Zhangjiakou Huzhou high speed railway has been put into operation

China News Agency, Hohhot, Dec. 30 (reporter Li Aiping) at 10:35 on the 30th, g2410 Renaissance train left Hohhot east station. This marks the opening of Inner Mongolia's first high-speed railway to Beijing. So far, the fastest running time from Hohhot to Beijing has been reduced from 9 hours and 15 minutes to 2 hours and 9 minutes. On the same day of

, Zhangjiakou Hohhot high speed railway (hereinafter referred to as Zhangjiakou Hohhot high speed railway) was put into operation. Together with Beijing Zhangjiakou high speed railway, it formed a fast passenger transport channel between Hohhot and Beijing.

China Railway Hohhot Bureau Group Co., Ltd. announced that at the beginning of the opening and operation of Zhang Hu high speed railway, 15 pairs of Fuxing high speed railway trains will be launched in Hohhot and Baotou, and high speed railway trains will stop in Hohhot, Ulanqab, Xinghe north, zhuozidong, chasuqi, Salaqi, Baotou East and other stations in Inner Mongolia. At that time, from 7:00 to 21:00 every day, there will be high-speed trains to Beijing at Hohhot east railway station to realize the public transportation.

Zhangjiakou high speed railway is an important part of Beijing Lanzhou channel of "eight vertical and eight horizontal" high speed railway network in China's medium and long term railway network planning, with a total length of 287 kilometers and a design speed of 250 kilometers per hour. It starts from Zhangjiakou station in Hebei Province in the East, and has 6 stations in Huaian, Xinghe north, Wulanchabu, Zhuozi East, Yingnan and Hohhot East. Among them, the Wulanchabu Hohhot east section of Zhang Hu high speed railway has been put into operation in August 2017.

Railway Department said that the opening and operation of the whole line of Zhangjiakou Huzhou high speed railway and Beijing Zhangjiakou high speed railway will shorten the space-time distance between the central and western regions of Inner Mongolia and the capital Beijing, promote the economic contact, cultural exchange and personnel exchanges between Inner Mongolia and Beijing Tianjin Hebei region, improve people's travel experience, and promote the development of ethnic minority areas and the coordinated development of regional economy and society, Of great significance. (end)