Jinshan railway

Jinshan Railway
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese金山铁路
Traditional Chinese金山鐵路
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinJīnshān Tiělù
 Jinshan 
A CRH6A train on Jinshan Railway service, seen on nearby Lianhua Road Station
Overview
Other name(s)Line 22 (planned name)
StatusOperational
LocaleXuhui, Minhang, Songjiang, and Jinshan districts
Shanghai
Termini
Connecting lines 1   3   5   15   T1 Songjiang Tram#Songjiang Tram T1
Stations8 (not accounting for Xinzhuang)
Service
TypeHeavy rail/Higher-speed rail/Commuter rail
SystemShanghai Suburban Railway
ServicesExpress, Holiday, and Local
Operator(s)China Railway Shanghai Group
Depot(s)Shanghai South EMU
Rolling stockCRH2A, CRH6A, and CRH6F 8 car trains
History
Opened1975; 49 years ago (1975) (original line)
September 28, 2012; 12 years ago (2012-09-28) (high-speed commuter rail)
Technical
Line length56.4 km (35.05 mi)
Number of tracks2
CharacterAt grade
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in)
ElectrificationOverhead lines (AC 25 kV)
Operating speed160 km/h (99 mph)
Route map
To scale map of Jinshan Railway:

Jinshan Railway (Chinese: 金山铁路; pinyin: Jīnshān Tiělù) or Jinshan Line is a commuter railway line in Shanghai, part of the planned Shanghai Metropolitan Area Intercity Railway. It runs from Shanghai South in Xuhui District via Xinzhuang in Minhang District to Jinshanwei in Jinshan District, crossing the Huangpu River on a dedicated railway bridge. Passengers can transfer to Lines 1, 3, 5 and 15. Originally built in 1975 as a suburban branch, it has since been upgraded into a high-speed commuter rail line which opened on 28 September 2012.[1] The line was branded as Line 22 before opening. However, there is another line in long-term planning called Line 22, see Line 22 (Shanghai Metro).

It is the first line to provide "high speed" commuter rail services, with trains travelling up to 160 km/h (99 mph), compared to 30–70 km/h (19–43 mph) for regular metro service,[2] shortening the 56.4 km (35.0 mi) between Jinshan and downtown to 32 minutes travel time for express trains which make no stops, and 60 minutes for other trains, which stop at all stations on the line. The Shanghai-Jinshan line is the first local rail system that supports the public transportation card.

At first, the daily passenger flow was just 13,000 people a day, in 2019 has increased to 33,000. More than 60 million people have traveled on the line in the first seven years of operation.

  1. ^ "Bullet train to suburbs starts by end of month". Jinshan District Government. September 18, 2012. Archived from the original on August 8, 2014. Retrieved 2012-09-20.
  2. ^ "Eastday-3 times faster Metro trains on way". Archived from the original on 2011-03-23. Retrieved 2011-03-23.