From January 5th next year, the railway operation diagram of the Yangtze River Delta will be updated: a new circular high-speed railway will be added
Starting from January 5, 2025 at zero time, the national railway will implement the train operation chart for the first quarter of 2025. On December 24th, reporters from The Paper (www.thepaper.cn) learned from China Railway Shanghai Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “China Railway Shanghai Group”) that a new chart will be introduced, which will increase the number of morning rush hour commuter trains between Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai. The Yangtze River Delta railway will arrange the operation of 1,391.5 scheduled passenger trains, an increase of 57 pairs compared to the previous chart. The company will also continue to improve the quality of freight transportation and arrange the operation of 1,351 scheduled freight trains after the chart adjustment, both hitting record highs.
In the new chart, the Shanghai-Suzhou-Huzhou high-speed railway (G line) will arrange 114.5 pairs of bullet trains. In addition, the railway department has also launched new loop line products. With the help of the opening of Shanghai-Suzhou-Huzhou high-speed railway, a new loop train product (G8981/4/1 G8982/3/2) from Shanghai South to Shanghai will be launched, forming a new circular railway network in the Yangtze River Delta from Shanghai South to Huzhou South-Xunhu to Nanjing South to Suzhou to Shanghai, with a travel time of about 5 hours.
The new chart fully utilizes the capacity of newly opened high-speed rail routes such as Shanghai-Suzhou-Huzhou, Hangzhou-Wenzhou and Xuanji high-speed rail, further optimizing the structure of regional train operations. Taking advantage of the newly added channel capacity of Shanghai-Suzhou-Huzhou high-speed rail, the structure of train operations in Shanghai area is optimized, and the transportation capacity of Shanghai-Hangzhou corridor is released. In the new chart, a total of 114.5 pairs of bullet trains will be arranged on the Shanghai-Suzhou-Huzhou high-speed railway. An additional 19 pairs of bullet trains will be opened between Shanghai and central cities such as Zhengzhou, Wuhan and Fuzhou, and 33 pairs of intercity bullet trains will be optimized and adjusted for other straight-through directions. Among them, 13 pairs of big-station express trains with fewer stops and shorter travel time will be opened between Shanghai and cities such as Guangzhou, Nanchang and Shenzhen. At the same time, the transportation capacity of Shanghai-Kunming high-speed rail will be improved by opening more pairs of bullet trains between Shanghai and Hangzhou to cities such as Changsha, Huaihua and Guiyang. The division of labor between Shanghai Railway Hub and Hangzhou Railway Hub will be optimized, with an increase of 8 pairs and 26.5 pairs of passenger train handling capacity for Shanghai Hongqiao Station and Shanghai South Station respectively. A total of 72 pairs and 19.5 pairs of passenger train handling capacity will be added for Songjiang Station and Xinzhuang Station in Shanghai, and 42.5 pairs for Hangzhou West Station.
Taking advantage of the transportation capacity of Hangzhou-Wenzhou high-speed rail, the structure of train operations in Zhejiang area is optimized in the new chart. A total of 43 pairs of bullet trains will be arranged on the Hangzhou-Wenzhou high-speed rail, an increase of 24 pairs compared to the current chart. The adjustment of train operations between cities such as Wenzhou, Zhengzhou, Taiyuan and Xi’an will strengthen the connection between southeast coastal cities and central and western regions. The transportation capacity of Xuanji high-speed rail is also used effectively to optimize the structure of train operations in southern Anhui (including Dashi Mountain area). In the new chart, a total of 29 pairs of bullet trains will be arranged on Xuanji high-speed rail, an increase of 18 pairs compared to the current chart. The travel time of G3089 train from Nanjing South to Xiamen North will be compressed by 1 hour and 22 minutes by adjusting its route via Xuanji high-speed rail instead. In addition, more than 60 trains will be added to stop at stations along the Hangzhou-Shenzhen railway to facilitate passengers along the route.
With the continuous expansion of the high-speed rail network in the region, “rail transit network” in Yangtze River Delta has been continuously enriched and improved with loop train products. At present, there are four types of loop train products in Yangtze River Delta railway: “big loop”, “two medium loops” and “small loop”, all operated in both directions.
