The Weifang–Suqian high-speed railway or Weisu high-speed railway () is an important part of the Second Channel of the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway in the Eight Vertical and Eight Horizontal in China's medium and long-term railway network planning. The line starts from

Weifang North railway station Weifang North railway station () is a railway station in Hanting District, Weifang, Shandong, China. It is an important node of the national "four vertical and four horizontal" high-speed railway network and an important external transportation hu ...

on the Jinan–Qingdao HSR, passes through Anqiu and

Zhucheng Zhucheng () is a county-level city in the southeast of Shandong province, People's Republic of China. It is under the administration of Weifang city and had at the 2010 census a population of 1,086,222 even though its built-up (''or metro'') area ...

Weifang Weifang ( zh, s=潍坊, t=濰坊, p=Wéifāng) is a prefecture-level city in central Shandong province, People's Republic of China. The city borders Dongying to the northwest, Zibo to the west, Linyi to the southwest, Rizhao to the south, Qingdao ...

City,

Wulian County Wulian County () is a county of the prefecture-level city of Rizhao, Shandong. The county is known for and named after its eponymous Wulian Mountain. It borders Zhucheng to the north, Donggang District to the south, Ju County to the west and Xi ...

and

Ju County Ju County or Juxian () is a county of Rizhao City, in the south of Shandong Shandong is a coastal Provinces of China, province in East China. Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history since the beginning of Chinese civilization al ...

Rizhao Rizhao (), alternatively romanized as Jihchao, is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Shandong province, China. It is situated on the coastline along the Yellow Sea, and features a major seaport, the Port of Rizhao. It borders Qingdao to th ...

City,

Yishui County Yishui County () is a county in the south-central part of Shandong province, People's Republic of China. Located in the central and southern region of Shandong, it lies in the hinterland of the Yimeng Mountain area and is situated in the upper rea ...

and

Yinan County Yinan () is a county in the south of Shandong province, China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Linyi. The population was in 1999. As of the end of 2022, Yinan County had a resident population of 791,900 people. A ...

Linyi Linyi ( zh, s=临沂 , t=臨沂 , p=Línyí) is a prefecture-level city in the south of Shandong province, China. As of 2011, Linyi is the largest prefecture-level city in Shandong, both by area and population, Linyi borders Rizhao to the eas ...

City, and enters Linyi North railway station on the Rizhao–Lankao HSR. It goes south through

Lanling County Lanling County () formerly Cangshan County () is a county of southern Shandong province, bordering Jiangsu province to the south. It is under the administration of Linyi Linyi ( zh, s=临沂 , t=臨沂 , p=Línyí) is a prefecture-level cit ...

and

Tancheng County Tancheng County () is a county under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Linyi, in Shandong Province, People's Republic of China. Tancheng is the southernmost county-level division of Shandong Province and borders Jiangsu. It is ab ...

, enters Xinyi in

Xuzhou Xuzhou ( zh, s=徐州), also known as Pengcheng () in ancient times, is a major city in northwestern Jiangsu province, China. The city, with a recorded population of 9,083,790 at the 2020 Chinese census, 2020 census (3,135,660 of which lived in ...

City,

Jiangsu Jiangsu is a coastal Provinces of the People's Republic of China, province in East China. It is one of the leading provinces in finance, education, technology, and tourism, with its capital in Nanjing. Jiangsu is the List of Chinese administra ...

province, and finally connects to the reserved Yanghe North station of the Xuzhou–Yancheng HSR in Suqian City. The total length is , of which is in Shandong Province and is in Jiangsu Province. The connecting line from this line to Qingdao is being built simultaneously, starting from Qingdao West railway station in the east, and going west through of

Qingdao Qingdao, Mandarin: , (Qingdao Mandarin: t͡ɕʰiŋ˧˩ tɒ˥) is a prefecture-level city in the eastern Shandong Province of China. Located on China's Yellow Sea coast, Qingdao was long an important fortress. In 1897, the city was ceded to G ...

City, Zhucheng City in Weifang City, and Wulian County in Rizhao City before connecting to this line. The length of the new line is , all of which is within Shandong Province.

History

On 5 July 2021, the first information announcement of the environmental impact assessment of the Weifang–Suqian high-speed railway was released. On 29 May 2023, the National Development and Reform Commission approved the feasibility study report of the Weifang–Suqian HSR. On 8 August, the second environmental impact assessment information announcement was released. In November, the Ministry of Transport approved the impact assessment report on the planning conditions of the Weifang–Suqian HSR; the State Administration of Cultural Heritage issued an approval to implement the engineering design plan of the Weifang-Suqian high-speed railway (Xinyi–Suqian section) within the protection scope and construction control zone of the Grand Canal, a national key cultural relic protection site. On 1 December, the China Railway Group, the Shandong Provincial People's Government and the Jiangsu Provincial People's Government officially jointly approved the preliminary design of the project. On 29 December, the Jiangsu section of the Weifang–Suqian HSR started construction. On 30 December, the Shandong section and the Qingdao connecting line started construction. On 27 December 2024, The Tianjin-Weihe-Suzhou High-Speed Railway Co., Ltd. was established in the

Tianjin Free-Trade Zone Tianjin Free-Trade Zone (Tianjin FTZ, colloquially known as 天津自由贸易区/天津自贸区 in Chinese), officially China (Tianjin) Pilot Free-Trade Zone () is a free-trade zone in Tianjin, China. It is the only free-trade zone in North China ...

, responsible for coordinating and promoting the construction, asset management, investment and financing of the

Tianjin–Weifang–Yantai high-speed railway Tianjin–Weifang–Yantai high-speed railway is a high-speed railway in China. The railway is designed to reach a maximum speed of . The Weifang–Yantai section of the railway opened on 21 October 2024, while the Tianjin–Weifang section is exp ...

and the Weihe–Suzhou high-speed railway.

References

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