The Jining-Datong-Yuanping High-speed Railway has transported over 1.8 million passengers as of its 100th day of operation on April 9, handling key travel periods such as the Spring Festival and the Qingming Festival and significantly improving travel for residents.

The Jining-Datong-Yuanping route spans 309 kilometers and is designed to travel 250 km per hour. It connects Ulaanqab in Inner Mongolia to Datong, Shuozhou, and Xinzhou in Shanxi province. This railway is a crucial segment of the Hohhot-Nanning corridor that is part of China's "Eight Vertical and Eight Horizontal" high-speed rail network.

The railway links several historical and cultural scenic spots, including the Yungang Grottoes, Yingxian Wooden Pagoda, Chongfu Temple, the Great Wall, and Yanmen Pass, boosting the cultural tourism industry. During the recent Qingming Festival holiday, the Yingxian Wooden Pagoda attracted numerous visitors. Yanmen Pass Station, the only new station named after a scenic spot, also drew many tourists from afar.

The Jining-Datong-Yuanping route provides robust support for integrating Shanxi's northern cities with major economic regions such as Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, the Yangtze River Delta, and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. This modern transportation system is becoming a "new engine" for accelerating talent mobility, business interactions, technological cooperation, and information exchange between Shanxi and other regions, fueling the province's high-quality development.