Type High-speed rail 3 km Hangzhou South 74 km Shangyu North Locale Zhejiang | 0 km Hangzhou East 43 km Shaoxing North Owner China Railway Operator China Railway High-speed | |
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ⁄2 in) Terminis Ningbo Railway Station, Hangzhou East Railway Station | ||
Hangyong High-Speed Railway (Chinese: 杭甬客运专线; pinyin: Háng-Yǒng kèyùn zhuān xiàn) or Hang-Yong Passenger Dedicated Railway) is a railway between Hangzhou and Ningbo, in Zhejiang, China. It spans approximately 150 kilometers, with a design speed of 350 kilometers per hour (220 mph).
In the railway's short name, "Hang" stand for Hangzhou, and "Yong" (甬) is a traditional short name for Ningbo.
Early on, the railway was scheduled to open in June 2012; later, the end of 2012 became the target date. It was announced in October 2012 that the completion of the project had been postponed again. Test operations began at the start of 2013 and commercial operations began on 30 June 2013.
References
Hangzhou–Ningbo High-Speed Railway Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA