Jishu Railway
Overview
Native name	吉舒铁路 (Jíshū Tiělù)
Status	Operational
Owner	Manchukuo National Railway (1941–1945) China Railway (since 1958)
Locale	Jilin
Termini	Jilin Shulan
Service
Type	Heavy rail, Regional rail
History
Opened	1941
Closed	1945
Reopened	1958
Technical
Line length	90 km (56 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Route map  Changtu Railway (zh)  Shenji Railway (zh)  Changhun ICR (zh) 0 Jilin  Changhun ICR (zh) 4 Longtanshan  Longfeng Railway (zh) 7 Jiangbei chemical plant Closed  Changtu Railway (zh) 12 Jilin North 19 Qipan Lixin Closed 25 Jinzhu 30 Yafu Zhanglao Closed 43 Dakouqin 48 Qianyao Gangyao Closed 59 Fengguang Tianhe Closed 69 Jishu Moshi Closed 82 Dongfu Sandaohe Closed  Labin Railway 90 Shulan  Taoshu Railway  Labin Railway

The Jilin–Shulan railway, named the Jishu Railway (simplified Chinese: 吉舒铁路; traditional Chinese: 吉舒鐵路; pinyin: Jíshū Tiělù), is a 90 km (56 mi) single-track railway line in Northeast China running from Jilin to Shulan.^[1] At Jilin, which is the terminus of the Shenji Railway, it connects to the Changtu Railway and the Changhun Intercity Railway, and at Shulan it connects to the Labin Railway and the Taoshu Railway.^[1]

History

The railway line between Longtanshan and Shulan, named the Longshu Line, was originally created in 1941 by the Manchukuo National Railway, by building a new stretch of railway to connect the Jilin–Jinzhu Jinzhu Line with the Meiyao–Shulan Meiyao Line, both of which had been built by the privately owned Jilin Railway. This line was destroyed in 1945 during the Soviet invasion of Manchuria. China Railway rebuilt the line between 1958 and 1966, as the distance between Jilin and Harbin is 68 km (42 mi) shorter via this route than via the Labin Railway.

Route

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