新长铁路由陇海铁路的新沂站引出，向南经江苏省新沂市、淮阴、海安后，一条经如皋至南通，另一条经靖江跨长江后，经江阴、宜兴在浙江省长兴县与宣杭线长兴站接轨。
本次续建工程是对原新沂站至袁北站（不含）102.3公里的地方铁路进行技术改造。该工程自新沂站东端接出后跨沭河，经新沂南与徐连一级公路、205国道相交叉，途经高流、阴平、庙头后跨新沂河、航道河，与沭阳二环路、沭阳公路平交至沭阳，跨柴米河，经吴庄、十湖、新庄、新北干渠，经前祁庄、跨新塘河至泗阳，跨六塘河至徐溜，经吴里至新长铁路袁北站新沂端，线路全长102.3公里。
新建线路标准为国铁一级，单线。
The new long railway from the station leads to the Longhai Railway, Xinyi, Jiangsu Province, south by the Xinyi City, Huaiyin, MSC, the one by Nantong Rugao to the other one by the Jingjiang across the Yangtze River, by Jiangyin, Yixing Changxing County in Zhejiang Province and Xuan-Hang Line Changxing station integration.
The reconstruction project is the original Yuan Xinyi Station to North Station (not including) 102.3 km of local railways for technological transformation. Xinyi stations east of the project since the termination is granted, inter Shuhe by Yinan and 徐连 a new road intersects with State Road 205, via high-flow, IA, Temple, after the first cross-Xinyi River, river channel, and Shuyang Ring Road to the Cross Highway Shuyang Shuyang, cross leading a poor river, by Talking about Wuzhuang, 10 Lake, New Village, New North Main, by the former Qi Zhuang, Tong River to siyang across new, cross-six Tong River to xuliu by Miss Lane and Xinchang Railway Station in Xinyi Yuan North side, the line length 102.3 km.
New standards for the national railway line level, one-way.