At present, the Qingyan Railway has been built, and the Qingyan High-speed Railway should also be put on the agenda. After the completion of the Qingyan high-speed railway, it will be the fastest route from Qingdao to Shanghai, Hangzhou and Ningbo, which is very beneficial to the development of Shandong and northern Jiangsu. Although the current Qingyan Railway can solve part of the passenger flow, but because the Speed of the Qingyan Railway is only 200 kilometers and 180 kilometers per hour, the time from Qingdao to Shanghai is generally 5-6 hours, so many people will still choose the plane.
If the Qingyan high-speed railway with a speed of 350 kilometers per hour is built in the future, then the time from Qingdao to Shanghai will be shortened to 3-4 hours, at this time the high-speed rail will have an advantage over the aircraft, and the passenger flow of the high-speed rail will be more. The current Qingyan railway can take on more freight functions.
The Qingyan high-speed railway can be used as part of the national coastal high-speed railway and undertake the passenger transportation function of the coast, which is very important for the traffic between the Shandong Peninsula and the Yangtze River Delta. The Qingyan high-speed railway plus the Yantong high-speed railway plus the Sujiayong high-speed railway can constitute a high-speed rail fast track of Qingdao-Lianyungang-Yancheng-Nantong-Shanghai-Hangzhou-Ningbo