Newly Built Shaoyang–Yongzhou Railway

Latest Update: The feasibility study report for the newly built Shaoyang–Yongzhou High-Speed Railway was recently jointly approved by China State Railway Group and the Hunan Provincial People's Government. The project is now in the countdown to construction commencement.

Estimated Project Investment: RMB 19.7 billion

Length of Newly Built Line: 96.1 km

Design Speed: 350 km/h

Stations: 3

Construction Period: 4 years

Project Overview: The Shaoyang–Yongzhou Railway is an important component of the national "Eight Vertical and Eight Horizontal" Hohhot–Nanning high-speed rail corridor. The line starts at Shaoyang Station on the Loudi–Shaoyang Railway in the north, runs south through Shaoyang County to Yongzhou Station in the Yongzhou area. The newly built line is 96.1 km long and includes Shaoyang Station (reconstruction and expansion of an existing station), Shaoyang County Station (newly built), and Yongzhou Station (reconstruction and expansion of an existing station). The newly built Shaoyang County Station is located in Yunshan Village, Tangdukou Town, Shaoyang County, adjacent to Zhenyu Avenue, with the G55 Erguang Expressway to the east and the under-construction S223 line to the south.

Commencement Time: At present, the project is stepping up the preliminary design review, striving to commence construction in 2023.

Newly Built Shanghai–Chongqing–Chengdu (Yangtze River Corridor) High-Speed Railway Wuhan–Hefei Section

Latest Update: As of May 23, 2023, the project feasibility study report has been approved by the National Development and Reform Commission.

Total Project Investment: RMB 79.252 billion

Total Line Length: 360.5 km

Design Speed: 350 km/h

Stations: 9

Project Overview: The Yangtze River Corridor High-Speed Railway (newly built Shanghai–Chongqing–Chengdu High-Speed Railway) is the main backbone of the comprehensive three-dimensional transportation system in the Yangtze River Basin and the main artery of the national "Eight Vertical and Eight Horizontal" high-speed rail network. It passes through six provinces and municipalities—Shanghai, Jiangsu, Anhui, Hubei, Chongqing, and Sichuan—with a total length of approximately 2,100 km, and is built in seven sections. Among them, the Hefei–Wuhan High-Speed Railway is a key section of the Yangtze River Corridor High-Speed Railway connecting the east and the west. It starts from Hefei in the east, passes through Lu'an City and Jinzhai County in Anhui Province and Macheng City and Hong'an County in Hubei Province, and ends at Wuhan City. It connects eastward with the Hefei–Nanjing and Hefei–Xinyi high-speed railways, and westward with the Wuhan–Yichang, Wuhan–Shiyan, and Beijing–Guangzhou high-speed railways. The total line length is 360.5 km, with 330.12 km of newly built main line (163.28 km in Hubei Province) and 30.4 km utilizing the existing Hefei–Wuhan Railway. The bridge-tunnel ratio is 88.6%. The project adopts the 350 km/h high-speed railway standard and includes 9 stations along the route: Hefei South, Chang'anji, Lu'an North, Jinzhai East, Nanxi, Macheng North, Hong'an, Yangtze River New Area, and Wuhan Tianhe.

Commencement Time: Striving to start construction in the second half of this year

Newly Built Tiantou Port Branch Line Phase II, Tiantou New Area to Tiantou Port Section Project

Latest Update: On May 24, 2023, the project preliminary design was approved by the Zhejiang Provincial Development and Reform Commission.

Total Estimated Project Cost: Approximately RMB 4.065 billion

Total Line Length: Approximately 14.5 km

Total Stations: 2

Total Construction Period: Approximately 3.5 years

Project Overview: The line extends eastward from Tiantou Port Station of Phase I of the Tiantou Port Branch Line of the Jinhua–Taizhou Railway to Tiantou Island, where Tiantou Port East Station is set up. The total line length is approximately 14.5 km, with 2 stations in total, including 1 reconstruction of the existing Tiantou Port Station and 1 newly built Tiantou Port East Station.

Weifang–Suqian High-Speed Railway

Latest Update: On May 30, 2023, the project feasibility study report was approved by the National Development and Reform Commission. Total Estimated Project Cost: Approximately RMB 76.05 billion. Total Line Length: Approximately 399 km. Total Stations: 12. Total Construction Period: At least 4 years. Project Overview: The total length is 399.3 km, including 325.2 km in Shandong Province and 74.1 km in Jiangsu Province. The design speed is 350 km/h, and the construction period is 4.5 years. The line includes 12 stations in total: Weifang North, Anqiu, Zhucheng West, Wulian North, Juxian North, Yinan, Linyi North, Lanling, Tancheng West, Xinyi East, Suqian East, and Yanghe North (overtaking station).