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A new railway linking Jinshan district in Shanghai with Pinghu county, Jiaxing Port area and Haiyan county in Jiaxing, East China's Zhejiang province, is expected to start construction soon, local media reported on April 22.

The new railway spans a length of about 52 kilometers and has a designed speed of 160 km per hour.

The section from Dushan port to Haiyan is about 41.6 km. Seven stations will be set up along the section, including Dushan Port East Station, Dushan Port West Station, Zhapu Station, Lindai Station, Pinghu South Station, Haiyan Development Zone Station, and Haiyan East Station.

The Jinshangwei-Dushan port section is about 10.4 km in length and includes Jinshanwei and Jinshandadao stations.

A rendering of Pinghu South Station in Jiaxing, Zhejiang. [Photo/zj.zjol.com.cn] 

Construction on the first section in Pinghu county is expected to start before the end of June this year.

The Jinshan-Pinghu Railway is the first inter-provincial railway in the Yangtze River Delta region and will promote the high-quality integrated development of the northern part of Hangzhou and Shanghai.