Ningqi (Nanjing-Qidong) Railway

The revamped Ningqi Railway is designed to run passenger trains at a speed of 200 kph. The railway has been put into operation, and the trip from Nantong to Nanjing takes only 2.5 hours.

Hutong (Shanghai-Nantong) Railway

Photo taken on June 27, 2019, shows the construction site of a Yangtze River bridge on the Shanghai-Nantong Railway in Nantong, East China's Jiangsu province. [Photo by Li Wei/For China Daily]

The Shanghai-Suzhou-Nantong Railway started operations on July 1.

With a designed speed of 200 kph, the rail line will cut travel time between Shanghai and Nantong to about one hour from the current 3.5 hours, according to China State Railway Group.

Stretching 143 kilometers, the line crosses the Yangtze River via the Shanghai-Nantong Yangtze River Bridge, passes Jiangsu's Suzhou city and ends in Jiading district in Shanghai, the company said.

The Shanghai-Suzhou-Nantong Railway is an important part of the coastal passage in the "eight vertical and eight horizontal" high-speed railway network planned by the national medium- and long-term railway network.