Yingtan–Xiamen railway

Yingtan–Xiamen railway or Yingxia railway (simplified Chinese: 鹰厦铁路; traditional Chinese: 鷹廈鐵路; pinyin: yīngxià tiělù; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: eng-ē thih-lo̍), is a railroad in eastern China between Yingtan in Jiangxi province and Xiamen in Fujian province.

Major cities and towns along route include Yingtan, Zixi, Guangze, Shaowu, Shunchang, Sha County, Sanming, Yongan, Zhangping, Zhangzhou, Hua'an and Xiamen.

From Zixi, the railway follows Futun Stream, a headwater tributary of the Min River in a southeasterly course, through the Wuyi Mountains of northern Fujian, to Nanping.

At Nanping, the railway turns to the southwest, following the Shaxi River through central Fujian to Yong'an.

Planning of the railway began in 1951 under Zhang Dingcheng, the first party-secretary of Fujian province, with Y553 million allocated from the central government.

In October 1955, the Defense Minister Peng Dehuai requested that the railway be completed one year ahead of schedule and building efforts were expedited.

Railway near Shaowu