G6791 train departs from Xiangyang East Station Yang Dong Photo
G6791 train departs from Xiangyang East Station Yang Dong Photo
China News Network Xiangyang June 20 Title: Hubei Xiangyang: Entering the high-speed rail "Internet" from the high-speed rail
Author Hu Chuanlin Yan Junjie Jiang Weibing
html On June 20, the G6791 train departed from the Xiangyang East Station in Hubei, and the entire line of Zhengzhou-Chongqing high-speed rail was completed and operated. As a result, Xiangyang has basically achieved "high-speed rail connections between counties and counties", and has truly moved from the "local area network" of high-speed rail to the "Internet" of high-speed rail.According to reports, on the first day of the opening of the Zhengzhou-Yu High-speed Railway, a total of 109 trains were launched at Xiangyang East Station, of which 52 trains were launched at the Zhengzhou-Yu Line . It only takes 15 minutes to get to Nanzhang in the east, it only takes half an hour to get to Baokang , it only takes 38 minutes to get to Shennongjia , and it is as fast as 2 hours and 51 minutes to Chongqing.
html At 8:26 am on the 120th, when the first high-speed railway was docked at Nanzhang Station , the people beat drums and drums in the square in front of the station, singing and dancing to welcome the arrival of the high-speed railway era. The Zhengzhou-Chongqing high-speed railway was opened, and the Nanzhang and Baokang counties in Xiangyang ended the history of no-high-speed railways.Passengers took a photo with flight attendants in the waiting hall of Xiangyang East Station. Yang Dong took photos.
. Deputy Secretary of the Nanzhang County Party Committee and County Mayor Chen Dong said that Nanzhang will take advantage of the opening of the Zhengzhou-Yu High-speed Railway to fully activate the "high-speed railway + tourism" article, leverage the advantages of further compressing time and space costs, fully tap the comprehensive potential of the development of the tourism industry, and create a high-quality high-speed railway tourism route.
Since ancient times, Xiangyang has flourished because of its location and prosperity because of its transportation. It has been known as "the southern ship, the northern horse, and the seven provinces' thoroughfare". After the founding of New China, especially with the layout of the national "three lines" construction, the three railways, including Handan (Jiangkou), Xiang (Yang) and Yu and Jiao (Zuo)zhi (City), have met in Xiangyang, thus making Xiangyang a national transportation hub.
train is driving in the Dongjin New District of Xiangyang City, Zhengzhou High-speed Railway. Photo by Yang Dong. In 2019, the Hanshi High-speed Railway and the northern section of the Zhengzhou High-speed Railway were opened one after another, and Xiangyang officially entered the high-speed railway era. After the Zhengzhou-Yu High-speed Railway was fully completed, the Xiangyang High-speed Railway's "Friends Circle" expanded again. It takes about 1 hour to leave Xiangyang to Wuhan, , Shiyan , Nanyang, 2 hours to Xi'an, Zhengzhou, Changsha, and 4 hours to Nanjing, Shanghai, Beijing, and Chongqing, basically forming the "124 travel transportation circle".
From the first railway to the first high-speed railway, and then to the formation of a rice-shaped transportation network, Xiangyang Railway has developed rapidly in recent years. According to public data from the Xiangyang Municipal Transportation Bureau, in 2015, the operating mileage of Xiangyang Railway (excluding dedicated lines) was 330 kilometers, of which the operating mileage of high-speed railway was 0 kilometers. By 2020, the operating mileage of Xiangyang Railway (excluding dedicated lines) will be 663 kilometers. Among them, the operating mileage of high-speed railways is 219 kilometers, accounting for more than one-eighth of the province, and the railway network density reaches 3.3 kilometers per 100 square kilometers.
train crew performs dances for passengers on the G6791 train. He Ruimin Photo by
Relevant person in charge of the Xiangyang Development and Reform Commission of Xiangyang City, introduced that in the next five years, with the completion of the Xiangyang-Jingmen section of the Hunan High-speed Railway and the Shiyan-Xi'an section of the Wuxi High-speed Railway, Xiangyang will form a railway transportation network with Zhengzhou-Yuan High-speed Railway, Jiaoliu Railway, Haoji Railway , Xiangchang High-speed Railway as the "four verticals", and Hanshi High-speed Railway, Handan Railway , Xiangyu Railway as the "three horizontals". Xiangyang will all connect high-speed railways with Wuhan, Zhengzhou, Xi'an, Chongqing, Changsha and other provinces and surrounding provincial capitals. A multi-directional radiological high-speed railway network that goes north, south, east and west is being formed. (End)
