The ZhangpingâÂÂLongchuan railway (), also known as the Zhanglong railway, is a railway linking Zhangping, Fujian Province, and Longchuan County, Guangdong, in southeastern China. The line has a total length of and combines separately constructed railways linking Zhangping, Longyan, Kanshi, Meizhou, and Longchuan.
Line description
The ZhangpingâÂÂLongchuan railway consists of the following railways:
- The ZhangpingâÂÂLongyanâÂÂKanshi railway or Zhanglongkan railway (), in length, between Zhangping and Kanshi in Fujian. The Zhanglongkan railway itself consists of the ZhangpingâÂÂLongyan and the LongyanâÂÂKanshi railways.
- The ZhangpingâÂÂLongyan railway, also called the Zhanglong railway (), in length, was built from 1958 to 1961 as a spur off the YingtanâÂÂXiamen railway to transport coal from southwestern Fujian. This line should not be confused for the ZhangpingâÂÂLongchuan railway, of which it is a constituent section.
- The LongyanâÂÂKanshi railway or Longkan railway (), in length, was built from 1970 to 1972, to extend the ZhangpingâÂÂLongyan railway to Kanshi in Yongding County, Fujian.
- The MeizhouâÂÂKanshi railway or Meikan railway (), in length, between Meizhou, Guangdong and Kanshi, Fujian, completed in 1999 and began operation in September 2000. The Meikan railway was the first rail link between the two provinces.
- The Longchuan to Meizhou section of the GuangzhouâÂÂMeizhouâÂÂShantou railway, in length, between Longchuan, Guangdong and Kanshi, Fujian, completed in 1995.
The ZhangpingâÂÂLongchuan railway, which was created with the opening of the MeizhouâÂÂKanshi railway, shortened the rail travel distance from Fuzhou to Guangzhou by over .
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