The Hanghai line () is a line of the

Hangzhou Metro The Hangzhou Metro () is a rapid transit system that serves Hangzhou in Zhejiang province, China. The system opened on November 24, 2012. It is the 17th city in China to operate a rapid transit system. Network Metro Commuter rail Descrip ...

that connects the cities

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and

Haining () is a county-level city in Zhejiang Province, China, and under the jurisdiction of Jiaxing. It is in the south side of Yangtze River Delta, and in the north of Zhejiang. It is to the southwest of central Shanghai, and east of Hangzhou, the p ...

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. The total length is and has 13 stations, including 5 underground stations and 8 elevated stations and number of stations with

passing loop A passing loop (UK usage) or passing siding (North America) (also called a crossing loop, crossing place, refuge loop or, colloquially, a hole) is a place on a single line railway or tramway, often located at or near a station, where trains or ...

s for express services. The line began construction in late 2016 and opened on 28 June 2021.

Opening timeline

In November 2012, the Haining Municipal Government started preliminary work on the project. In December of the same year, an agreement was signed with the

Yuhang District Yuhang is one of ten urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang Province, East China. Its 2013 population was estimated at 1.17 million. Its inhabitants speak both Mandarin and a variety of Hangzhounese, a ...

of Hangzhou. In February 2013, the Zhejiang Provincial Development and Reform Commission submitted the "Recent Construction Plan for the Intercity Railway in the Metropolitan Area of Zhejiang Province" to the

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, the plan includes the Hangzhou-Haining Intercity Railway. This plan was approved by the NDRC on December 16, 2014. construction started on the first section of the Hangzhou–Haining intercity railway project between Chang'an to Zhouwangmiao Stations on December 15, 2016.

Stations

Notes on service Routes: * L: Local service * Ex: Express service, only trains toward Linping South Railway Station stop at Hainingxi Railway Stations (↑), and those toward International Campus, ZJU stop at Chang'an (Dongfang College) (↓)

References

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