Ningbo Section Marine Exploration of Cross-sea Railway launched

Category: Ningbo District
Published: Wednesday, 10 July 2019 16:17

On the morning of June 30, the CZHY11 hole of the completed the installation and positioning of the equipment platform and began the drilling operation. This means that  Ningbo section marine exploration operation of the Tongsujiayong Cross-sea Railway was officially launched.

According to the relevant person in charge of Ningbo Maritime Safety Administration, the offshore exploration location is located at the junction of the coastal administrative divisions of Ningbo and Jiaxing, adjacent to the Hangzhou Bay Bridge. There are 19 exploration sites in the two lines, including 4 in the Ningbo area. The sea conditions in this water area are complex, and the construction faces severe conditions such as large tidal range, fast flow rate, and chaotic flow, and the construction risk is high.

It is reported that the Tongsujiayong cross-sea railway starts from Nantong and crosses the Yangtze River. It passes through Zhangjiagang, Changshu, Suzhou City, Wujiang, Jiashan to Jiaxing City, and passes

through Jiaxing South Station, Haiyan West Station. After crossing Hangzhou Bay, it will land on Hangzhou Bay New Zone and has a station in Cixi North. Then it will be connected to Ningbo Station through the connecting line. The connecting conditions of the proposed Ningbo West Railway Station and the Yongtaiwen High-speed Railway will be reserved. The total length of the line is 338 kilometers and the speed target is 350 kilometers per hour.

The cross-sea railway is an integral part of the “one vertical” coastal passage in the main channel of China's “eight vertical and eight horizontal” high-speed railways, and is also an inter-city railway that implements the national strategy of the Yangtze River Delta integration. After the completion of the project, it will greatly shorten the time and space distance from Ningbo to Shanghai, Suzhou, Beijing and other places, save travel time and travel costs, and is expected to build a “1 hour traffic circle” from Ningbo to Suzhou and Shanghai and 5 hours to Beijing