Ministry of Railways has approved the initial design proposal on Line 2 of Nanjing-Xi’an Railway- Xi’an-Hefei section. This project plans to start next year, which will last 3 years and a half. It is a new line starting from Xinfen town of Xi’an and ending East station of Hefei Railway. The main line is 957km long. Meanwhile, Xi’an hub, Hefei hub, and Liu’an are and other relative projects will start to be built too.