| Shanghai–Nanjing Intercity High-Speed Railway | |
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A train on Shanghai–Nanjing Intercity High-Speed Railway in Qixia District, Nanjing |
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| Overview | |
| Type | High-speed rail |
| Status | Operating |
| Locale | Shanghai to Nanjing (Jiangsu), People's Republic of China |
| Termini | Shanghai Railway Station Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station Nanjing Railway Station |
| Stations | 21 |
| Daily ridership | 134,000 (average for July 1–23, 2010)[1] |
| Train number(s) | G7xxx (Intercity) Dxxxx (Cross-line train) |
| Operation | |
| Opened | July 1, 2010 |
| Rolling stock | CRH2C and CRH3C |
| Technical | |
| Line length | 301 kilometres (187 mi) (main line) |
| Track gauge | 1435 mm Standard gauge |
| Minimum radius | 4000 m[2] |
The Shanghai–Nanjing Intercity High-Speed Railway or Huning Intercity High-Speed Railway (simplified Chinese: 沪宁城际高速铁路; traditional Chinese: 滬寧城際高速鐵路; pinyin: Hùníng Gāosù Tiělù) is a 301-kilometre (187 mi) long high-speed rail line between Shanghai and Nanjing in the People's Republic of China. Hu and Ning 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. 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.
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The Shanghai–Nanjing High-Speed Railway has 21 stations altogether along the way, includes:
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