Hangzhou-Huangshan High-Speed Railway or Hanghuang HSR is a dual-track

Double track

A double track railway usually involves running one track in each direction, compared to a single track railway where trains in both directions share the same track.- Overview :...

, electrified

Railway electrification system

A railway electrification system supplies electrical energy to railway locomotives and multiple units as well as trams so that they can operate without having an on-board prime mover. There are several different electrification systems in use throughout the world...

, high-speed rail line

High-speed rail in China

High-speed rail in China refers to any commercial train service in the China with an average speed of or higher. By that measure, China has the world's longest high-speed rail network with about of routes in service as of June 2011 including of rail lines with top speeds of...

, planned for construction in eastern China

China

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 between Hangzhou

Hangzhou

Hangzhou , formerly transliterated as Hangchow, is the capital and largest city of Zhejiang Province in Eastern China. Governed as a sub-provincial city, and as of 2010, its entire administrative division or prefecture had a registered population of 8.7 million people...

 and Huangshan. It will run 262km through Zhejiang

Zhejiang

Zhejiang is an eastern coastal province of the People's Republic of China. The word Zhejiang was the old name of the Qiantang River, which passes through Hangzhou, the provincial capital...

 and southern Anhui

Anhui

Anhui is a province in the People's Republic of China. Located in eastern China across the basins of the Yangtze River and the Huai River, it borders Jiangsu to the east, Zhejiang to the southeast, Jiangxi to the south, Hubei to the southwest, Henan to the northwest, and Shandong for a tiny...

 province and will accommodate trains traveling at speeds up to 250km/h. Travel time from Hangzhou to Huangshan will be reduced to about one hour.

The project was approved by the State Development and Planning Commission in July 2010. Construction may begin later in the year and is scheduled to be completed by 2013. The line will bring the mountainous counties of southern Anhui closer to the Yangtze River Delta

Yangtze River Delta

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 region.

Route

The high speed rail line will connect southern Anhui Province with the Hangzhou, on the eastern seaboard, via northwestern Zhejiang province. Cities and towns along route will include Hangzhou, Fuyang

Fuyang, Zhejiang

Fuyang a county-level city under jurisdiction of Hangzhou, the provincial capital of Zhejiang province. Fuyang is located on the Fuchun River, a 285 mile long lower stream of Qiantang River, an important commercial artery, it flows NE to the East China Sea at Hangzhou...

, Tonglu

Tonglu County

Tonglu County is a county of Zhejiang, China. It is under the administration of the Hangzhou city.The districts in Tonglu County include a She ethnic township.-External links:*...

 (桐庐), Xiaoshan, Jiande

Jiande

Jiande is a city district of Zhejiang, China. It is under the administration of the Hangzhou city....

, Chun’an in Zhejiang, and Jixi

Jixi County

Jixi County is a county in Anhui Province, People's Republic of China, under the jurisdiction of Xuancheng City. It has a population of 180,000 and an area of . Jixi borders Lingan in the east, Ningguo and Jingde in the south, and Taiping to the west...

, She County, and Huangshan in Anhui. At its eastern terminus, Hangzhou, the line will link to the high speed rail lines to Shanghai

Shanghai

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 and Nanjing

Nanjing

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. At its western terminus, Huangshan, the line connects to the Hefei-Fuzhou Passenger Designated Railway Line

Hefei-Fuzhou Passenger Designated Railway Line

Hefei–Fuzhou High-Speed Railway , is a dual-track, electrified, passenger-dedicated, high-speed rail line, under construction in eastern China. The line is named after its two terminal cities, Hefei and Fuzhou. It has a total length of 806 kilometres and runs through Anhui, Jiangxi and Fujian...

. Scenic sites along route include Huangshan (Yellow Mountain), the ancient villages in southern Anhui, Qiandao Lake

Qiandao Lake

Qiandao Lake is a man-made lake located in Chun'an County, Zhejiang, China, formed since the completion of the Xin'an River hydroelectric station. There are 1,078 large islands in the lake and a few thousand smaller ones. It covers an area of 573 km² and has a storage capacity of 17.8 km³...

, and Hangzhou.

History

• July 2010: The Hangzhou-Huangshan High Speed Railway project receives approval from the State Development and Planning Commission.