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15. Kiangsi Railway (Nan-Hsün), Kiukiang to Nanchang; 82 miles. Chinese capital; Japanese engineers. Work on embankment began in 1908, but little progress was made until the beginning of 1910, when a fresh accession of activity has been displayed. 16. Anhwei Railway (Wu-Kuang), Wuhu to Kwangtehchow. Intended length, 150 miles, to continue to the border of Anhui to connect with the Chekiang Railway viâ Huchow fu. Work began in 1908, but little progress has been made.
17. Shanghai-Nanking Railway (Hu-Ning); 193 miles. Double line to Soochow, 54 miles. Built by British capital and British engineers; opened to Nanking in 1908. Branches: (1) Shanghai to Woosung (Sung-Hu), 10 miles; opened in 1898; taken over by the Shanghai-Nanking Railway Administration in 1905. (2) Nanking City Railway, 71⁄2 miles, built from Government provincial funds by a British engineer; opened August, 1908. A branch of the Shanghai-Nanking Railway is to be built from Wusih to Kiangyin, 25 miles.
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18. Shanghai-Hangchow-Ningpo Railway (Hu-Hang-Yung); 218 miles. construction by two companies with Chinese capital, the Kiangsu and Chekiang Railway Companies, respectively. Opened from Shanghai to Hangehow (118 miles) in August, 1908.
19. Fukien Railway (Chang-Hsia), Changchowfu to Amoy, 33 miles. Construction progressing slowly, three or four miles completed.
20. Swatow-Chaochowfu Railway (Chao-Shan); 24 miles completed November, 1906. Chinese capital. Japanese engineers. Eventual connection with Amoy is proposed.
21. Canton-Kowloon Railway (Chiu-Kuang); 112 miles. Under construction with British capital and British engineers. The section in British territory, from Kowloon to Shumehün, 22 miles, was opened in October, 1910. The Chinese section, Canton to Shumchün, 89 miles, was opened or: October 3rd. A connection with the Canton- Hankow Railway is to be made by a loop round the north of Canton city.
22. Sunuing Railway (Hsin-Ning), Kongyik to Samkaphoi viâ Sunning; 55 miles. Chinese capital and Chinese engineers. Forty miles south from Kongyik opened in 1909; completion expected early in 1910.
23. Yunnan Railway (Tien-Yuch), Laokai to Yunnanfu: 29! miles. An extension of the line from Hanoi. Metre gauge. Built and controlled by French. Completed January, 1910.
Projected Railways
1. Kirin to Changchun (Kuanchengtzu) (Chi Chang); 80 miles. Surveys completed- Japanese loan completed in November, 1909, and construction to commence in spring of 1910, Engineer in chief to be Japanese.
2. Kirin to Hunchun; 240 miles. To be undertaken on completion of the Kirin- Changchun line.
3. Chinchowfu to Aigun: 750 miles. Preliminary agreement signed in January, 1910, for American loan and British construction.
4. Kalgan to Suiyuan (Chang-Sui), 180 miles. Probably viâ Tatungfu, Preliminary surveys begun. Trains expected to run as far as Tienchen (Shansi), 50 miles, in spring of 1912. Extension intended later to Urga and Kiakhta.
5. Chengtingfu to Tehchow, 110 miles. To connect the Peking-Hankow and Tientsin-Pukow Railways. Was to be surveyed in 1909.
6. Chefoo to Weihsien, 170 miles. To connect Chefoo with the Shantung Railway. Delayed for want of funds.
7. Tatungfu to Puchowfu (Tung-Pu), 450 miles. To connect the north and centre of Shansi province with the Shensi Railway at Tungkwan, south of Puchowfu. Only the section from Taiyuan to Pingyaohsien (60 miles) appears to be in immediate contemplation.
8. Tungkwan to Honanfu (Hsi-Tung), 730 miles. Surveyed in 1909. Chinese engineer engaged.
9. Sianfu to Tungkwan (Lo Tung), 85 miles. Surveyed in 1909.
10. Sianfu to Lanchowfu, 80 miles. Noted in the programme of the Board of Communications as to be surveyed in 1911, but the project is still somewhat indefinite.
11. Lanchowfu to Ilifu; over 1,250 miles. A still more indefinite item of the programme.
12. Kaifeng to Süchowfu, 175 miles. Also surveyed in 1909.
13. Süchowfu to Tsingkiangpu (Ching-Hsu), 120 miles. Intended to be completed
in 1911. The line is begun to be laid from Tsingkiangpu
14. Tsingkiangpu to Haichow (Ching-Hai), 70 miles. This last section is intended o provide an outlet on the sea for the great trunk line from west to east, which will
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