Shanghai–Hangzhou railway

The Shanghai–Hangzhou railway, also known as the Huhang railway (simplified Chinese: 沪杭铁路; traditional Chinese: 滬杭鐵路; pinyin: hùháng tiělù), is a double-track railroad in eastern China between Shanghai and Hangzhou in Zhejiang Province.

In 1898, the Qing government of China granted to Britain a concession to build a railway between Shanghai and Hangzhou.

[1] Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces received approval to build the Shanghai–Hangzhou railway and raised 4.84 and 3.88 million silver dollars, respectively, for the project through chartered companies.

[1] During World War II, the line was bombed and rebuilt by the Japanese occupying forces.

[1] In the Chinese Civil War, Nationalist forces destroyed 16 bridges on the line to stall the Communist advance on Shanghai in the spring of 1949.