China) and the Republic of China (which controls Taiwan) complicate plans to extend the line by tunnel to Taipei; these plans were nonetheless drawn up unilaterally by the PRC, without ROC participation.

Route

The Hefu PDL connects the Central Plain and the southeastern coast of China. It is one of several projects that the Chinese government has undertaken to develop rail infrastructure along the western shores of the

. Most of the line runs through mountainous regions, including scenic areas of

and

Wuyi Mountains The Wuyi Mountains or Wuyishan ( zh, c=武夷山, p=Wǔyí Shān, poj=Bú-î-soaⁿ; formerly known as Bohea Hills in early Western documents) are a mountain range located in the prefecture of Nanping, in northern Fujian, Fujian province near t ...

, both

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. Of the of tracks in Anhui, 81.6% will be laid on bridges and in tunnels. The longest of the line's 170 bridges and 54 tunnels will be the Tongling Yangtze River Railroad Bridge at .

History

*July 29, 2009: The Hefei–Fuzhou railway project is approved by the State Development and Planning Commission. *Dec. 22, 2009: Project announced by the Ministry of Railway in Zhengzhou. *April 27, 2010: Construction began on the Hefu PDL. *June 28, 2015: Line opened.

Notes

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