In the north, the Yingtan-Xiamen railway branches from the Zhejiang-Jiangxi railway at Yingtan in Jiangxi province and proceeds south to Zixi on the border with Fujian province. From Zixi, the railway follows Futun Stream, a headwater tributary of the Min River in a southeasterly course, through the Wuyi Mountains of northern Fujian, to Nanping. At Nanping, the railway turns to the southwest, following the Sand Stream (Shaxi) through central Fujian to Yongan. From Yongan, the railway runs south to Zhangzhou and then east to Xiamen. Until January 2010, the railway was connected to the island of Xiamen via causeway from the mainland. On January 31, 2010, the Yingxia railway switched route to the newly opened Xinglin Railway Bridge.