Xiangtang–Putian Railway

Xiangtang-Putian Railway
Elevated tracks near Nanchang
Overview
Type	High-speed rail/Heavy rail
Locale	China
Operation
Owner	China Railway
Operator(s)	China Railway High-speed
Technical
Line length	548 km (341 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Operating speed	200 km/h (124 mph)
Route map km 0 Nanchang West 101 Fuzhou (Jiangxi) 149 Nancheng 181 Nanfeng 230 Jianning North 260 Taining 302 Jiangle 352 Sanming North 394 Youxi 489 Yongtai 548 Putian

Xiangtang–Putian Railway or Xiangpu Railway (simplified Chinese: 向莆铁路; traditional Chinese: 向莆鐵路; pinyin: xiàngpǔ tiělù), is a Class I high-speed railway in eastern China linking Nanchang and Fúzhou (福州), the provincial capitals, respectively, of Jiangxi and Fujian Province. The line is named after Xiangtang, a township south of Nanchang, which was originally slated to serve as a terminus, and Putian, on the coast of Fujian, at which the southern branch of the Xiangpu Railway terminates. The line actually begins at the Lehua East Station, a rail junction for the Beijing–Kowloon and Nanchang–Jiujiang Intercity Railways north of Nanchang. The line heads south to Nanchang West Railway Station and bypasses Xiangtang on its way to Fǔzhou (抚州). After entering Fujian, the line forks at Yongtai with the northern fork heading to Fúzhou (福州) and the southern fork going to Putian. The Nanchang to Yongtai section of the line plus the northern fork to Fuzhou is officially named the Nanchang–Fuzhou or Changfu Railway. The southern fork is officially named the Yongtai–Putian or Yongpu Railway.