Hangzhou is an important communication pivot in southeastern China with railroad, highway, airway and waterway constituting a complete modernized communication network. The newly opened Hangzhou Railroad Station is the most advanced rail station in the eastern part of China. Shanghai-Hangzhou railroad, Zhejiang-Jiangxi railroad, Hangzhou-Ningbo railroad, Xuancheng-Hangzhou railroad join in Hangzhou, linking the national railroad network.
Shanghai-Hangzhou railroad, Zhejiang-Jiangxi railroad, Hangzhou-Ningbo railroad are multitrack railroads. In 1996, rail speed on the multitrack was lifted from 35 miles ( 56 km ) to 60 miles ( 100 km ). According deluxe tourist trains have been put into operation making the original Shanghai-Hangzhou 6 hour trip as short as two hours. From Hangzhou, there is daily Direct Express Tour trains to Nanjing (No KC1/2), to Shanghai (No K3), to Wuxi (Y204).