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Nanjing–Xi'an railway
宁西铁路
Nanjing–Xi'an railway ; 宁西铁路
	The Nanjing–Xi'an railway over the You River near Weinan in Shaanxi Province.
Overview
Other name(s)	Ningxi railway
Status	Operational
Locale	People's Republic of China; Shaanxi; Henan; Anhui; Jiangsu;
Termini	Nanjing; Xi'an;
Service
Type	Heavy rail
System	China Railway
Operator(s)	China Railway Shanghai Group; China Railway Wuhan Group; China Railway Zhengzhou Group; China Railway Xi'an Group
Technical
Line length	1,076 km (669 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Stations and structures
Stations and structures
	Legend
	Beijing South
	Shanghai Hongqiao
	Shanghai Group
	Wuhan Group
	Wuhan Group
	Zhengzhou Group
	Jiaoliu railway to Jiaozuo
	Luozhan railway to Luoyang
	Jiaoliu railway to Liuzhou
	Luozhan railway to Zhanjiang
	Zhengzhou Group
	Xi'an Group
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The Nanjing–Xi'an 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 connecting 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, the Chinese character shorthand for the city of Nanjing, and Xi for Xian. The line is 1,196 km (743 mi) in length and comprises the Xi’an-Hefei section in the west, 1,196 km (743 mi) in length, that opened on January 7, 2004. And the high-speed Hefei–Nanjing section in the east, better known as the Hefei–Nanjing passenger railway, 166 km (103 mi) in length opened on April 18, 2008.^[1]^[2] In addition, a connection line 72 km (45 mi) in length was built in 2004 connected the main line in Sui County and the Hankou–Danjiangkou railway in northern Hubei.^[3] The Ningxi railway passes through five provinces in central and eastern China.^[3] Major cities along route include Nanjing and Pukou in Jiangsu Province; Feidong, Hefei and Lu'an 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 Sui County.

Since the completion of Shanghai-Wuhan-Chengdu Corridor, of which Hefei-Nanjing section of this line is a part, the remaining part of this line is often called "Hefei-Xi'an Railway".

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.^[3] Construction began in 2000 and the Xi'an-Hefei section of the line entered into operation on January 7, 2004. The high-speed, double-track Hefei-Nanjing section, also known as the Hefei–Nanjing railway, which was built from 2005 to 2008, opened on April 18, 2008 and forms part of the Shanghai–Wuhan–Chengdu passenger railway.

The construction of the second track of the Xi'an-Hefei section officially started in December 2012.^[4] The Shaanxi section opened on December 11, 2015,^[5] the Hubei section opened on December 15, 2015, and the Henan section and Anhui section opened on December 21, 2015.^[6]^[7]

The newly constructed double track uses continuously-welded track.^[8]

The line has been partly electrified. Electrification was completed between Nanjing and Yeji on 8 December 2015.^[9]

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–Tongling railway, Nanjing–Qidong railway, Shanghai–Nanjing intercity railway

Anhui Province

Hefei: Hefei–Wuhan railway, Huainan railway

Henan Province

Huangchuan: Beijing–Kowloon railway
Xinyang: Beijing–Guangzhou railway

Hubei Province

Sui County: Xiaolin–Lishan railway

Henan Province

Nanyang: Jiaozuo–Liuzhou railway

Shaanxi Province

Xi'an: Longhai railway, Xi'an–Ankang railway, Houma–Xi'an railway

References

^ "宁西铁路西安到合肥段通车西安到上海缩短400多公里" (in Chinese). January 7, 2004.
^ "合宁铁路今天通车运营". Anhuinews.com (in Chinese). April 18, 2008. Archived from the original on April 25, 2012. Retrieved December 17, 2011.
^ ^a ^b ^c "中国铁路线". P39 (in Chinese). Retrieved July 31, 2011.
^ "国家重点工程宁西铁路即将开通客运运营" [Ningxi Railway, a national key project, will soon open passenger transportation operations]. People's Network (in Chinese). 14 April 2006. Archived from the original on 6 March 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
^ "宁西铁路二线陕西段贯通西安至张家界将直通" [The Shaanxi section of the second line of the Ningxi Railway runs from Xi'an to Zhangjiajie and will be directly connected]. China National Radio (in Chinese). 16 December 2015. Archived from the original on 6 March 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
^ "国家重点工程宁西铁路二线陕西段顺利开通_图片_中国政府网" [The National Key Project Ningxi Railway Second Line Shaanxi Section was successfully opened] (in Chinese). China Government Net. 11 December 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
^ "宁西铁路增建二线河南段、安徽段开通 - 行业 - 人民铁道网 - 中国官方铁路门户" [Henan Section and Anhui Section of the Second Line of Ningxi Railway were opened] (in Chinese). People's Rail Network. 29 December 2015. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
^ "宁西铁路二线既有线长钢轨换铺方案已经通过审查" [The Ningxi Railway Second Line's existing long rail replacement plan has passed the review] (in Chinese). China Internet Information Center. 8 November 2013. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
^ "宁西铁路安徽段接触网工程在全线率先送电成功" [The contact network project of Anhui section of Ningxi Railway was the first to successfully transmit electricity on the whole line] (in Chinese). People's Rail Network. 10 December 2015. Retrieved 12 July 2020.