Hangzhou–Ningbo high-speed railway

Hangzhou–Fuzhou–Shenzhen high-speed railway Hangzhou–Ningbo Section 杭福深高速铁路杭甬段
Overview
Type	High-speed rail
Locale	Hangzhou, Shaoxing and Ningbo Zhejiang
Termini	Hangzhou East Ningbo
Operation
Owner	China Railway
Operator(s)	China Railway High-speed
Technical
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Route map Legend to Shanghai on Huhang PDL 0 km Hangzhou East Qiantang River 14 km Hangzhou South 43 km Shaoxing North 74 km Shaoxing East 106 km Yuyao North 147 km Zhuangqiao 155 km Ningbo to Shenzhen on Yongtaiwen Railway

The Hangzhou–Ningbo high-speed railway, or Hangyong high-speed railway (Chinese: 杭甬客运专线; pinyin: Háng-Yǒng kèyùn zhuān xiàn) or Hang-Yong Passenger Dedicated Railway) is a China Railway High-speed line between the major cities of Hangzhou and Ningbo in Zhejiang province. It spans approximately 150 km (93 mi), with a design speed of 350 km/h (220 mph).

In the railway's short name, "Háng" stands for Hangzhou, and "Yǒng" (甬) is a traditional short name for Ningbo.

Early on, the railway was scheduled to open in June 2012;^[1] later, the end of 2012 became the target date. It was announced in October 2012 that the completion of the project had been postponed again. Test operations began at the start of 2013 and commercial operations began on 30 June 2013.^[2]

Hangyong HSR to scale.

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