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A new section of high-speed railway route linking Hefei, capital of
East China's Anhui province, and Huzhou in East China's Zhejiang
province will be put into operation on Sunday, according to the
country’s railway operator. With a maximum designed speed of 350 kilometers per hour, the
operation of the route — part of the southern section of the
Shangqiu-Hefei-Hangzhou high-speed railway — will thread the provinces
of Henan, Anhui and Zhejiang after connecting to the existing railway
from Jiangsu province’s Nanjing to Hangzhou, said China State Railway
Group. The northern section of the railway, connecting Shangqiu of Henan
province with Hefei, went into operation in December, according to the
China Railway Shanghai Group. Starting from July 1, the company will launch a total of 60.5 pairs
of bullet trains operating on the route on a daily basis, it said. The opening of the new route will further optimize the railway
network in the country’s central and eastern regions and greatly ease
the mounting pressure on the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed line to provide
a more convenient travel experience for passengers along the route, the
company said. The line is also expected to spur the rise of the central region and
boost the integrated regional development of the Yangtze River Delta -
one of China's most economically active, open and innovative regions, it
added. With an investment of more than 99 billion yuan ($14 billion), the
Shangqiu-Hefei-Hangzhou high-speed railway covers a distance of 794.55
kilometers.
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