Because when the Beijing-Shanghai Railway was built in the past, the northern Jiangsu area was densely covered with water networks. The conditions at that time were not suitable for building railways. The geographical environment of Anhui was more suitable than the northern Jiangsu area. Another reason for building the railway is that the railway must pass through Nanjing. Nanjing was a very important city at that time. If you want to go to northern Jiangsu, you have to cross the river directly from Zhenjiang to Yangzhou. Maybe not even Xuzhou. The law passed, and Xuzhou was also a very important hub city at that time.

Many people know the Beijing-Shanghai Railway. It is also the busiest railway in my country. Both the Beijing-Shanghai Railway and the Beijing-Shanghai High-speed Railway have a large passenger flow, but many people I discovered a characteristic. Although the Beijing-Shanghai Railway runs north-south, it passes through Nanjing in Jiangsu and then enters Anhui, and then returns to Xuzhou. Many people are curious, since they want to return to Xuzhou, why not go directly to northern Jiangsu? It will be closer this way, and Jiangsu's economy is much more developed than Anhui's. Although northern Jiangsu is not as good as southern Jiangsu, it is still richer than those cities in Anhui. In fact, the main reason is that this railway was built earlier. At that time The terrain in northern Jiangsu is not suitable for railway construction.

Northern Jiangsu was still densely covered with water networks in modern times. Even now, northern Jiangsu is a plain area. It is relatively flat and some places are still tidal flats. Therefore, it was difficult to build railways under such conditions in the past. Yes, the terrain in Anhui is much better. Moreover, everyone knows that Nanjing was a very important city at that time and was the capital during the Republic of China. So the railway must pass through Nanjing anyway, otherwise it will not be called the capital, and Nanjing The geographical location is very close to Anhui, to the west of Jiangsu, so if you go to northern Jiangsu, you have to avoid Nanjing. After leaving Nanjing, you will inevitably continue to enter Anhui.

After leaving Nanjing, we entered Chuzhou, Bengbu and Suzhou in Anhui Province. Then we went all the way north to Xuzhou, and returned to the scope of Jiangsu. Xuzhou was also a very important city at that time. The hub city is now also a railway hub and has strategic significance. Imagine that if we really went to northern Jiangsu at that time, the two cities of Xuzhou and Nanjing would not be able to pass by. It would be meaningless. On this railway After its completion, the Northern Jiangsu Railway has been underdeveloped. Fortunately, construction has accelerated in recent years, and basically every city in Jiangsu has access to railways.