Shanghai–Hangzhou High-Speed Railway

Shanghai–Hangzhou High-Speed Railway
Viaduct carrying the Shanghai–Hangzhou Passenger Railway
Overview
Type	High-speed rail
Status	Operating
Locale	Shanghai to Hangzhou, People's Republic of China
Termini	Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station Shanghai South Railway Station Hangzhou East Railway Station Hangzhou Railway Station
Daily ridership	82,000 per day (2011)
Operation
Opened	October 26, 2010
Rolling stock	CRH1A CRH1B CRH1E CRH2A CRH2B CRH2C CRH2E CRH3C CRH5A CRH380A CRH380ALCRH380B CRH380BL CRH380CL CRH380D
Technical
Line length	202 kilometres (126 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Operating speed	350 km/h
Route map 0 km Shanghai Hongqiao Shanghai South Xinzhuang To Shanghai on Jinshan Railway 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 PDL 159 km Hangzhou East Hangzhou Hangzhou South to Ningbo on Hangyong PDL to Ningbo on Xiaoyong Railway to Kunming on Hukun Railway to Changsha on Hangchang HSR

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. The line is also used by trains departing Shanghai's terminals for Kunming and Shenzhen making it part of the Shanghai–Kunming High-Speed Railway and The Southeast Coast High-Speed Rail Corridor. It has made the proposed Shanghai–Hangzhou Maglev Line unlikely.

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).

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

There are eleven railway stations on the line:

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