Recently, in response to the questions raised by netizens about "setting up the North Yanjiang High-speed Railway and Yantai-Xichangyi Railway Liaison Line", the Jiangsu Provincial Railway Office replied on July 16:
"In order to strengthen the connection of coastal and high-speed rail corridors along the Yangtze River, further enhance the resilience of the province's railway network and the flexibility of transportation organization, and support the implementation of major strategies such as coastal development and integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta, our province organized research and proposed the planning and construction of the high-speed rail connection line from Rugao South to Rugao West to Jingjiang East, and to complete the high-speed rail corridors from Yancheng to Nantong to the south, Wuxi and Changzhou to Nantong, Jingjiang to Shanghai and other regions.
At present, the relevant departments of the province are actively promoting the inclusion of the project in the relevant planning at the national level in conjunction with the local government, and coordinating the relevant units of the China Railway Group to carry out consultation and review on the project plan research. ”
"Regarding your proposal to set up a liaison line between the North Yangtze River High-speed Railway and the Yantai-Xichangyi Railway (Huangqiao to Taixingdong), in the project planning and research stage, the above-mentioned line plan has been studied and compared.
According to the traffic forecast, the future capacity of this section tends to be saturated, and at the same time, the detour distance of Hai'an, Rugao, Nantong and other cities along the line to connect to the Yantai-Xichangyi Railway through the scheme has increased greatly. ”
According to the "Progress of Major Projects in the First Half of 2024" released by the Nantong Municipal Transportation Bureau on July 9:
The feasibility study of the Rudong extension section of the Tongsu-Jiayong Railway has passed the consultation and review of the National Railway Appraisal Center, and the construction scale and main technical standards have been clarified. The Yanglu Railway has been completed, the first phase of the Tonghai Port Railway is about to be organized for acceptance, and the plan for the high-speed rail connection line from Rugao South to Rugao West to Jingjiangdong has passed the review.
According to the study, the line is connected to Rugao South Station of Yantong High-speed Railway in the north, Rugao West Station of Shanghai-Chongqing-Rong High-speed Railway in the middle, and Jingjiang East Station of Yanyi Railway in the south through the planning of the Nantong to Jingjiang Intercity Railway. The connecting line from Rugao South to Rugao West is about 18km long, and the planned line from Rugao West to Jingjiang East is 34km long. It is predicted that the number of passenger train pairs in the near future is 31 pairs, and the long-term number of pairs is 40 pairs.
The construction of the liaison line can further enhance the radiation function of the Shanghai-Chongqing-Rong high-speed railway, and form a convenient high-speed passenger transport channel for the areas along the Yantong high-speed railway to connect with the provincial capital Nanjing;
The second is to connect the two longitudinal passages of coastal and Yanyi, enhance the flexibility of the regional road network, which is conducive to the integration of cities along the Yantong high-speed railway into the Suzhou-Wuxi-Changzhou metropolitan area, and further strengthen the economic ties between northern Jiangsu, central Jiangsu and southern Jiangsu.