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Shandong mulls high-speed rail network covering all cities

2016/12/28 16:46:48   source:sdchina.com

Shandong approves a target to build the high-speed rail network that can access to all cities in the province during the period of the 13th Five-Year Plan, to increase the mileage of Shandong’s high-speed railway to 3,000 kilometers. Shandong has already realized the rail network connecting 7 cities in the province.

According to Shandong Development and Reform Commission, the high-speed railway construction is rapid and the high-speed railway mileage was up to 1,136 kilometers, which has played an important role in convenience for people’s travel, expanding investment and domestic demand as well as promoting industrial transformation and upgrading. Shandong has begun the project of the full coverage of high-speed railway since 2015. The preparing works for the construction of Zhengzhou-Jinan High-Speed Railway, Binzhou-Dongying-Weifang High-Speed Railway, Jinan-Laiwu Intercity Railway and Jinan-Binzhou Intercity Railway were started simultaneously while the preparing works of South Shandong High-Speed Railway and Weifang-Laixi High-Speed Railway was attached with great importance.

According to the plan made by Shandong government, more than 28 billion yuan will be devoted to building high-speed railway projects including Jinan-Qingdao High-Speed Railway, Shijiazhuan-Jinan Passenger Railway, South Shandong High-Speed Railway, Shandong section of Jinan-Zhengzhou High-Speed Railway and Weifang-Laixi High-Speed Railway, so as to realize the full coverage of high-speed railway network in Shandong.

After the full coverage of high-speed railway in the province, a high-speed railway traffic circle would be formed with Jinan and Qingdao as its centers. By then, only 1 hour at most would be spent from Jinan or Qingdao to their neighbouring cities, no more than 2 hours from Jinan to other cities in Shandong and 3 hours at best within all prefectural-level cities.

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