:Xuzhou–Yancheng high-speed railway

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The Xuzhou–Yancheng high-speed railway is a high-speed railway in China. It has a design speed of {{convert|250|km/h}}.

History

In November 2014, construction was expected to take 4.5 years.{{Cite web|date=2014-11-05|title=关于新建连云港至镇江铁路可行性研究报告的批复(发改基础[2014]2227 )|url=http://www.sdpc.gov.cn/zcfb/zcfbtz/201411/t20141105_647423.html|access-date=2020-08-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141105173736/http://www.sdpc.gov.cn/zcfb/zcfbtz/201411/t20141105_647423.html|archive-date=2014-11-05}} The line opened on 16 December 2019.{{Cite web|title=徐州至盐城高速铁路12月16日开通运营苏北苏中地区接入全国高铁网_新闻中心_中国网|url=http://news.china.com.cn/txt/2019-12/14/content_75512019.htm|access-date=2020-08-30|website=news.china.com.cn}}

Route

From Xuzhou East, the line heads southeast and serves Guanyin Airport, Suining, and Suqian. The line subsequently meets the Suzhou–Huai'an railway and follows its route, but the two lines don't intersect. Passengers can change between them at Siyang. The line then heads south to Huai'an East, where it joins the Lianyungang–Zhenjiang high-speed railway. After leaving Huai'an, the line heads east to serve Funing South and Jianhu. At Jianhu, passengers can change to the Xinyi–Yancheng railway. Finally, the line terminates at Yancheng. High-speed services continue south on the Yancheng–Nantong high-speed railway.