The yingtan-Xiamen Railway has not been abandoned. The yingtan-Xiamen railway has never been abandoned, and now it is used as a freight line. This railway was built as a war preparation railway in the 1950s, and its standard is relatively low. It was electrified in the early 1990s. Later, other railways went out of Fujian, especially the Xiangpu Railway, which was built only a few years ago. Passenger cars no longer take the slow Xiaying line, so Xiaying line only operates trucks.

Yingtan-xiamen railway, also known as Xiaying Line, is an important railway trunk line in the southeast of China. It starts from yingtan, Jiangxi in the north, passes through Wuyishan at the junction of Jiangxi and Fujian provinces, extends along Futunxi Valley, a tributary of Minjiang River, and reaches Waiyang Station near Nanping. The line turns southwest and is built along Shaxi Valley, another tributary of Minjiang River.

The Course of yingtan-Xiamen Railway

The yingtan-Xiamen Railway was temporarily operated in sections. At the beginning, only two pairs of passenger trains were operated from yingtan to Nanping and Nanping to Yong 'an, and then extended to Xiamen. 1993 65438+On February 28th, the yingtan-Xiamen railway was electrified and electric locomotives were put into use. During the period of 1995, the average total traction weight of the yingtan-Xiamen railway was 2,220 tons, nearly twice that of the initial operation.

In April, 2005, the total traction weight of freight cars in yingtan-xiamen railway reached 3,200 tons. In August, 1965,438+2005, the yingtan-Xiamen Railway operated at least 65,438+0 international freight trains to Europe every week. 20 19 1.5, Sanyuan District Station, Yong 'an Station, Zhangping Station and Zhangzhou East Station in the southern section of yingtan-Xiamen Railway will no longer handle passenger transport business.