It is the first line to provide "high speed" commuter rail services, with trains travelling up to 160 km/h (99 mph), compared to 30–70 km/h (19–43 mph) for regular metro service,[2] shortening the 56.4 km (35.0 mi) between Jinshan and downtown to 32 minutes travel time for express trains which make no stops, and 60 minutes for other trains, which stop at all stations on the line. The Shanghai-Jinshan line is the first local rail system that supports the public transportation card.
At first, the daily passenger flow was just 13,000 people a day, in 2019 has increased to 33,000. More than 60 million people have traveled on the line in the first seven years of operation.
In February 2021, it was stated that a project to increase the capacity of the line would start before the end of the year, and the possibility of services running to Shanghai Hongqiao railway station was being explored.[4]
There are also plans to extend the line west to Haiyan County via Pinghu.[5]
The Jinshan-Pinghu municipal railway is a commuter-oriented, public-transit railway that uses national trunk lines, national-Shanghai joint-venture railway trunks, and municipal railways to share resources. It plans to maintain the technical standards, transportation organization, and operation management model of Jinshan Railway. The construction length of the line is 50.51 kilometres (31.39 mi), including 9.7 kilometres (6.0 mi) in Jinshan section, 24.32 kilometres (15.11 mi) in Pinghu section, 4.7 kilometres (2.9 mi) in Jiaxing Port section, and 11.79 kilometres (7.33 mi) in Haiyan section. The total investment of the project is estimated to be about 17.089 billion yuan. There are 8 stations, including 1 connection station. (Jinshanwei), 6 new stations (Dushan Port East, Dushan Port West, Zhapu, Pinghu, Haiyan Development Zone, Haiyan East), 1 reserved station (Lindai), with an average station spacing of 8.4 km (5.2 mi), the highest design The speed is 160 km/h (99 mph). Including the renovation project of Jinshanwei railway station, and 1 EMU.[6]
It is expected that the project can be completed from the end of 2023 to the first half of 2024.[7] After the expansion project is completed, Jinshan Railway will expand from the existing 37 pairs to about 60 pairs, which can be further enlarged according to demand.
Ticket prices range from 3 to 10 yuan. Passengers can swipe the Shanghai transportation card or use the QR code to pass through the ticket gates. Additionally, blue magnetic single-ride paper tickets can be purchased at dedicated Jinshan Railway vending machines using WeChat Pay or Alipay. Passengers do not need ID to buy tickets for this line.
3 CRH2A EMU trains (are also used on other long-distance lines)
2 CRH6A EMU trains (dedicated trains for Jinshan)
4 CRH6F EMU trains (dedicated trains for Jinshan); trains with a larger passenger capacity of 1,950. Started operating from 13 December 2019. The previous model could only take about 600 passengers.[8]
^"超170亿元 金山至平湖市域铁路工程招标公告发布" [More than 17 billion yuan Jinshan to Pinghu City Railway Project tender announcement issued]. 搜狐 (in Chinese). 27 March 2021. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
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