Shanghai–Hangzhou Passenger Railway

This article is about the high-speed rail line between Shanghai and Hangzhou that was completed in 2010. For the conventional rail line between the two cities in operation since 1909, see Shanghai–Hangzhou Railway.

Shanghai–Hangzhou High-Speed Railway
CRH2-113B at Songjiang South Railway Station.
Overview
Type	High-speed rail
Status	Operating
Locale	Shanghai to Hangzhou, People's Republic of China
Termini	Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station Hangzhou East Railway Station
Operation
Opened	October 26, 2010
Rolling stock	CRH380A CRH380B CRH2C CRH3C
Technical
Line length	202 kilometres (126 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Route map Legend 0 km Shanghai Hongqiao 5 km Shanghai South 31 km Songjiang South 48 km Jinshan North 67 km Jiashan South 87 km Jiaxing South 112 km Tongxiang 133 km Haining West 144 km Yuhang to Shanghai on Hukun Railway to Nanjing on Ninghang Railway 159 km Hangzhou East Hangzhou Hangzhou South to Ningbo on Hangyong Railway to Ningbo on Xiaoyong Railway to Kunming on Hukun Railway to Changsha/Kunming

Shanghai–Hangzhou Passenger Railway
Simplified Chinese	沪杭客运专线 or 沪杭高速铁路
Traditional Chinese	滬杭客運專線 or 滬杭高速鐵路
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Hùháng Kèyùn Zhuānxiàn or Hùháng Gāosù Tiělù Wu Romanization ghu上ghaon平 khah入yiuin去 tsoe平sie去 or ghu上ghaon平 kau平soh入 thih入lu去

Tickets for the Shanghai-Hangzhou High Speed Railway.

The Shanghai–Hangzhou High-Speed Railway (Chinese: 沪杭客运专线 or 沪杭高速铁路), also known as the Huhang High-Speed Railway or Huhang Passenger Railway is a high-speed rail line in China between Shanghai and Hangzhou. The line is 202 km (126 mi) in length and designed for commercial train service at 350 km/h (217 mph). It was built in 20 months and opened on October 26, 2010. The line shortened travel time between the two cities from 78 to 45 minutes. It has made the proposed Shanghai–Hangzhou Maglev Line unlikely.

Speed records

In September 2010, a test train on the Shanghai-Hangzhou high-speed line achieved a speed of 416.6 km/h (259 mph) setting a Chinese train speed record.

In October 2010, Chinese officials stated that a bullet train on the Huhang High-Speed Railway had set a new world record for train speed on a scheduled trip at 262 mph (422 km/h).

Etymology

"Hu" (沪) stands for "Shanghai" and "Hang"(杭) stands for Hangzhou, the capital city of Zhejiang Province.

Railway stations

There are nine railway stations on the line:

• Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station
• Songjiang South Railway Station
• Jinshan North Railway Station
• Jiashan South Railway Station
• Jiaxing South Railway Station
• Tongxiang Railway Station
• Haining West Railway Station
• Yuhang Railway Station
• Hangzhou East Railway Station.

On July 1, 2013, the new Hangzhou East station was opened which serves the Shanghai–Hangzhou Passenger Railway, as well as the Hangzhou–Ningbo Passenger Railway and the Hangzhou–Nanjing Passenger Railway.