7月1日7時30分,滬漢蓉快速大通道的重要組成部分———漢宜鐵路開通運(yùn)營暨動車組列車首發(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、仙桃、潛江、荊州、枝江等地市,正線全長293.1公里,設(shè)計時速200公里,為國家Ⅰ級雙線電氣化鐵路。漢宜鐵路橫貫經(jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)達(dá)、人口稠密的江漢平原,沿線旅游、礦產(chǎn)等資源十分豐富。開通運(yùn)營后,武漢每天將有20對動車組列車往來宜昌,每天最早開車時間為6時15分,最晚開車時間為21時45分。其中漢口站到宜昌東站最快運(yùn)行時間由4個多小時縮短至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.