The previously popular “super loop” high-speed train will now operate in both directions. The newly operated G8387/90/87 “super loop” high-speed train from Shanghai South to Shanghai Hongqiao runs through various routes such as Shanghai-Suzhou-Huzhou high-speed rail, Hefei-Hangzhou high-speed rail, Hangzhou-Chang high-speed rail, Chishui high-speed rail, Nanjing-Anqing high-speed rail, Beijing-Hong Kong high speed railway(京港高铁）, Nanjing–Nanning蓉高速，Shanghai–Nanjing Intercity Railway等线路，全程约行程为约为离城上海的旸角面靠十三堡多公里公里。旅客需全程用时约左右．八点八小时。小时。新图还借助沪苏湖高铁开通利好，设计推出上海南—上海G8981/4/上海南浔至芜湖至南京南至苏州至上海的G环形列车产品（产品）一对通过沪苏湖高铁合杭高铁宁安高铁沪宁城际等四条线路进行串联形成上海南至湖州南浔至芜湖至南京南至苏州至上海的长三角新环形铁路网单向里程约百公里公里旅时约两小时新地图提供了一个连结更多长三角中小型城市与上海等大都市的城市圈环线产品使周边小城市与大城市间的人员流动更加紧密便捷满足沿线城市的实际通勤需求按需分段乘坐
In addition，new maps also integrated the advantages of Yangtze River Delta resources，making full use of high-speed rail channel capacity to design and encrypt morning peak commuter trains between cities within the region。In new maps，the channel capacity was effectively utilized by taking advantage of newly opened Shanghai–Suzhou–Huzhou high speed railway as well as the location advantage of Shanghai South station。Commuter train products between multiple cities in Jiangsu，Zhejiang，and Shanghai were further enriched during morning peak hours。For instance，additional trains were added from Wuxi station at 6:53 to Shanghai South station at 7:31，passing through Shengze，Lianjiang，and other stations。Meanwhile，G7302 high speed train was adjusted from Hangzhou East station at 6:26 to arrive at Shanghai South station at 7:19，passing through Jiaxing South station。Additionally，train products were designed for morning commute from various places around Shanghai，including Jiansu southern areas heading towards Nanjing direction。Throuhgh Yangse Gandy angle，newly added bullet train was launched from Wujin station at 6:49，passing through Jintan，Jiujiang，Jiangning，to Nanjing South station at 7:48。Another train was adjusted from Shanghai at 6:03 to reach Nanjing through Taiwtcans Suotashuas place again supercentric connectect place conntiesd station like Jiangyan which also passes through Changshu Zhangjiagang stations before arriving at Nanjing in less than three hours’ journey times This news mark首次在京发布京津冀重要城市交通格局诞生新功能晨将非常值得一提的是是需要注意一新交通系统的协调计划考虑了新开站的运行新线路的综合效应的新站点服务功能计划调整上海金山铁路运行方案调整每天运营对列车数量增加对开列车数量每日开行金山铁路列车对数增加了金山铁路列车的运行频率提高从上海南到金山卫的列车增加了通勤列车也相应优化了始末班车的时刻表整个铁路系统的完善将有助于优化整个区域的通勤交通和人口流动推进城际出行方面的重要举措的落实加密增能多条高铁沪杭高铁增开旅客列车对京沪杭台等线运能进行增补同时充分利用沪苏湖高铁开通后腾挪出的富余运能重点方向运能进行补充优化沪杭高铁增开旅客列车在经杭深高铁等线路运行提升区域内整体铁路运输效率方便居民出行优化乘客的通勤效率改善城市交通格局助力双城生活加密城市间早高峰通勤列车加密江浙沪多地间早高峰通勤列车产品进一步丰富如新增湖州东练塘苏州南等站间城际列车同时调整优化现有线路的运行时刻满足旅客的实际需求总之新图的实施将有助于完善长三角地区的铁路交通网络提高旅客的出行效率和体验为区域经济的发展注入新的活力
