At 9:16 a.m. on December 27, the first train in Anhui Province of the Huangchang section of the Hangchang High-speed Railway, the G9236 train, officially opened at Yixian East Railway Station in Huangshan City, heading to Hangzhou.
Waiting for the official opening of Yixian East Railway Station in Huangshan City.
So far, the Huangshan-Nanchang section of the Hangzhou-Changzhou high-speed railway (hereinafter referred to as the "Huangchang section of the Hangzhou-Changzhou high-speed railway") has been officially completed and opened to traffic, which also means that the Hangzhou-Changzhou high-speed railway has been put into operation, and the world-class tourist line of West Lake - Huangshan and Xidihong Village - Tengwangge has added a new line.
The fastest from Hangzhou to Yixian is 1 hour and 41 minutes.
According to the railway department, the maximum speed of the Huangchang section of the Hangzhou-Changzhou high-speed railway is 350 kilometers per hour.
At the initial stage of operation, the railway department will arrange passenger trains to run according to daily lines and weekend lines, and the maximum number of locomotive trains will be 32 per day.
After the adjustment of the train timetable in the first quarter of 2024, a maximum of 12 trains will be operated every day between Hangzhou West and Nanchang East Station.
Tickets for the Huangchang section of the Hangzhou-Changzhou high-speed rail will be sold to the public at 17 o'clock on December 26. Passengers can purchase tickets through the official 12306 railway app, station ticket windows, railway sales outlets, etc. In the early stage of operation (transition period) of the Huangchang section of the Hangzhou-Changzhou high-speed railway, China Railway Shanghai Bureau Group arranged 5 pairs of train sets every day, which were 1 pair of Hangzhou West-Nanchang East G4015 G4016 timesHuangshan North - Nanchang South G4817 times, Nanchang East - Huangshan North G4818 times 1 pair;Hangzhou West - Qimen South G9435 G9436 times 1 pair;Hefei South-Qimen South G9525 G9526 times, G9527 G9528 times 2 pairs.
Among them, the fastest from Hangzhou west to Yixian east and Qimen south is 1 hour 41 minutes and 1 hour 56 minutes.
End the history of Huangshan Yi County and Qimen County not being connected to high-speed rail.
On June 28, 2015, the opening of the Hefu high-speed railway brought the world-class tourist city of Huangshan into the high-speed railway network. The operation of the Hangzhou-Changzhou high-speed railway has further strengthened the convenience of tourism access in Huangshan.
The line starts from Hangzhou South Railway Station, passes through Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, Xuancheng City, Huangshan City, Anhui Province, Jingdezhen City, Shangrao City, Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province, and connects to Nanchang East Railway Station, with a total length of 560 kilometers.
Photo courtesy of China Railway Shanghai Bureau Group***).
Among them, the Hangzhou-Huangshan section of the Hangzhou-Changzhou high-speed railway (formerly the "Hangzhou-Huangshan high-speed railway") was put into operation on December 25, 2018, connecting the two world-class tourist cities of Hangzhou and Huangshan in the form of high-speed rail for the first time, greatly facilitating the travel of residents between the two places.
The Huangchang section of the Hangzhou-Changzhou high-speed railway line is 288 kilometers long, with a design speed of 350 kilometers per hour, and the whole line has 10 stations in Huangshan North, Yixian East, Qimen South, Fuliang East, Jingdezhen North, Leping North, Poyang, Yugan, Jinxian North, Nanchang East, of which Huangshan North and Jingdezhen North are reconstruction and expansion stations.
The opening of the Huangchang section of the Hangzhou-Changzhou high-speed railway has extended the details of the high-speed rail to Yixian County, Qimen County and other places in Huangshan City, ending the history of the two places not being connected to the high-speed railway, and also making many urban passengers including Hangzhou go to Xidihong Village and other tourist attractions without having to transfer from Huangshan North Station, which greatly improves the accessibility of travel and play.
Next year, after the opening of the Chihuang high-speed railway, it will go directly to the north gate of the Huangshan Scenic Area.
The Hangzhou-Changzhou high-speed railway is also an important connection line of the national "eight vertical and eight horizontal" high-speed rail network, connecting a number of national famous tourist attractions such as Hangzhou West Lake, Qiandao Lake, Huangshan, Poyang Lake, Jingdezhen, Tengwang Pavilion, etc., along the line, there are 9 national 5A-level and more than 70 national 4A-level tourist attractions, forming a world-class first-class tourist line connecting many famous cities, towns, lakes and mountains in Zhejiang, Anhui and Jiangxi provinces.
The Hangzhou-Changzhou high-speed railway is another high-speed rail corridor connecting Hangzhou to Nanchang after the Hangzhou-Nanchang section of the Shanghai-Kunming high-speed railway. Its opening has added a new channel to the original Hangzhou-Huangshan high-speed railway, which has greatly improved the utilization rate of the railway - to the west and south, starting from Hangzhou and going south through Huangshan, it will greatly strengthen Hangzhou's radiation to Nanchang, Jingdezhen and other placesTo the west and north, through the Huangshan North Railway Station and the Yixian East Railway Station opened to traffic today, through the upcoming Chihuang high-speed railway, the future can go directly to Wuhan without passing through Nanjing, Hefei and other places.
It is worth mentioning that the newly established Huangshan West Station in the Chihuang High-speed Railway can directly reach the north gate of the Huangshan Scenic Area from Hangzhou, greatly reducing the travel time.
For Hangzhou, there are a number of high-speed railways such as Shanghai-Hangzhou, Hangzhou-Ningbo, Hangzhou-Changzhou and Hangzhou-Taipei, and after the high-speed rail lines such as Hangzhou-Wenzhou, Hangzhou-Qu and Jinjian are under construction and put into operation, Hangzhou will have 11 high-speed railways, building a "one-hour traffic circle" in Zhejiang, and Hangzhou's status as a railway hub will be further strengthened.
*: Hangzhou.com.