Hangzhou–Changsha high-speed railway

Hangzhou–Changsha high-speed railway is a China Railway High-speed line connecting Hangzhou, Nanchang, and Changsha, respectively the provincial capitals of Zhejiang, Jiangxi, and Hunan. 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.

Hangzhou–Changsha
high-speed railway
杭长高速铁路
Overview
StatusOperational
OwnerChina Railway
LocaleZhejiang, Jiangxi, and Hunan
Termini
Stations21
Service
TypeHigh-speed rail
Operator(s)China Railway High-speed
History
OpenedChangsha South–Nanchang West

September 16, 2014
Hangzhou–Nanchang West

December 10, 2014
Technical
Line length921 km
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in)
Operating speed350 km/h
Route map

Shanghai–Hangzhou HSR
Nanjing–Hangzhou HSR
Hangzhou East
Hangzhou
Qiantang River
Hangzhou South
Hangzhou–Ningbo HSR
Zhuji
Yiwu
Jinhua–Wenzhou HSR
Jinhua
Longyou
Quzhou
Jiangshan
Yushan South
Shangrao
Hefei–Fuzhou HSR
Yiyang
Yingtan North
Fuzhou East
Jinxian South
Beijing–Kowloon railway
Xiangtang–Putian railway
Nanchang–Ganzhou HSR
Nanchang West
Nanchang–Jiujiang ICR
Gao'an South
Xinyu North
Yichun
Pingxiang North
Liling North
Wuhan–Guangzhou HSR
Changsha South
Wuhan–Guangzhou HSR
Changsha–Kunming HSR

It has a total length of 921.426 km (572.548 mi). 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.

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