Wusong Railway was built by the British capital group headed by Jardine Matheson in the second year of Guangxu (1876) without authorization, and was redeemed and demolished by the Qing government the following year.

Wusong Railway is a narrow-gauge light rail from Zhabei to Wusongkou, with a total length of 14.5 km. It is quite famous in China and even in the world, because it is the first railway in China.

In the 23rd year of Guangxu (1897), the Qing government rebuilt Songhu Railway according to the original route of Wusong Railway with official funds, and it was completed and opened to traffic in the 24th year of Guangxu (1898).

The construction process of Wusong Railway;

Wusong Road Company purchased the land between Shanghai and Wusong, which is about14.88km long and13.7m wide. Then he announced that he had obtained land ownership and had the right to build bridges, dig ditches, set fences and build roads suitable for vehicles. Later, due to the shortage of funds, it was given to a British businessman Dixon, Wusong Railway Company, to buy land and repair the roadbed of the line.

Dixintong signed a contract with Jardine Matheson to build a light rail on the above subgrade, and then started road construction. In the 13th year of Tongzhi (1874), subgrade works began. On the surface, this is still an ordinary highway, and the earthwork is contracted by local Jiabao, with a maximum of 2000 workers. In the first year of Guangxu (1875), the subgrade project was basically completed.

Expanding informatization: an important process of railway development in China;

1, the first diesel locomotive in China.

The first internal combustion engine in China was born in Changxindian Locomotive and Rolling Stock Repair Shop on September 9th, 1958.

2. The first desert electrified railway in China.

Baotou-lanzhou railway Shui Ying Bridge to Gan Tang Section.

3. China No.1 Railway Expert Zhan Tianyou.

During the four years from 1905 to 1909, Zhan Tianyou presided over the construction of the first railway-Zhangjing Railway, which was completely surveyed, designed and constructed by China people, and also invented the automatic train coupler.

4. Manufacture of the first electric locomotive in China.

The development of China railway electric locomotive began in 1958, when the first electric locomotive with ignition tube was trial-produced. 1965 tried to replace the ignition tube with silicon rectifier, and after continuous improvement, Shaoshan electric locomotive was made.

5. The first electrified railway in China

The first electrified railway in China is from Baoji, Shaanxi to baoji-chengdu railway, Chengdu, Sichuan. The railway is 676 kilometers long. The electrification reconstruction project started in June 1958 and was completed in July 1975, and the whole line was officially opened to traffic.

6. The first new railway in China.

The first railway built after the founding of New China is chengdu-chongqing railway, which starts from Chengdu in the west and ends in Chongqing in the east. This railway was built entirely with domestic equipment, thus ending the history that no railway in China was built by borrowing money and purchasing materials from foreign countries.

7. The first double-track electrified railway in China.

The first double-track electrified railway in China is Shitai Railway, which starts from Shijiazhuang in the east and ends in Taiyuan in the west. The total length of the railway is 235 kilometers. Construction started in June 1974, and the whole line was officially opened to traffic on September 29th 1982.

8. The first Sino-foreign joint venture railway in China.

1In March, 993, the first Sino-foreign joint venture railway in China, Shenzhen Pinghu South (Tou) Railway, was completed and opened to traffic.

9. The first modern railway with advanced technology in China.

Daqin Railway, the first modern railway with advanced technology in China, was completed and opened to traffic on June1992+February 2 1. Daqin (Huangdao) Railway, with a total length of 653 kilometers, started in June 1985. It is the first technically advanced double-track electrified 10,000-ton heavy-haul unit dedicated railway for transporting coal in China, and it is also the largest railway in the world.

10, the first quasi-high-speed railway and the first high-speed electrified railway in China.

The first quasi-high-speed railway in China-Guangzhou-Shenzhen quasi-high-speed railway1994+February was completed and opened to traffic. On May 28th, 1998, the Guangzhou-Shenzhen high-speed electrified railway was completed, becoming the first high-speed electrified railway with a speed of 200 kilometers per hour in China.

1 1, China first railway group enterprise.

Guangzhou Railway (Group) Company, the first railway group enterprise in China, was established on February 8, 1993. Guangzhou Railway (Group) Company was rebuilt from the former Guangzhou Railway Bureau.

12, the first subway in China.

The first subway in China is the first phase of Beijing subway project. The first phase of Beijing Metro started on July 1 day, and was officially put into operation on September 1 day.

13, highest frozen soil tunnel.

The Fenghuoshan tunnel on the Qinghai-Tibet line is 4905 meters above sea level, which is the highest frozen soil tunnel in the world.

14, the highest railway station in the world.

Located at Tanggula Station, 5068 meters above sea level on the Qinghai-Tibet Line.

15, the first high-speed railway with passenger and freight lines in China.

Xiangpu Railway, also known as (South) Chang (Zhou) Railway, is the first national first-class express passenger and freight railway trunk line in China.

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