Shanghai–Nanjing_railway
Shanghai–Nanjing railway
Railway in China
The Shanghai–Nanjing or Huning Railway[n 1] is a 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge railway in China running from Shanghai to Nanjing. The railway is about 307 kilometers (191 mi) long.[citation needed] The Huning line is one of the busiest in China.[1][citation needed]
The Shanghai–Nanjing intercity railway runs along the same route, but on parallel tracks.
Its Chinese name is derived from the character abbreviations Hù (s 沪, t 滬) for Shanghai and Níng (s 宁, t 寧) for Nanjing.