Hangzhou–Changsha High-Speed Railway 杭长高速铁路 |
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Overview | |||
Type | High-speed rail | ||
Status | Operational | ||
Locale | China | ||
Termini |
Hangzhou East Changsha South |
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Stations | 21 | ||
Operation | |||
Opened |
Changsha South - Nanchang West |
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Owner | China Railway | ||
Operator(s) | China Railway High-speed | ||
Technical | |||
Line length | 921 km | ||
Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) | ||
Operating speed | 350 km/h | ||
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Changsha South - Nanchang West
September 16, 2014
Hangzhou - Nanchang West
Hangzhou–Changsha High-Speed Railway is a Chinese high-speed railway connecting the provincial capital of Zhejiang, Hangzhou with the Jiangxi capital of Nanchang and Hunan's capital, Changsha. This railway forms a section of the Shanghai-Kunming High-Speed Railway, part of the National Railway Grid Network, as one of the four major east-west lines.
It has a total length of 921.426 kilometers. Construction started in December 2009 and was opened to traffic on December 10, 2014. With trains from Hangzhou to Nanchang taking 2 hours 14 minutes, Hangzhou to Changsha in three hours and 36 minutes.
The route from east to west starts at Hangzhou East or alternatively at Hangzhou, Hangzhou South, Zhuji, Yiwu, Jinhua, Longyou, Quzhou, Jiangshan, Yushan South, Shangrao, Yiyang, Yingtan North, Fuzhou East, Jinxian South, Nanchang West, Gao'an South, Xinyu North, Yichun East, Pingxiang North, Liling North, for a total of 21 stations when it reaches Changsha South.