On September 28, 2022, the commencement ceremony of the Zhejiang section of the Huping-Yanzhou Intercity Railway (Jinshan-Pinghu Municipal Railway) was held in the Dushan Port Economic Development Zone of Pinghu, Jiaxing, marking the first inter-provincial (city) express urban railway in the Yangtze River Delta region Construction. It is reported that this is another new progress in the construction of the interconnected rail network in the Yangtze River Delta in 2022 after the construction of the Shanghai-Sujia Intercity Railway.

Zhejiang Section of Huping-Yancheng Intercity Railway

The Zhejiang section of the Huping-Yancheng Intercity Railway starts from Dushan Port in Pinghu, Zhejiang (at the junction of the provincial border), passes through Jiaxing Port Area and Pinghu City, and ends in Haiyan County. The design speed is 160 kilometers per hour and the construction period is 48 months. The Zhejiang Provincial Communications Group will lead the investment and construction of Pinghu City, Haiyan County and Jiaxing Port District. Among them, the underground section is 1.9 kilometers long, and the elevated and ground sections are 39.7 kilometers long. There will be 7 stations including Dushan Port East Station, Dushan Port West Station, Zhapu Station, Lindai Station (reserved), Pinghu South Station, Haiyan Development Zone Station, and Haiyan East Station; Reservation of train conditions.

After the completion of the Jinshan-Pinghu urban railway, it will end the history of inaccessible railways in Pinghu, Haiyan and Jiaxing port areas, and realize a seamless one-hour connection between the three places and the main urban area of Shanghai. At the same time, the Jinshan-Pinghu Municipal Railway is an important transportation corridor connecting the southward expansion belt of the Hongqiao International Open Hub. It is of great significance and role to improve the regional traffic pattern, promote the rapid development of tourism, create a coastal tourism style belt, and improve the quality of urban travel.

As a major landmark project of interconnection in the Yangtze River Delta region, the Huping-Yan Intercity Railway Project is invested and constructed in the PPP mode, and the project company is Zhejiang Huping-Yan Railway Co., Ltd. The company is jointly funded and established by the Zhejiang Provincial Communications Group, the Zhejiang Provincial Rail Construction Group Consortium and the government-funded representatives authorized by the Pinghu Municipal People's Government, the Haiyan County People's Government, and the Jiaxing Port Development and Construction Management Committee. In July 2022, the consortium of Zhejiang Provincial Communications Group and Zhejiang Provincial Rail Construction Group has formally signed the PPP project contract and project investment agreement of the Zhejiang section of the Huping-Yanzhou Intercity Railway with the implementing agency.

In recent years, as the main platform for provincial comprehensive transportation investment and financing and the main force in comprehensive transportation construction, Zhejiang Provincial Transportation Group has effectively played a good role in the demonstration of provincial state-owned capital in major strategies such as serving the integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta and building a strong transportation province. Guiding role, vigorously innovating the mode of transportation investment and financing, and actively seized market-oriented transportation projects, which effectively promoted the construction of the Zhejiang section of the Huping-Yancheng Intercity Railway. Railway PPP project. In the next step, all parties involved in the project will accelerate the construction of the PPP project of the Zhejiang section of the Huping-Yancheng Intercity Railway, complete the project investment and construction tasks with high quality, high level and high standards, promote the early realization of the railway dream of Pinghu, and contribute to the integrated development and development of the Yangtze River Delta. The high-level transportation province has made positive contributions to create high-quality projects, high-quality projects and century-old projects that satisfy the local people. Editor/He Yuting