Railways Fujian

fuzhou train station

due fujian s mountainous terrain , traditional reliance on maritime transportation, railways came province comparatively late. first rail links neighboring jiangxi, guangdong , zhejiang province, opened respectively, in 1959, 2000 , 2009. of october 2013, fujian has 4 rail links jiangxi northwest: yingtan–xiamen railway (opened 1957), hengfeng–nanping railway (1998), ganzhou–longyan railway (2005) , high-speed xiangtang–putian railway (2013). fujian s lone rail link guangdong west, zhangping–longchuan railway (2000), joined high-speed xiamen–shenzhen railway (xiashen line) in late 2013. xiashen line forms southern-most section of china s southeast coast high-speed rail corridor. wenzhou–fuzhou , fuzhou–xiamen sections of corridor entered operation in 2009 , links fujian zhejiang trains running @ speeds of 250 km/h (155 mph).

within fujian, coastal , interior cities linked nanping–fuzhou (1959), zhangping–quanzhou–xiaocuo (2007) , longyan–xiamen railways, (2012). attract taiwanese investment, province intends increase rail length 50 percent 2,500 km (1,553 mi).