Shanghai–Nanjing intercity railway

Shanghai–Nanjing intercity high-speed railway
沪宁城际铁路
A train on Shanghai–Nanjing intercity high-speed railway in Qixia District, Nanjing
Overview
Type High-speed rail
Status Operating
Locale Shanghai and Jiangsu
Termini Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station
Shanghai Railway Station
Nanjing South Railway Station
Nanjing Railway Station
Stations 21
Daily ridership 180,000 per day (2011)[1]
Train number(s) G7xxx (Intercity)
Dxxxx (Cross-line train)
Operation
Opened July 1, 2010
Rolling stock CRH1B CRH1E CRH2A CRH2B CRH2C CRH2E CRH3C CRH380A CRH380B CRH380D
Technical
Line length 301 kilometres (187 mi) (main line)
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Minimum radius 4000 m[2]
Route map

 Up arrow
Beijing–Shanghai railway, Nanjing–Qidong railway,
Hefei–Nanjing HSR towards Linchang
 Nanjing EMU depot
 Left arrowNanjing–Tongling railway towards Nanjing West
 Nanjing
Nanjing South–Xianlin railway from Nanjing South
 Xianlin
 Baohuashan
 Zhenjiang
 Up arrow
Beijing–Shanghai HSR towards
Zhenjiang South and Nanjing South
Beijing–Shanghai HSR towards
Danyang North and Shanghai Hongqiao
Right arrow
 Lianyungang–Zhenjiang railway towards Dongji Right arrow
 Dantu
Danyang
 Changzhou
 Qishuyan
 Huishan
 Wuxi
 Wuxi New Area
 Suzhou New District
 Suzhou
 Suzhou Industrial Park
Beijing–Shanghai HSR towards
Suzhou North and Nanjing South
Right arrow
 Yangcheng Lake
Kunshan South
 Huaqiao
Anting North
 Anting North loop
 Left arrow link to Shanghai Hongqiao
 Left arrow Beijing–Shanghai HSR towards Shanghai Hongqiao
 Nanxiang North
 Left arrowBeijing–Shanghai railway towards Beijing
 Jiangqiaozhen
 Left arrow Shanghai–Kunming railway towards Fengbang
 Shanghai West
 Shanghai
 to Shanghai depot
CRH2C is entering Suzhou Railway Station
CRH stopping in Suzhou Railway Station
The Shanghai–Nanjing Intercity Railway (left) and the conventional Beijing–Shanghai Railway (right) lines run parallel to each other.

The Shanghai–Nanjing intercity high-speed railway or Huning intercity high-speed railway (simplified Chinese: 沪宁城际铁路; traditional Chinese: 滬寧城際鐵路; pinyin: Hùníng Chéngjì Tiělù) is a 301-kilometre (187 mi) long high-speed rail line between Shanghai and Nanjing, the capital of Jiangsu province. Hù and Níng are, respectively, shorthand Chinese names for Shanghai and Nanjing. The Huning intercity high-speed railway largely follows the route of the preexisting Nanjing-Shanghai section of the conventional Beijing–Shanghai Railway and the Beijing–Shanghai high-speed railway. Construction of this high-speed railway began in July 2008. The line went into test operations in early April 2010, and opened for full service on July 1, 2010.[3] The line has a design speed of 350 km/h (217 mph).[4] The journey time between the two cities has been shortened from 120 minutes to 73 minutes on non-stop service.

According to the arrangements of related departments, 120 pairs of trains are operating on the line, and the time interval between services is 5 minutes at the shortest.[5]

The railway links major cities in the Yangtze River Delta, including Suzhou, Wuxi, Changzhou, and Zhenjiang, effectively making the southern Jiangsu city-belt operate like a single metropolitan region.

The Shanghai–Nanjing intercity high-speed railway is also used by the majority of high-speed trains leaving Shanghai's terminals for Wuhan, Yichang, Chongqing, and Chengdu[6] thus making it de facto a part of the Shanghai–Wuhan–Chengdu high-speed railway.

Route

To scale map of the Huning HSR

Stations

The Shanghai–Nanjing high-speed railway has 21 stations altogether along the way. In both Shanghai and Nanjing, this railway's trains may use either one of two different terminals (Shanghai railway station or Shanghai Hongqiao railway station in Shanghai, and Nanjing Railway Station or Nanjing South Railway Station in Nanjing).

Due to the alignment of the rail line, some stations along it are shared with the "conventional" Beijing–Shanghai Railway (Shanghai Hongqiao, Suzhou, Zhejiang, Nanjing), while three others are shared with the new Beijing–Shanghai high-speed railway (Shanghai Hongqiao, Kunshan South, Nanjing South). Due to comparatively frequent spacing of stations on the Shanghai–Nanjing high-speed railway, quite a few of them are situated at locations not served by either of the two other railways.

Partial station list:

Station Chinese Distance
(km)		 Prefecture Province Metro transfers
Nanjing 南京 0.00 Nanjing Jiangsu Nanjing Metro  1   3 
Xianlin 仙林
Baohuashan 宝华山 Zhenjiang
Zhenjiang 镇江
Dantu 丹徒
Danyang 丹阳
Changzhou 常州 Changzhou
Qishuyan 戚墅堰
Huishan 惠山 Wuxi
Wuxi 无锡 Wuxi Metro  1   3 
Wuxi New Area 无锡新区
Suzhou New District 苏州新区 Suzhou
Suzhou 苏州 Suzhou Rail Transit  2   4 
Suzhou Industrial Park 苏州园区 Suzhou Rail Transit  6   8 
Yangcheng Lake 阳澄湖
Kunshan South 昆山南
Huaqiao 花桥
Anting North 安亭北 N/A Shanghai
Shanghai Hongqiao 上海虹桥 Shanghai Metro  2   10   17 
Nanxiang North 南翔北
Shanghai West 上海西 Shanghai Metro  11   15   20 
Shanghai 上海 Shanghai Metro  1   3   4 

Jiangsu Province

Nanjing City

Zhenjiang City

Changzhou City

Wuxi City

Suzhou City

Shanghai Municipality

At Shanghai Hongqiao, some trains arriving from Nanjing continue to the Shanghai–Hangzhou Passenger Railway, providing a one-seat service along the entire Nanjing–Shanghai–Hangzhou line.

References

  1. ↑ 高铁被指为铁路亏损祸首：几乎开一条亏一条 - 深度报道 - 21CN.COM. news.21cn.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 2017-09-16.
  2. ↑
  3. ↑ "China's Shanghai-Nanjing intercity railway starts operation". News.xinhuanet.com. 2010-07-01. Retrieved 2013-03-24.
  4. ↑ 沪宁城际铁路设计时速提升至300公里 票价基本没变-时政-人民网 (in Chinese). Politics.people.com.cn. Retrieved 2013-03-24.
  5. ↑ Shanghai-Nanjing high-speed railway opens, People's Daily.
  6. ↑ See e.g. the schedules of trains leaving for Wuhan, Hankou, Wuchang, and Yichang. The sequence of stations they stop at on the Shanghai-Nanjing section, is usually only consistent with the Shanghai–Nanjing intercity high-speed railway, and not with the Beijing–Shanghai high-speed railway or the "old" Beijing–Shanghai Railway.
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