Research purposes: The region of East China is an economic developed one, In recent years, the economic development from seacoast to the inland in the region has speeded up the economic developments of areas on the middle -down stream of Yangtze River with bringing increase of freight traffic volume.”Development along Yangtze River and joint development along the river and sea" becomes the development trend; but this development is restricted by transportation and energy. The discussion is made in this paper on the necessity and feasibility of building Fuyang- Jinhua Railway to establish the third corridor in East China.
Research methods : Through making analyses of the requirements of the economic developments along the line, the situations of the railway network composition, mine resources along the line, development of tourism resources and the demands of getting off poverty and becoming better off of the people in reservoir and mountain areas, the demonstrations are made for the necessity and feasibility of building Fuyang-Jinhua Railway to establish the third corridor in East China.
Research results: The railway with single line in short term and double line in long term mainly undertakes freight traffic along with passenger traffic. The target values are different for the different sections.
Research Conclusions: Establishing the third corridor in East China can meet the requirements of economic developments along the line and solve the problem of transporting energy and raw materials to the areas of middle arid down stream of Yangtze River for sustainable development of economy of the seacoast.
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