7月1日7時(shí)30分,滬漢蓉快速大通道的重要組成部分———漢宜鐵路開(kāi)通運(yùn)營(yíng)暨動(dòng)車(chē)組列車(chē)首發(fā)儀式在湖北宜昌舉行。 漢宜鐵路東起漢口站,終到宜昌東站,穿越漢川、天門(mén)、仙桃、潛江、荊州、枝江等地市,正線(xiàn)全長(zhǎng)293.1公里,設(shè)計(jì)時(shí)速200公里,為國(guó)家Ⅰ級(jí)雙線(xiàn)電氣化鐵路。漢宜鐵路橫貫經(jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)達(dá)、人口稠密的江漢平原,沿線(xiàn)旅游、礦產(chǎn)等資源十分豐富。開(kāi)通運(yùn)營(yíng)后,武漢每天將有20對(duì)動(dòng)車(chē)組列車(chē)往來(lái)宜昌,每天最早開(kāi)車(chē)時(shí)間為6時(shí)15分,最晚開(kāi)車(chē)時(shí)間為21時(shí)45分。其中漢口站到宜昌東站最快運(yùn)行時(shí)間由4個(gè)多小時(shí)縮短至99分鐘。
At 7:30 on July 1, the opening ceremony of Han-Yi Railway, an important part of Shanghai-Wuhan-Chengdu Expressway channel, was held in Yichang. Han-Yi Railway is east from Hankou Railway Station, end to Yichang East Railway Station, manily across the economically developed and densely populated Plain. Along the line, the tourism and mineral resources are very rich. After the opening, there are 20 pairs of CRH trains traveling between Wuhan and Yichang every day, from 6:15 am to 9:45 pm.