| Shanghai–Hangzhou High-Speed Railway | |
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CRH2-113B at Songjiang South Railway Station. |
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| 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[1] CRH380B CRH2C CRH3C |
| Technical | |
| Line length | 202 kilometres (126 mi) |
| Track gauge | 1435 mm Standard gauge |
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| 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 | ||||||||||
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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. [1] It has made the proposed Shanghai-Hangzhou Maglev Train unlikely.
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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.[1]
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).[2] (The fastest overall record is still held by the V150, a TGV prototype of France, at 356 mph (573 km/h) set in 2007.)[2]
"Hu" (沪) stands for "Shanghai" and "Hang"(杭) stands for Hangzhou, the capital city of Zhejiang Province.
There are nine train stations on the line:
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