Handan–Jinan railway

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Template:Short description The Handan–Jinan railway or Hanji railway (Template:Zh) is a railway between Handan in Hebei and Jinan in Shandong Province in northern China. The single railway is Script error: No such module "convert". in length and was built from 1996 to 1999 to carry coal from Shanxi Province.[1][2]

When the Hanji Line began operation in 2000,[1] it had a designed annual transport capacity of 20 million tons of goods a year.[2] The line completed 21.56 million tons in 2001 and since 2003 has exceeded 30 million tons transported each year.[1] The line is operated by Hanji Railway Company Limited, a state-owned joint-stock company based in Liaocheng with the Ministry of Railways, Shandong Province and Hebei Province as shareholders.[1] In 2003, the line generated Y600 million profit.[1] In 2008, planning began for a second track and electrification of the line, which would increase annual carrying capacity to 80-100 million tons.[1]

On 10 December 2014 the section between Handan and Liaocheng began being used for long-distance passenger trains. This was the first time passenger services had operated on the line.[3]

Rail connections

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