The Shanghai–Zhengzhou high-speed train () are high-speed train services between Shanghai and Zhengzhou, the capital of Henan Province. Trains are operated by CR Shanghai and CR Zhengzhou.
History
The CRH services between Shanghai and Zhengzhou started on 10 September 2007, when the D-series trains commenced operations between the two cities on Beijing–Shanghai railway (later Beijing–Shanghai HSR) and Longhai railway.
The high-speed train services (G-series trains) between Shanghai and Zhengzhou was commenced on 10 September 2016, with the inauguration of the Zhengzhou–Xuzhou HSR (part of Xuzhou–Lanzhou HSR). On the same day, the D-series trains stopped services.
Operations The G368/369 and G1814/1815 trains offer faster services with only two intermediate stops ( and ) from to , and are called as "benchmark trains" (). The travelling time of the trains is less than four hours (3h 57m-3h 59m). Other trains are services with more stops and longer travelling time.
According to the train numbering rules of China Railway, odd numbers are for south or west bound trains and even numbers are for north or east bound trains. The trains from Shanghai to Zhengzhou travel northbound on Beijing–Shanghai HSR and westbound on Xuzhou–Lanzhou HSR, and the trains from Zhengzhou to Shanghai travel eastbound on Xuzhou–Lanzhou HSR and southbound on Beijing–Shanghai HSR. Therefore, all the train services on this route have 2 train numbers for the same service.
Some CR Zhengzhou operated trains between Shanghai and Zhengzhou have their termini extended from to stations of some other cities in Henan, such as (G1810/1811), (G1812/1809 and G1822/1823), (G1816/1813), and (G1808/1805).
● : stop at the station ↓: pass the station —: out of service range : Benchmark train
Shanghai → Zhengzhou Via Xuzhou East Stops G1802/1803 G1806/1807 G1814/1815 G1818/1819 G368/369●●●●●↓●↓●↓●↓↓↓↓●●↓↓↓↓●↓●↓●↓↓↓↓↓↓↓●↓●●●●●●↓↓↓↓↓●↓●↓●↓↓↓↓●●●●●●↓↓↓↓●●↓●↓●↓↓●↓●↓↓↓↓↓●↓●↓●↓↓↓↓●●●●● Via Hefei G1826/1827: via Suzhou North, Wuxi East, Changzhou North, Nanjing South, , Fuyang West and Zhoukou East Zhengzhou → Shanghai Via Xuzhou East Stops G370/367 G1820/1817 G1828/1825●——●●●↓●●↓↓↓↓↓↓●●●↓↓●↓●↓↓↓↓●●●↓●●↓↓↓↓●↓●●●↓↓●↓●↓↓↓●↓●↓↓↓●●●● Via Hefei G1804/1801: Zhoukou East, Jieshou South, Fuyang West, Yingshang North, Huainan South, Hefei, Nanjing South, Zhenjiang South, Suzhou North Rolling stocks
The services are operated by CRH380B or CRH380BL trainsets.
Other services The services between Shanghai and Xi'an (G359-362, G1911-1918 and G1920-1942), Lanzhou (G1972/1969 and G1970/1971), Chongqing (G1974/1975 and G1976/1973), and between Zhengzhou and Ningbo (G1866/1867 and G1868/1865) also provide services between Shanghai and Zhengzhou.
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