page_title: Wenzhou
section_title: Railway
hierarchical_section_title: Wenzhou / Transport / Railway
caption_attribution_description: English: Wenzhounan (Wenzhou South) Railway Station 中文: 温州南站
context_page_description: Wenzhou is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Zhejiang province in the People's Republic of China. Wenzhou is located at the extreme south east of Zhejiang Province with its borders connecting to Lishui on the west, Taizhou on the north, and Fujian to the south. It is surrounded by mountains, the East China Sea, and 436 islands, while its lowlands are almost entirely along its East China Sea coast, which is nearly 355 kilometres in length. Most of Wenzhou's area is mountainous as almost 76 percent of its 11,784-square-kilometre surface area is classified as mountains and hills. It is said that Wenzhou has 7/10 mountains, 1/10 water, and 2/10 farmland. At the time of the 2010 Chinese census, 3,039,500 people lived in Wenzhou's urban area; the area under its jurisdiction held a population of 9,122,100 of which 31.16% are non-local residents from outside of Wenzhou.
  Originally known as Yongjia, Wenzhou was a prosperous foreign treaty port, which remains well-preserved today.
context_section_description: Because of Wenzhou's geographic location, it is difficult to build a railway to connect it with other cities.  Wenzhou's first railway, the Jinhua–Wenzhou railway, opened on 11 June 1998.  The railway runs northwest to Jinhua and is operated by the Jinwen Railway Company.  The railway has a total length of 251 km (156 mi), including 135 bridges of 14 km (8.7 mi) in length 96 tunnels of 35 km (22 mi) in length. The Jinwen Railway was the first in China to be built with local capital, and gave birth to China's first standardized joint-stock enterprise: Zhejiang Jinwen Rail Way Development Co., Ltd.
  In September 2009, two high-speed railways opened in Wenzhou.  The Ningbo–Taizhou–Wenzhou railway runs north to Hangzhou, and the Wenzhou–Fuzhou railway, runs south to Xiamen. Both lines accommodate high-speed CRH (China Railway High-speed) trains running at speeds of up to 200 km/h (120 mph) and have dramatically shortened rail travel time to neighboring cities. The Jinhua–Wenzhou high-speed railway was opened on 26 December 2015.
  The city was the site of China's only major high-speed rail accident to date.
  Wenzhou Mass Transit Railway Investment Group was launched in February 2011 with registered capital of 2 billion RMB, sole purpose being in the design, investment, construction and operation of the Wenzhou MTR, which will consist of commuter, or S-Lines, and metro lines in Wenzhou. The S-Lines serve the transportation among Wenzhou's Counties and Districts. The S-Line 1, a hybrid of light-rail and subway, stretching 77 kilometers, will be open to traffic in October 2018. Construction of S-Line 2 started on 30 December 2015. A preliminary application with the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) is underway for the initiation of the construction of metro lines M1, M2 and M3, with a total length of 81.41 km (50.59 mi).
caption: Wenzhou South train station
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