Shanghai–Nanjing intercity railway

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.

Not to be confused with Beijing–Shanghai high-speed railway, a separate parallel 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)	G70xx (Intercity) Dxxxx (Cross-line D train) G7xxx, when the 1st x isn’t 0 (Short distance crossline G train) Gxxxx, when the 1st x isn’t 7 (Other crossline G train)
Operation
Opened	July 1, 2010
Rolling stock	Current: CRH1B CRH1E CRH2A CRH2B CRH2C CRH380B CRH380BL CRH380CL CRH380D CR400AF, CR400BF CR400BF-A CR400BF-B Former: CRH3C CRH380A CRH380AL
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 km elev Beijing–Shanghai railway, Nanjing–Qidong railway, Hefei–Nanjing HSR towards Linchang Nanjing EMU depot Nanjing–Tongling railway towards Nanjing West Nanjing Nanjing South–Xianlin railway from Nanjing South Xianlin Baohuashan Zhenjiang Beijing–Shanghai HSR towards Zhenjiang South and Nanjing South Beijing–Shanghai HSR towards Danyang North and Shanghai Hongqiao Lianyungang–Zhenjiang railway towards Dongji 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 Yangcheng Lake Kunshan South Huaqiao Anting North Anting North loop link to Shanghai Hongqiao Beijing–Shanghai HSR towards Shanghai Hongqiao Nanxiang North Beijing–Shanghai railway towards Beijing Jiangqiaozhen 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.

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, 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	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				1   3
Wuxi New Area	无锡新区
Suzhou New District	苏州新区		Suzhou
Suzhou	苏州				2   4
Suzhou Industrial Park	苏州园区				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				2   10   17
Nanxiang North	南翔北
Shanghai West	上海西				11   15   20
Shanghai	上海				1   3   4

Jiangsu Province

Nanjing City

• Nanjing
• Xianlin

Zhenjiang City

• Baohuashan
• Zhenjiang (bus connection available to Yangzhou)
• Dantu
• Danyang

Changzhou City

• Changzhou
• Qishuyan

Wuxi City

• Huishan
• Wuxi
• Wuxi New District

Suzhou City

• Suzhou New District
• Suzhou
• Suzhou Industrial Park
• Yangcheng Lake
• Kunshan South
• Huaqiao

Shanghai Municipality

• Anting North
• Shanghai Hongqiao
• Nanxiang North
• Shanghai West
• Shanghai

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). Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2017-09-16.
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.

External links

• Route on OpenStreetMap