Xiangtang–Putian railway

Xiangtang–Putian railway
向莆铁路
Xiangtang–Putian railway ; 向莆铁路
	Heavy rail; Regional rail
Operator(s)	China Railway Nanchang Group
Technical
Line length	548 km (341 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Operating speed	200 km/h (124 mph)
Route map
Route map
	Legend
	Shanghai–Kunming HSR
	to Kunming South
	Shanghai–Kunming HSR
	to Shanghai Hongqiao
	Beijing–Kowloon railway
	& Xiangtangxi–Le'an railway
	Xiangtangxi–Le'an railway
	to Jiangbiancun
	Wenzhou–Fuzhou railway
	to Wenzhou South
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Xiangtang–Putian railway or Xiangpu railway (

Yongpu railway.^[2]

Including both branches, the Xiangpu has a total length of 635.9 km (395 mi) with 24 stations.

Youxi

, Yongtai, Fúzhou (福州) and Putian in Fujian.

Line description

The Xiangtang–Putian railway runs in a southeasterly direction from Nanchang to Fuzhou and Putian. The line traverses the rugged and scenic Wuyi Mountains and has several tunnels over 10 km (6.2 mi) in length.

The Xiangtan–Putian railway is not the first railway link between the Nanchang area and Fujian. It is preceded by an older line (the Yingtan to Nanping section of the Yingtan–Xiamen railway, and the Nanping–Fuzhou railway thereafter), originally constructed in the late 1950s. However, the new railway does not closely parallel the older one: instead, it follows a roughly parallel route located 40–50 km (25–31 mi) to the southwest of the older rail line, and which in many areas is much closer to the route of the G70 Fuzhou–Yinchuan Expressway. This allows the new line to serve cities and counties that previously had no, or little, rail service.

History

The Xiangpu Line shortened rail travel times from Nanchang to Fuzhou and Xiamen from 11 and 16 hours to 3.5 and just under 5 hours.^[4] Immediately after the Xiangpu Line opened in late September 2013, regional airlines reduced plane fare from Nanchang to Xianmen by 80% to Y240 stay competitive with high-speed trains, which cost Y252.50 and Y210, respectively, for first and second class tickets.^[4] Plane tickets for Nanchang to Fuzhou routes fell by as much as 84%.^[4] Though plane travel to both cities require flight time of only 1 hour and 10 minutes, train travelers save the time of traveling to and from the airports, which in the case of Nanchang and Fuzhou are both located over 30 km (19 mi) outside the city centre.^[4]

Rail connections

Nanchang: Beijing–Kowloon railway, Nanchang–Jiujiang intercity railway, Shanghai–Kunming railway
Sha County: Yingtan–Xiamen railway

Fuzhou: Wenzhou–Fuzhou railway, Fuzhou–Xiamen railway, Nanping–Fuzhou railway
Putian: Fuzhou–Xiamen railway

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e 福建东南新闻网 (10 June 2009). "向莆铁路预计2013年通车" (in Chinese).
^ ^a ^b Xinhua (17 January 2013). "南昌铁路局：向莆铁路正式命名为昌福线、永莆线". The Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China (in Chinese).
^ "中国铁建设计与参建的向莆铁路建成通车" (in Chinese). 29 September 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d 江西日报 (11 October 2013). "向莆铁路运行通车后民航和汽运日子难过了" (in Chinese).

[Fujian_SE_News-1] 福建东南新闻网 (10 June 2009). "向莆铁路预计2013年通车" (in Chinese).

[official_name-2] Xinhua (17 January 2013). "南昌铁路局：向莆铁路正式命名为昌福线、永莆线". The Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China (in Chinese).

[Sina20130929-3] "中国铁建设计与参建的向莆铁路建成通车" (in Chinese). 29 September 2013.

[JiangxiRibao20131011-4] 江西日报 (11 October 2013). "向莆铁路运行通车后民航和汽运日子难过了" (in Chinese).

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Line description

History

Rail connections

See also

References