Hangzhou–Changsha High-Speed Railway

Hangzhou–Changsha High-Speed Railway 杭长高速铁路
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Overview
Type	CRH
Status	Operational
Locale	China
Termini	Hangzhou East Changsha South
Stations	21
Operation
Opened	Changsha South - Nanchang West September 16th, 2014 Hangzhou - Nanchang West December 10th, 2014
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
Route map

Hangshou-Changsha HSR route map
Legend
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 x20px Shangrao x20px x20px Hefei–Fuzhou HSR Yiyang East Yingtan North Fuzhou East Jinxian South Beijing–Kowloon Railway Xiangtang–Putian Railway Nanchang-Shenzhen HSR Nanchang West Nanchang–Jiujiang ICR Gao'an South Xinyu North Yichun East Pingxiang North Liling North Wuhan–Guangzhou HSR Changsha South Wuhan–Guangzhou HSR Changsha–Kunming HSR

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. Constructuon started in December 2009 and was opened to traiffic on December 10, 2014. With trains from Hangzhou to Nanchang taking 2 hours 14 minutes, Hangzhou to Changsha in three hours and 36 minutes.

Route

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, Pingxiang North, Liling East, for a total of 21 stations when it reaches Changsha South.

History

Preparation

• In 2004, the State Council, published the "Long-term railway network plan". This proposed for consideration the Hangzhou-Changsha HSR.
• June 2005 - Hangzhou-Changsha HSR is approved by the State to study routes from Hangzhou, by the way of Nanchang, to Changsha .
• December 6 to 7th, 2008 - the Ministry of Railways joins with municipal and county governments along the railway line, a consultative company, Shanghai Railway Bureau, Nanchang Railway Bureau, Guangzhou Railway Group, the Chengdu Railway Bureau, Kunming Railway and other units at a meeting held in Changsha. Examining the Hangzhou-Changsha HSR pre-feasibility study and discussing its construction.
• May 2009 - Hangzhou-Changsha HSR feasibility study is reviewed by the Ministry of Railway.
• June 1, 2009 - Survey work along the route to start.

Construction

• December 2009 - Construction commences.
• April 22, 2013 - Start of electrification construction.

Opening and operation

• September 16, 2014 - Changsha - Nanchang section opens and begins operations。.
• December 10, 2014 - Hangzhou - Nanchang section opens and begins operations. At the same time there are more classes opened long Shanghai high-speed EMU trains .

Accidents

Construction accident

March 17, 2011 - Tunnel collapsed during construction in Hangzhou's Xiaoshan District, killing two people and one person slightly injured.