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Yixing adds direct high-speed rail link to Shanghai

Updated : 2017-03-27
(chinadaily.com.cn)

A direct high-speed rail link connecting Yixing, a county-level city in Jiangsu province, and Shanghai began on March 20.

Yixing adds direct high-speed rail link to Shanghai

The G7319 CRH train gets ready to depart from Yixing, heading to Shanghai on March 20. [Photo provided to China Daily]

The G7319 CRH train will depart daily from Yixing Railway Station at 14:23 and arrive at Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station at 16:59. The whole trip will take two hours and 36 minutes.

Yixing adds direct high-speed rail link to Shanghai

A passenger shows her train ticket. The ticket price for the newly-launched Yixing-Shanghai railway line is 136 yuan ($20). [Photo provided to China Daily]

According to Yixing Railway Station, the previous trains to Shanghai set off from Nanjing first meaning that tickets were often sold or in short supply for those travelling from Yixing. With the adding of G7319 this time, the problem is expected to be solved.

According to the 13th Five-Year Plan for Jiangsu province, another high-speed railway line will come into operation in the coming five years. The Yan-Tai-Xi-Chang-Yi Railway will cross the Yangtze River and pass through Yancheng, Taizhou, Wuxi, Changzhou and Yixing. The railway stretches 290 kilometers and trains will travel at an average speed of 250 kph.

Yixing adds direct high-speed rail link to Shanghai

Yixing passengers pose for a group photo on the first G7319 CRH train heading to Shanghai on March 20. [Photo provided to China Daily]

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