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Hefei–Bengbu High Speed Railway

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Type
  
High-speed rail

Stations
  
9

Rolling stock
  
CRH380A

Status
  
Operational

Opened
  
16 October 2012

Locale
  
China

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Operator(s)
  
China Railway High-speed

Terminis
  
Bengbu South Railway Station, Hefei Railway Station

Hefei–Bengbu High-Speed Railway (or the Hefei–Bengbu Section of the Beijing–Taipei High-Speed Rail Corridor) is a 130.67 km high-speed rail line between Hefei and Bengbu in Anhui province. It is a part of the future Jingfu line connecting Beijing and Fuzhou.

Construction started in January 2009. The railway was opened on October 16, 2012.

With the fastest (G-series) trains on the new line, the travel time from Hefei to Beijing South Railway Station is only four hours. Besides the Hefei-Beijing trains, there is also direct service from Hefei to Qingdao, via Jinan and the Jiaozhou–Jinan High-Speed Railway.

The total estimated investment is 13.6 billion yuan. The design speed is 350 km/h (220 mph). It is part of the Jingfu line connecting Beijing and Fuzhou.

There are 8 stations along this line.

References

Hefei–Bengbu High-Speed Railway Wikipedia