Shanghai–Nanjing intercity railway

{{Short description|Railway line in China}}

{{distinguish|text=Beijing–Shanghai high-speed railway, a separate parallel railway}}

{{for|the 350 km/h railway line|Shanghai–Nanjing Riverside high-speed railway}}

{{Infobox rail line

| box_width =

| name = Shanghai–Nanjing intercity railway

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{{nobold|Shanghai–Nanjing section of the Shanghai–Wuhan–Chengdu passenger railway corridor}}

| native_name = {{lang|zh-hans|沪宁城际铁路
沪宁城际线
沪宁城际高速铁路
沪宁高铁
沪宁城铁}}

| native_name_lang = zh-hans

| color = {{rcr|CRH}}

| logo = CRH-logo.svg

| logo_width = 40px

| image = Huning railway crosses Youyi Rd - P1070649.JPG

| image_width =

| caption = A train on Shanghai–Nanjing intercity railway in Qixia District, Nanjing

| type = High-speed rail

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

| status = Operational

| locale = Shanghai & Jiangsu province
China

| owner = {{rint|cn|rail}} CR Shanghai

| operator = {{rint|cn|rail}} CR Shanghai

| daily_ridership = 180,000 per day (2011){{Cite web |url=http://news.21cn.com/today/pandian/2013/01/30/14562839.shtml |script-title=zh:高铁被指为铁路亏损祸首：几乎开一条亏一条 - 深度报道 - 21CN.COM |website=news.21cn.com |language=zh-hans |access-date=2017-09-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304200218/http://news.21cn.com/today/pandian/2013/01/30/14562839.shtml |archive-date=2016-03-04 |url-status=dead }}

| start = Shanghai Hongqiao
Shanghai

| end = Nanjing South
Nanjing

| stations = 31

| linelength = {{Convert|301|km|mi||abbr=on}} (Main line)

| open = {{start date and age|2010|07|01}}

| trainnumber = G70xx (Intercity)
Dxxxx (Cross-line D train)
G7xxx, when the 1st x isn’t 0 (Short distance crossline G train)

| stock = Current: CRH1B CRH1E CRH2A CRH2B CRH2C CRH380B CRH380BL CRH380CL CRH380D CR400AF, CR400BF
Former: CRH3C CRH380A CRH380AL

| gauge = {{track gauge|sg|allk=on}}

| minradius = {{cvt|4000|m|mi|abbr=on}}[http://www.amr.gov.cn/qikanshow.asp?articleid=2041&cataid=6 ]{{dead link|date=March 2013}}

| electrification = {{25 kV 50 Hz}} (Overhead line)

| speed = {{cvt|300|km/h|mph|abbr=on}} (operation speed)
{{cvt|350|km/h|mph|abbr=on}} (designed speed)

| routenumber =

| map_name =

| map = {{Shanghai–Nanjing intercity railway}}

| map_state = collapsed

}}

File:CRH-From-Shanghai-Nanjing.JPG

File:CRH-Suzhou-Station.JPG

File:Huning Lines.jpg (right) lines run parallel to each other.]]

The Shanghai–Nanjing intercity railway or Huning intercity railway ({{zh|s=沪宁城际铁路 |t=滬寧城際鐵路|p=Hù–Níng Chéngjì Tiělù}}) is a {{convert|301|km|adj=on|sp=us}}-long high-speed rail line between Shanghai and Nanjing, the capital of Jiangsu province. {{lang|zh-Latn|Hù}} and {{lang|zh-Latn|Níng}} are shorthand Chinese names for Shanghai and Nanjing, respectively. The Huning intercity high-speed railway largely follows the route of the preexisting Nanjing-Shanghai section of the conventional Beijing–Shanghai railway and the Beijing–Shanghai high-speed 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.{{cite web|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2010-07/01/c_13378273.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100704054332/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2010-07/01/c_13378273.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 4, 2010 |title=China's Shanghai-Nanjing intercity railway starts operation |publisher=News.xinhuanet.com |date=2010-07-01 |access-date=2013-03-24}} The line has a design speed of {{convert|350|km/h|mph|0|abbr=on}}.{{cite web|url=http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/14562/8324488.html |script-title=zh:沪宁城际铁路设计时速提升至300公里 票价基本没变-时政-人民网 |publisher=Politics.people.com.cn |language=zh-hans |access-date=2013-03-24}} The journey time between the two cities has been shortened from 120 minutes to 73 minutes on nonstop trains.

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.[http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90001/90778/90862/7050225.html Shanghai-Nanjing high-speed railway opens], People's Daily.

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.

The Shanghai–Nanjing intercity high-speed railway is also used by the majority of high-speed trains leaving Shanghai's terminals for Wuhan, Yichang, Chongqing, and ChengduSee e.g. the [http://qq.ip138.com/train/shanghai/shanghaihongqia.htm schedules] of trains leaving for Wuhan, Hankou, Wuchang, and Yichang. The sequence of stations they stop at on the Shanghai-Nanjing section, is usually only consistent with the Shanghai–Nanjing intercity high-speed railway, and not with the Beijing–Shanghai high-speed railway or the "old" Beijing–Shanghai Railway. thus making it de facto a part of the Shanghai–Wuhan–Chengdu passenger-dedicated railway.