Nanping–Longyan railway
Railway line in China
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The Nanping–Longyan railway (Chinese: 南龙铁路; pinyin: Nán-Lóng tiělù) is a high-speed railway located in Fujian Province, China.
| Nanping-Longyan Railway | |
|---|---|
CRH380AJ inspection train departs Longyan railway station | |
| Overview | |
| Owner | China Railway |
| Locale | Fujian Province |
| Termini | |
| Stations | 9 |
| Service | |
| Type | |
| System | China Railway High-speed |
| Operator | China Railway High-speed |
| History | |
| Opened | 2018 |
| Technical | |
| Line length | 248.1 kilometres (154.2 mi) |
| Number of tracks | 2 |
| Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
| Electrification | Overhead line:
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History
The railway opened on 29 December 2018.[1]
Specification
The line is 248.1 kilometres (154.2 mi) long and has a maximum speed of 200 kilometers per hour (125 mph). It has nine stations:[1][2]
- Yanping (interchange with the Hefei–Fuzhou high-speed railway)
- Yanping West (interchange with the Nanping–Fuzhou railway)
- Sanming North (interchange with the Yingtan–Xiamen railway and Xiangtang–Putian railway)
- Sanming
- Yong'an South (interchange with the Yingtan–Xiamen railway)
- Shuangyang
- Zhangping West
- Yanshi South
- Longyan (interchange with the Zhangping–Longchuan railway, Ganzhou–Longyan railway, and Longyan–Xiamen railway)
Incidents
During the line's construction on March 15, 2015, an explosion occurred in the Qianshan No. 2 incline shaft in Zhongping Village, Nanping City, resulting in the death of 2 construction workers, with a further 7 workers injured.[3]