Nanjing–Xi'an Railway

The Nanjing-Xian Railway or Ningxi Railway (simplified Chinese: 宁西铁路; traditional Chinese: 寧西鐵路; pinyin: níngxī tiělù), is a major trunkline railroad in China between Nanjing, the capital of Jiangsu Province and Xi'an, the capital of Shaanxi Province. The Chinese name for the line, Ningxi, is named after the two terminal cities. Ning is the Chinese character shorthand for the city of Nanjing. The line is 1,075.6 km (668 mi) long (including a 72 km (45 mi) connection line to Suizhou and the Hanyang-Danjiangkou Railway) and passes through five provinces in central and eastern China.^[1] The line was built between 2000 and 2006.^[1] Major cities along route include Nanjing and Pukou in Jiangsu Province; Feidong, Hefei and Luan in Anhui Province; Huangchuan, Xinyang, Nanyang and Xixia County in Henan Province and Shangluo, Weinan and Xian in Shaanxi Province. The main line skirts Hubei Province near Suizhou.

History

Planning of the Nanjing-Xian Railway began in early 1990s to bring railway service to a 400-500 km void in China's railway network between the Longhai Railway to the north and Xiangyu and Handan Railways to the south.^[1] Construction began in 2000 and the line entered into operation on 2006. The line between Hefei and Nanjing is double-tracked. As of July 2011, construction on the second track for the remainder of the line is set to begin in the fourth quarter of 2011 and is planned to be completed in 2014.^[2]

Railway Junctions

The Ningxi Railway is a major trunkline in China's railway network and connects with numerous other railway lines including:

Jiangsu Province

• Nanjing: Beijing-Shanghai Railway, Nanjing-Wuhu Railway, Nanjing-Qidong Railway

Anhui Province

• Hefei: Huainan Railway

Henan Province

• Huangchuan: Beijing-Kowloon Railway
• Xinyang: Beijing-Guangzhou Railway
• Nanyang: Jiaozuo-Liuzhou Railway

Shaanxi Province

• Xian: Longhai Railway, Xian-Ankang Railway

See also

• List of railways in China

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} 《中国铁路线》 P39 Last Accessed 2011-07-31
2. ^ (Chinese) "陕西省省长回复网友反映关于宁西铁路复线项目等5条留言" 2011-07-13