Hefei–Nanjing railway

{{Short description|Railway line in China}}

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{{nobold|Nanjing-Hefei section of Shanghai–Wuhan–Chengdu passenger-dedicated railway}}

| other_name = Hening railway

| native_name = {{lang|zh-hans|合宁铁路}}

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| image = 201606 Hefei–Nanjing Railway Yongningzhen Connector.jpg

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| caption = Hefei-Nanjing Railway

| type = High-speed rail
Heavy rail

| system = {{rint|cn|crh}} China Railway High-speed

| status = Operational

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• Anhui province
• Jiangsu province

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| start = Hefei South

| end = Nanjing South

| stations = 7

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The Hefei–Nanjing railway also known as the Hening railway ({{zh|s=合宁铁路|t=合寧鐵路|p=Hé-Níng Tiělù}}) is a railway line in China, running from Hefei to Nanjing at {{convert|250|km/h|0|abbr=on}}.{{cite web| url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/m/tianjin/e/2009-08/12/content_8561508.htm| title=High-speed trains by 2012| work=China Daily| date=August 12, 2009| author=Xie Fang}} The line is {{convert|166|km|0|abbr=on}} long and began service on April 18, 2008.(Chinese) [http://ah.anhuinews.com/system/2008/04/18/001995056.shtml "合宁铁路今天通车运营" Anhuinews.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425082240/http://ah.anhuinews.com/system/2008/04/18/001995056.shtml |date=2012-04-25 }} 2008-04-18 High-speed trains on the line reduced travel time between Nanjing and Hefei from over three hours to 1.5 hours. The Hening Line forms part of the higher-speed Shanghai–Wuhan–Chengdu passenger-dedicated railway from Shanghai to Chengdu and the easternmost section of the Nanjing–Xi'an Railway. The faster Shanghai–Chongqing–Chengdu high-speed railway is under construction, including the parallel Shanghai–Suzhou–Huzhou high-speed railway (completed in 2024){{Cite news|title=新华全媒＋丨沪苏湖高铁开通运营-新华网 |date=26 December 2024|trans-title=Shanghai–Suzhou–Huzhou high-speed railway opens for operation|url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/photo/20241226/ea4729df185b40de92958ebc81e3cfd0/c.html |publisher=Xinhuanet |access-date=27 December 2024}} and the Hefei South–Huzhou section of the Shangqiu–Hangzhou high-speed railway (completed in 2020).{{cite press release|title=商合杭高铁合肥至湖州段6月28日开通运营|trans-title=|url=http://www.china-railway.com.cn/xwzx/ywsl/202006/t20200626_106020.html|access-date=20 January 2025|date=26 June 2020|publisher=China Railway|archive-date=20 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190720081131/http://www.china-railway.com.cn/xwzx/ywsl/202006/t20200626_106020.html|url-status=live|language=zh}} The railway is built to National Class I standards and can accommodate freight traffic,{{Cite web |title=中铁四局参建的合宁铁路全线开工－国务院国有资产监督管理委员会 |url=http://www.sasac.gov.cn/n2588025/n2588124/c4009734/content.html |access-date=2025-03-09 |website=www.sasac.gov.cn}} including double-stack rail transport.{{Cite web |title=合宁铁路电气化破解两大难题 - 轨道企业资讯_铁路_轨道_地铁_城铁最新的企业资讯 - 世界轨道交通资讯网-世界轨道行业排名领先的艾莱资讯旗下的专业轨道交通资讯网 |url=http://rail.ally.net.cn/html/2007/guoneizixun_0917/9930.html |access-date=2025-03-09 |website=rail.ally.net.cn}}

The Shanghai–Nanjing–Hefei high-speed railway is a faster 350kph rated under construction line that parallels the Hening Railway, as part of the Shanghai–Chongqing–Chengdu high-speed railway.{{Cite web |last=蔡东海 |title=中铁北京工程局沪合宁高铁肥东站桩基工程顺利完工 |url=https://cn.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202406/11/WS6667ec54a3109f7860de157c.html |access-date=2025-03-09 |website=cn.chinadaily.com.cn}}