High-speed route
Shanghai–Hangzhou HSR
Shanghai → Hangzhou · China
A 45-minute dash from the metropolis to West Lake, the willow-lined water garden that has drawn Chinese poets for a thousand years.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 300666 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 3 m from it
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: China Railway 12306 — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Shanghai–Hangzhou HSR?
The Shanghai–Hangzhou HSR runs 160 km from Shanghai to Hangzhou.
How long does the Shanghai–Hangzhou HSR take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 45 min for the 160 km. That is an average of 213 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 350 km/h.
Who runs the Shanghai–Hangzhou HSR?
China Railway, with CR400AF Fuxing.
How old is the Shanghai–Hangzhou HSR?
The line has been in service since 2010. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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