Zhengzhou–Xuzhou high-speed railway

Zhengzhou–Xuzhou high-speed railway, or Zhengxu Passenger Dedicated Line, is a high-speed rail line operated by China Railway Shanghai Group and China Railway Zhengzhou Group, connecting the cities of Zhengzhou, the provincial capital of Henan, and Xuzhou in northern Jiangsu.^[1]

Xuzhou–Lanzhou high-speed railway Zhengzhou–Lanzhou Section
The railway crossing G35 Expressway in Shangqiu, Henan
Overview
Native name	徐兰高速铁路郑徐段 郑徐客专 郑徐高铁
Status	Operational
Owner	CR Shanghai CR Zhengzhou
Locale	Henan province Anhui province Jiangsu province
Termini	Zhengzhou East Xuzhou East
Stations	9
Service
Type	High-speed rail
Operator(s)	China Railway High-speed
History
Opened	September 10, 2016 (2016-09-10)
Technical
Line length	362 km (225 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	25 kV 50 Hz AC (Overhead line)
Operating speed	350 km/h (217 mph)
Route map Legend km elev Beijing–Guangzhou railway from Beijing West and Longhai railway from Lanzhou -14 Zhengzhou Zhengzhou–Xi'an HSR to Xi'an North Beijing–Guangzhou railway to Guangzhou Shijiazhuang–Wuhan HSR to Wuhan and Guangzhou South Longhai railway to Zhengzhou Zhengzhou–Wanzhou HSR to Wanzhou North 0 Zhengzhou East Zhengzhou–Jinan HSR to Jinan West Shijiazhuang–WuhanHSR to Shijiazhuang and Beijing West 52 Kaifeng North 105 Lankao South Rizhao–Lankao HSR to Rizhao 140 Minquan North Longhai railway from Lanzhou 190 Shangqiu Beijing–Kowloon railway, Beijing West-Dongguan East Longhai railway to Lianyungang East Shangqiu–Hangzhou HSR to Hangzhou East 251 Dangshan South Longhai railway to Lianyungang East–Lanzhou 279 Yongcheng North Huaibei–Xiaoxian railway to Huaibei 318 Xiaoxian North Beijing–Shanghai HSR from Beijing South 361 Xuzhou East Beijing–Shanghai HSR to Shanghai Hongqiao Lianyungang–Xuzhou HSR to Lianyungang East km elev This diagram: view talk edit

Zhengzhou–Xuzhou high-speed railway
Simplified Chinese	郑徐高铁
Traditional Chinese	鄭徐高鐵
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhèng-Xú Gāotiě IPA [ɕǔ.lǎn káʊ.sû tʰjè.lû ʈʂə̂ŋ.ɕǔ twân]
Zhengzhou–Xuzhou Passenger Dedicated Line
Simplified Chinese	郑徐客运专线
Traditional Chinese	鄭徐客運專線
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhèng-Xú Kèyùn Zhuān Xiàn IPA [ʈʂə̂ŋ.ɕǔ kʰɤ̂.ŷn ʈʂwán ɕjɛ̂n]

The length of the railway is 362.39 kilometers and the investment is estimated to be CN¥48.62 billion. It is one of the segments of the Xuzhou-Lanzhou HSR Corridor, a high-speed railway corridor from Lanzhou to Xuzhou, paralleling the existing Longhai Railway. Presently, the existing conventional-speed Xuzhou-Zhengzhou railway is used e.g. by passenger trains traveling from Shanghai and Nanjing to Xi'an, Lanzhou, and points west.

Construction on the line began in December 2012,^[2] and running operations began on 10 September 2016.

Stations

The railway line has nine stations:^[2]

• Zhengzhou East
• Kaifeng North
• Lankao South
• Minquan North
• Shangqiu
• Dangshan South
• Yongcheng North
• Xiaoxian North
• Xuzhou East

References

1. "郑徐铁路客运专线项目获发改委批准预计4年建成_新闻中心_新浪网".
2. 郑徐高铁下月开工;徐州到郑州仅需80分钟. Archived November 29, 2014, at the Wayback Machine (Construction work on the Zheng-Xu high-speed railway will start next month; Xuzhou to Zhengzhou in 80 minutes) 2012-11-8