Hangzhou–Changsha high-speed railway 杭长高速铁路
Overview
Status	Operational
Owner	China Railway
Locale	Zhejiang, Jiangxi, and Hunan
Termini	Hangzhou East Changsha South
Stations	21
Service
Type	High-speed rail
Operator(s)	China Railway High-speed
History
Opened	Changsha South–Nanchang West September 16, 2014 Hangzhou–Nanchang West December 10, 2014
Technical
Line length	921 km
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Operating speed	350 km/h
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 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

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.

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. ^[1]

Route

The route from east to west starts at Hangzhou East and makes stops 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 North, for a total of 21 stations when it reaches Changsha South.

Station	Chinese	Distance (km)	Prefecture	Province	Metro transfers
Hangzhou East	杭州东	0.00	Hangzhou	Zhejiang	1    4    6    19
Hangzhou	杭州				1    5
Hangzhou South	杭州南	169.00			5
Zhuji	诸暨		Shaoxing
Yiwu	义乌		Jinhua
Jinhua	金华
Longyou	龙游		Quzhou
Quzhou	衢州
Jiangshan	江山
Yushan South	玉山南		Shangrao	Jiangxi
Shangrao	上饶
Yiyang	弋阳
Yingtan North	鹰潭北		Yingtan
Fuzhou East	抚州东		Fuzhou
Jinxian South	进贤南		Nanchang
Nanchang West	南昌西				2
Gao'an	高安		Yichun
Xinyu North	新余北		Xinyu
Yichun	宜春		Yichun
Pingxiang North	萍乡北		Pingxiang
Liling East	醴陵东		Zhuzhou	Hunan
Changsha South	长沙南		Changsha		2   4   Maglev

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 7, 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. ^[2]
• May 2009 – Hangzhou–Changsha HSR feasibility study is reviewed by the Ministry of Railway.
• June 1, 2009 – Survey work along the route to start. ^[3]

Construction

• December 2009 – Construction commences.
• April 22, 2013 – Start of electrification construction. ^[4]

Opening and operation

• September 16, 2014 – Changsha–Nanchang section opens and begins operations ^{[5] [6] [7] [8]}
• December 10, 2014 – Hangzhou–Nanchang section opens and begins operations. ^[9] At the same time there are more classes opened long Shanghai high-speed EMU trains.

Accidents

Construction accident

March 17, 2011 – A tunnel collapsed during construction in Hangzhou's Xiaoshan District, killing two people and leaving one person slightly injured. ^[10]

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