New high-speed railway connects East, Central China
Updated: June 28, 2020 15:22Xinhua
Railway staff members stage a performance aboard train No G9394 travelling from Hefei to Hangzhou on the Shangqiu-Hefei-Hangzhou high-speed railway, June 28, 2020. A new high-speed railway route connecting East and Central China started operation on June 28. With a designed speed of 350 kph, the route connects the city of Shangqiu in Central China's Henan province, and Hefei and Hangzhou, the capital cities of East China's Anhui and Zhejiang provinces. [Photo/Xinhua]
HEFEI — A new high-speed railway route connecting East and Central China started operation on June 28.
With a designed speed of 350 kph, the route connects the city of Shangqiu in Central China's Henan province, and Hefei and Hangzhou, the capital cities of East China's Anhui and Zhejiang provinces.
The northern section of the railway, from Shangqiu to Hefei, went into operation in December 2019, according to the China Railway Shanghai Group Co Ltd.
Covering a distance of 794.55 km, the Shangqiu-Hefei-Hangzhou high-speed railway can help further promote the development of Central China and the regional integration of the Yangtze River Delta, with the latter involving Shanghai and the provinces of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui.
Passengers pose for a selfie with a bullet train, which heads for Hefei on the Shangqiu-Hefei-Hangzhou high-speed railway, before departure at Hangzhou East Railway Station in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang province, June 28, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]
A railway police carries out inspection aboard a bullet train travelling from Hefei to Hangzhou on the Shangqiu-Hefei-Hangzhou high-speed railway on June 28, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]
A train attendant poses for photos with passengers aboard a bullet train travelling from Hangzhou to Hefei on the Shangqiu-Hefei-Hangzhou high-speed railway on June 28, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]
Aerial photo taken on June 28, 2020 shows a bullet train running on the Shangqiu-Hefei-Hangzhou high-speed railway in Anji county, East China's Zhejiang province. [Photo/Xinhua]
