In 2015, RMB 55.9 billion will be invested in railway construction in China's Yangtze River Delta region, with six projects due to be commissioned and with construction commencing on 12 other projects, as announced by Shanghai Railway Bureau on March 12.
The six projects due to enter operation include the Beijing-Fuzhou passenger line, the Nanjing-Anqing interurban railway, the Jinhua-Lishui-Wenzhou railway, the Nanjing-Qidong line, the Ningbo hub northern line and the second Nanjing-Xi'an railway line, with the total length of the railways in question amounting to over 1,200 kilometers, which will improve railway transport capacity in the Yangtze River Delta.