The Xuzhou–Yancheng high-speed railway is a

high-speed railway High-speed rail (HSR) is a type of rail transport network utilising trains that run significantly faster than those of traditional rail, using an integrated system of specialised rolling stock and dedicated railway track, tracks. While there is ...

in China. It has a design speed of .

History

In November 2014, construction was expected to take 4.5 years. The line opened on 16 December 2019.

Route

From Xuzhou East, the line heads southeast and serves Guanyin Airport,

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, and Suqian. The line subsequently meets the Suzhou–Huai'an railway and follows its route, but the two lines don't intersect. Passengers can change between them at Siyang. The line then heads south to Huai'an East, where it joins the

Lianyungang–Zhenjiang high-speed railway The Lianyungang–Zhenjiang high-speed railway is a high-speed railway in China. It has a design speed of . History In November 2014, construction was expected to take 4.5 years. The section from Lianyungang to Huai'an opened on 16 December 2019 ...

. After leaving Huai'an, the line heads east to serve Funing South and Jianhu. At Jianhu, passengers can change to the Xinyi–Yancheng railway. Finally, the line terminates at

Yancheng Yancheng (), formerly known as Yandu, is a prefecture-level city in the eastern coastal Jiangsu province, People's Republic of China. As the city with the largest jurisdictional area in Jiangsu, Yancheng borders Lianyungang to the north, Huai' ...

. High-speed services continue south on the Yancheng–Nantong high-speed railway. The Siyang–Huai'an section will form part of the Beijing−Shanghai high-speed railway Second Channel.

Stations

References

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