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Shanghai-Kunming High-Speed Railway

Shanghai-Kunming High-Speed Railway
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Hukun High-speed Railway

       The Hukun High-speed Railway, also known as the Hukun Passenger Dedicated Line, is one of the high-speed passenger transport corridors in the "Four Vertical and Four Horizontal" network of the national "Medium and Long-Term Railway Network Plan." It is an east-west railway trunk line starting from Shanghai in the east and reaching Kunming in the west.

       The Hukun High-speed Railway consists of the Shanghai-Hangzhou Passenger Dedicated Line, the Hangzhou-Changsha Passenger Dedicated Line, and the Changsha-Kunming Passenger Dedicated Line. It passes through six provincial capitals and municipalities directly under the Central Government: Shanghai, Hangzhou, Nanchang, Changsha, Guiyang, and Kunming. The line is 2252 kilometers long, with a design speed of 350 km/h. It is the longest east-west high-speed railway in China, passing through the most provinces. It is an important part of the national planned "Five Vertical and Five Horizontal" comprehensive transportation corridor and the "Four Vertical and Four Horizontal" high-speed railway network.

       The track of the entire Hukun High-speed Railway was officially completed on the afternoon of June 16, 2016. On December 28, 2016, the Guiyang-Kunming section of the Shanghai-Kunming High-speed Railway opened for operation, marking the completion of the entire line of China's longest east-west high-speed railway—the Hukun High-speed Railway (the Shanghai-Guiyang section had been opened earlier). The travel time between Shanghai and Kunming has been reduced from more than 30 hours to 11 hours by the Hukun Railway.