Railway between Jinhua and Ningbo is renamed Yongjin Railway
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- Category: Governmental News
- Published: Monday, 14 August 2023 14:42
On July 31st, it was learned from the Shanghai Railway Bureau Group that according to relevant documents, the railway between Jinhua and Ningbo was renamed as the Yongjin Railway. Meanwhile, the stations along the railway are named Yunlong, Fenghua, Xikou, Xinchang North, Shengzhou Xinchang, Shengzhou West, Dongyang North, Suxi, and Yiwu.
Yongjin Railway starts from Yunlong Station of Ningbo–Taizhou–Wenzhou railway in the east, passes through Ningbo and Shaoxing, and ends at Yiwu railway station of Shanghai–Kunming railway in Jinhua City in the west. The new main line is about 188.3 kilometers long. The whole line is equipped with nine stations, namely Yunlong, Fenghua, Xikou, Xinchang North, Shengzhou Xinchang, Shengzhou West, Dongyang North, Suxi, and Yiwu. The design speed is 160 kilometers per hour, with 200 kilometers per hour reserved. It is a class I electrified
railway with double passenger and freight lines. It is expected to be ready for opening to traffic by the end of this year.
Yongjin Railway is an important node project to implement the national strategy of integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta and the construction of the "the Belt and Road". It is also the first domestic pilot route for double-layer high container transport and a convenient strategic port channel for Ningbo Zhoushan Port. After completion and operation, it will realize the interconnection between the world's small commodity capital (Yiwu) and the world's largest port (Ningbo Zhoushan Port), effectively meet the passenger and freight transport needs of the regions along the line, which is of great significance to promote Zhejiang's faster integration into the "the Belt and Road" and boost economic and social development along the line
