The joint test of Shanghai-Nanjing high-speed railway along the Yangtze River has been completed and officially entered the stage of trial operation.

Thanks to CTOnews.com netizens for the delivery of clues about the past. CTOnews.com, August 16 (Xinhua)-- according to the official news of China Railway, the Shanghai-Nanjing high-speed railway along the Yangtze River officially entered the trial operation phase today, one step closer to the opening of the full line.

Earlier, it was reported that the Shanghai-Nanjing high-speed railway along the Yangtze River is expected to be opened by the end of August this year and is expected to open by the end of September.

According to reports, the Shanghai-Nanjing high-speed railway along the Yangtze River starts from Nanjing South Railway Station, through Nanjing City, Zhenjiang City, Changzhou City, Wuxi City, Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province, to Taicang Station, and connects to Shanghai Railway Hub through Shanghai-Suzhou Railway. The total length of the line is about 279 kilometers, with a design speed of 350 kilometers per hour.

CTOnews.com inquiry learned that there are 8 stations in Nanjing South, Jurong, Jintan, Wujin, Jiangyin, Zhangjiagang, Changshu and Taicang along the Shanghai-Nanjing high-speed railway line, of which Nanjing South, Zhangjiagang, Changshu and Taicang stations are existing stations, and Jurong, Jintan, Wujin and Jiangyin stations are new stations.

Shanghai-Nanjing high-speed railway along the Yangtze River is the backbone of the inter-city rail transit network in the Yangtze River Delta region, together with Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway and Shanghai-Nanjing inter-city railway to form a westward radiation high-speed rail network in the Yangtze River Delta region.

After the opening and operation of the project, Jintan, Wujin, Jiangyin and other districts and cities along the line will end the history of no access to high-speed railways, in order to further narrow the time and space distance between counties and cities in southern Jiangsu and Shanghai and Nanjing, and improve the regional rapid railway network, it is of great significance to promote the economic and social development of the area along the Yangtze River in Jiangsu Province.