The Huzhou-Hangzhou section of the Hefei-Hangzhou high-speed railway, a key supporting traffic infrastructure to support the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang Province, started operation on Sept 22.
A train operates across the overpass bridge of the Huzhou-Hangzhou high-speed railway that spans the S14 Hangzhou-Changxing-Yixing highway. [Photo/sasac.gov.cn]
The 129-kilometer railway section has a designed speed of 350 kilometers per hour and includes six stations: Huzhou, Deqing, Hangzhou West, Fuyang West, Tonglu East and Tonglu.
A view of the Fuchun River Bridge of the Huzhou-Hangzhou high-speed railway [Photo/sasac.gov.cn]
The section is expected to support transport during the Asian Games and will contribute to construction of the one-hour traffic circle in Zhejiang and improve intercity railway network in the Yangtze River Delta region.
A bird's-eye view of the Hangzhou West Railway Station of the Huzhou-Hangzhou high-speed railway [Photo/sasac.gov.cn]
(Executive editor: Wang Ruoting)
