Hening Passenger Railway

Hening passenger railway
Overview
Type	CRH
Technical
Line length	166 km (103 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Electrification	50Hz 25,000V
Operating speed	250 km/h (350 km/h reserved) max.
Stations and mileage toward Ningxi, Hewu, Xihe, Hejiu, Huainan Hefei 0 km toward Hankou Railway Station, Jiujiang Station SanshilipuPassing loop 9 km Feidong 19 km Chaobei 53 km Huang'anPassing loop 74 km Quanjiao 98 km Pavilion HillPassing loop 98 km Jinghu from Beijing Dashengguan Yangtze River Bridge Yongning 132 km toward Ningqi Railway Gowrie ForestPassing loop 141 km Nanjing South 154 km Huning to Shanghai Jinghu to Shanghai Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge Nanjing 156 km toward Ningqu, Ningtong

The Hefei–Nanjing passenger railway also known as the Hening railway (simplified Chinese: 合宁铁路; traditional Chinese: 合寧鐵路; pinyin: Hé-Níng Tiělù) is a high-speed railway in China, running from Hefei to Nanjing at 250 km/h (155 mph). The line is 166 km (103 mi) long and began service on April 18, 2008. 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 high-speed Shanghai–Wuhan–Chengdu high-speed railway from Shanghai to Chengdu and the easternmost section of the Nanjing–Xi'an Railway.