Suzhou–Jiaxing railway explained

Suzhou–Jiaxing railway is a former railway line in China between Suzhou and Jiaxing. The line has a total length of 74.44 kilometres.^[1]

History

Due to the failure in January 28 Incident, the government of Republic of China had to accept the demilitarization of Shanghai and needed a new railway to the west of it.

The construction of this railway began on February 22, 1935 and finished on July 15 of the same year.^[2]

In 1944, Japanese invaders demolished the railway to get resources.^[3]

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