Nanjing-Hangzhou high-speed railway officially opened to the era of Shanghai-Nanjing-Hangzhou city in the Yangtze River Delta

At 9 o'clock on the July 1, the car's bright G7635 train was sent from Nanjing South Railway Station and headed for Hangzhou East Railway Station. This marked the official opening of the Nanjing-Hangzhou high-speed rail. From then on, railway passengers traveling between Nanjing and Hangzhou do not need to bypass Shanghai, shortening the travel time of more than three hours.

The straight-line high-speed passenger transportation corridor between Nanjing and Hangzhou complements the last iron road in the Shanghai-Nanjing-Hangzhou “Iron Triangle” and also opens the same city era in the Shanghai-Nanjing-Hangzhou-Ningbo Delta.

Shanghai, Hangzhou, and Nanjing are three central cities in the Yangtze River Delta region of China. They are located in the east, south, and north of the Yangtze River Delta. The Shanghai-Nanjing high-speed railway with a mileage of 301 kilometers was officially opened on July 1, 2010. On October 26, 2010, a total of 202 kilometers of Shanghai-Hangzhou high-speed rail began operations.

"Only when the Shanghai-Nanjing and Shanghai-Hangzhou high-speed rail lines were opened, the logistics, passenger flow and industrial development in the region were still affected. Now the Nanjing-Hangzhou high-speed rail is open to the last Golden Road for the Shanghai-Nanjing-Hangzhou Golden Triangle. It also increased the influence, radiation force and pulling power of these three cities,” said Cheng Yan, deputy general manager of Ninghang.

Ren Tao, who lives in Nanjing and works in Hangzhou, lives in the "Shuangcheng Life" family. "I travel between two cities very frequently." He sat on the first starting car on the 1st and said that the shortening of the journey time was also a job. Both life and convenience are provided. Zhang Ping, a passenger of his hometown in Surabaya, also stated that before driving from Nanjing to Surabaya, it would take 40 minutes. Now it takes only 10 minutes to take the Nanjing-Hangzhou high-speed rail.

Tian Boping, director of the Institute of World Economics, Jiangsu Academy of Social Sciences, believes that the “Iron Triangle” of Shanghai-Nanjing-Hangzhou Express marked the basic formation of the “one-hour economic circle” in the Yangtze River Delta. The era of the Yangtze River Delta’s commune not only provided the people with a living. Convenience is also conducive to boosting the development of the regional economy.

“The 'radiation' area of ​​high-speed railways can form an 'economic corridor', which will promote the development of tourism resources, agricultural products and modern agricultural resources in connected cities.” Tian Boping added that the integration and convergence of the three major cities not only opened up the long The internal environment of the triangle also increases the external attractiveness of the Yangtze River Delta, which is a powerful stimulus for promoting consumption and attracting investment.

The Nanjing-Hangzhou high-speed railway started construction in April 2009 with a total length of 249 kilometers, runs through Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, runs from Nanjing South Railway Station in the north, to Hangzhou East Railway Station in the south, and runs along Jiangning, Jurong West, Qinshui, Wawushan. , Fuyang, Yixing, Changxing, Huzhou, Deqing 9 stations. The design speed of the line is 350 kilometers per hour, and the initial operating speed is 300 kilometers per hour.