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What is the approved budget of Wuhan–Jiujiang passenger railway?

The Wuhan–Jiujiang passenger railway is a Class I double-track electrified line for 250 km/h trains linking Wuhan in Hubei with Jiujiang in Jiangxi. Its newly built part is about 114.9 km: the 69.1 km Hubei section from Daye North to Yangxin and the Jiangxi border has four stations and opened on 12 June 2017, and the Jiangxi section from Ruichang to Jiujiang, 45.8 km, opened on 21 September 2017, after the Wuhan–Daye section had opened in 2014. Budget estimates were ¥7.383 billion for the Hubei section and ¥7.048 billion for the Jiangxi section.

Approved budget

CNY 14.431 billion

Approximately $2.14 billion

Cost basis: 2017

Wuhan–Jiujiang High Speed Railway under construction in May 2017
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Basis of the published figure

Approved budget2017
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Key dimensions

Total lengthnews.sina.com.cn
114.9 km

Project record

Timeline

  1. 29 December 2013

    Construction started

    Chinese Wikipedia
  2. 21 September 2017

    Opened or launched

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