The railway north of Yaojie is operated independently of the Yaojie - Haishiwan line and serves the Liancheng aluminium smelter and it's associated power station as well as the Tiehejinchang ferro-alloy plant at the north end of the line. SY 1097 was storming north towards Liancheng with a long coal train and a single container wagon on 18 November 2005.