Qingdao–Taiyuan passenger railway Shijiazhuang–Jinan Section
Overview
Native name	青太高速铁路石济段 石济客运专线
Status	Operational
Owner	CR Guangzhou CR Jinan
Locale	Hebei province Shandong province
Stations	11
Service
Type	High-speed rail
System	China Railway High-speed
Operator(s)	CR Guangzhou CR Jinan
History
Opened	December 28, 2017 (2017-12-28)
Technical
Number of tracks	2 (Double-track)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	25 kV 50 Hz AC (Overhead line)
Operating speed	250 km/h (160 mph)
Route map km Shijiazhuang–Taiyuan HSR to Taiyuan Shijiazhuang–Wuhan HSR to Guangzhou South 0 Shijiazhuang Beijing–Shijiazhuang HSR to Beijing West 18 Shijiazhuang East 40 Gaocheng South 73 Xinji South 116 Hengshui North 160 Jingzhou Beijing–Shanghai HSR to Beijing South 205 Dezhou East (Dezhou-Jinan section runs parallel to the Beijing-Shanghai HSR) 229 Pingyuan East 248 Yucheng East 277 Qihe link line Jinan West 307 Jinan East Jinan–Qingdao HSR to Qingdao North Beijing–Shanghai HSR to Shanghai Hongqiao km

The Shijiazhuang–Jinan passenger railway, abbreviated Shiji passenger railway (simplified Chinese: 石济客运专线; traditional Chinese: 石濟客運專線; pinyin: Shíjǐ Kèyùn Zhuān Xiàn) is a high-speed railway operated by China Railway High-speed, running between Shijiazhuang and Jinan, the provincial capitals of Hebei and Shandong, respectively. The line will additionally pass through and serve cities of Hengshui, Cangzhou and Dezhou.^[1] Traditionally, passengers travelling east from Shijiazhuang towards Shandong would need to detour towards Beijing or Tianjin. Its completion allowed trains to run directly between Shijiazhuang and Jinan at 250 km/h (160 mph), shortening travel times between the two cities from the previous 4 hours to 1 hour and 20 minutes.^[2]

History

In late January 2013, it was announced that construction work on the Shijiazhuang–Jinan passenger railway would begin.^[3] The line started operation on December 28, 2017, though it terminated at Jinan West as Jinan East was yet to be completed.^[4][5] Jinan East was opened on 26 December 2018.^[6]

Stations

Station Name	Chinese	Metro transfers/connections	China Railway transfers/connections
Shijiazhuang		2   3
Shijiazhuang East		1
Gaocheng South
Xinji South
Hengshui North
Jingzhou
Dezhou East			Beijing–Shanghai high-speed railway
Pingyuan East
Yucheng East
Qihe
Jinan East		3	Jinan–Qingdao high-speed railway

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