Pudong railway

Pudong Railway
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	浦东铁路
Traditional Chinese	浦東鐵路
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Pǔdōng Tiělù
Train at Haiwan railway station on the Pudong railway
Overview
Status	Operational (freight only)
Locale	Jinshan, Fengxian, Pudong Shanghai
Termini	Jinshan Industrial Park Luchaogang
Stations	5
Service
Type	Freight rail
Services	1
Operator(s)	China Railway Shanghai Group Shanghai Pudong Railway Development Co., Ltd. Shanghai Railway Container Central Station Development Co., Ltd.
History
Commenced	November 2004; 19 years ago (2004-11)
Opened	December 9, 2005; 18 years ago (2005-12-09) (freight service) September 1, 2008; 16 years ago (2008-09-01) (passenger service)
Closed	August 27, 2015; 9 years ago (2015-08-27) (passenger service)
Technical
Line length	42.87 km (26.64 mi)
Number of tracks	1
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Electrification	No
Operating speed	120 km/h (74.56 mph)
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The Pudong railway (simplified Chinese: 浦东铁路; traditional Chinese: 浦東鐵路; pinyin: Pǔdōng Tiělù) is a railway line in operated by China Railway. Located entirely in Shanghai, China, the 42.87-kilometre-long (26.64 mi) railway line is used solely for freight services, although passenger services did operate along the line until 2015. At its western terminus, it branches off from the Jinshan railway at Jinshan Industrial Park in the city's Jinshan District and runs eastward to Luchaogang in Pudong, with three intermediate stations.^[1]

Construction of the railway line was completed on 9 December 2005.^[1] Passenger service on the line started on 1 September 2008, with trains travelling between Shanghai South and Luchaogang, with an intermediate stop at Haiwan. These trains would use the Jinshan railway between Shanghai South and Jinshan Industrial Park, before switching to the Pudong railway and travelling the entire length of the line.^[2]

Passenger service on the line was suspended on 27 August 2015, due to the presence of a hazardous chemicals storage yard near Luchaogang station. This safety measure was taken in response to the 2015 Tianjin explosions.^[3]