Shanghai–Nanjing Intercity High-Speed Railway

Shanghai–Nanjing Intercity High-Speed Railway
A train on Shanghai–Nanjing Intercity High-Speed Railway in Qixia District, Nanjing
Overview
Type	High-speed rail
Status	Operating
Locale	Shanghai to Nanjing (Jiangsu), People's Republic of China
Termini	Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station Shanghai Railway Station Nanjing South Railway Station Nanjing Railway Station
Stations	21
Daily ridership	164,000 per day (2011)
Train number(s)	G7xxx (Intercity) Dxxxx (Cross-line train)
Operation
Opened	July 1, 2010
Rolling stock	CRH1A CRH1B CRH1E CRH2A CRH2B CRH2C CRH3C CRH380A CRH380AL CRH380B CRH380BL CRH380CL CRH380D
Technical
Line length	301 kilometres (187 mi) (main line)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Minimum radius	4000 m

The Shanghai–Nanjing Intercity High-Speed Railway or Huning Intercity High-Speed Railway (simplified Chinese: 沪宁城际高速铁路; traditional Chinese: 滬寧城際高速鐵路; pinyin: Hùníng Gāosù Tiělù) is a 301-kilometre (187 mi) long high-speed rail line between Shanghai and Nanjing in the People's Republic of China. Hu and Ning are, respectively, shorthand Chinese names for Shanghai and Nanjing. The Huning Intercity High-Speed Railway largely follows the route of the preexisting Nanjing-Shanghai section of the conventional Beijing-Shanghai Railway and the high speed 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. The line has a design speed of 350 km/h (217 mph). The journey time between the two cities has been shortened from 120 minutes to 73 minutes on non-stop service.

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.

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 Chengdu thus making it de facto a part of the Shanghai–Wuhan–Chengdu High-Speed Railway.