The east section of Longhai railway starts in the west from Kaifeng to Lianyungang in the east. It was an important railway across Henan, Anhui and Jiangsu provinces during the period of the Republic of China. The construction of the east section of Longhai railway was affected by shortage of funds, political instability and military conflicts, on and off over twenty-odd years. The construction of the east section of Longhai railway had im-portant influences on the industrial development of the adjacent regions, bringing about the changes of the tradition-al handicraft industry and the emergence of new handicraft industry, the rise of modern industry and the change of the industrial layout.%陇海铁路东段西起开封东至连云港,是民国时期横跨河南、安徽和江苏三省的一段重要铁路。受资金短缺、政局动荡及战乱等影响,陇海铁路东段且修且停,历时20余年。陇海铁路东段的修建对沿线地区工业发展产生了重大影响,主要表现为传统手工业的嬗变和新式手工业的浮现、近代新式工业的兴起和工业布局的变化。
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