The three new lines comprise:
- the 378km Shangqiu - Fuyang - Hefei section of the Beijing - Hong Kong high-speed artery with 14 stations
- the 276km Zhengzhou - Fuyang high-speed line which has 11 stations, and
- the 389km Zhengzhou - Nanyang - Xiangyang section of the Zhengzhou - Chongqing high-speed line, which also has 11 stations.
All three lines have a design speed of 350km/h and an initial maximum operating speed of 300km/h.
China State Railway Group (CR) will operate 40 round trips per day on both the Shangqiu - Fuyang - Heifei and Zhengzhou - Fuyang lines and 18 trains/day/direction between Zhengzhou and Xiangyang. The journey time between Zhengzhou and Xiangyang will be 1h 45min.
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