A new high-speed railway line connecting Shanghai to the cities of Suzhou and Huzhou in East China's Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces began trial operations on Saturday, marking a milestone in an infrastructure project set to further integrate the economically vital Yangtze River Delta region.

At 9:27 am, the first trial operation train, G55505, departed from Shanghai Hongqiao Station, running along the Shanghai-Suzhou-Huzhou high-speed rail line, and arrived at the destination Huzhou Station in Zhejiang at 10:10 am.

The 163-kilometer Shanghai-Suzhou-Huzhou high-speed rail line has a designed operating speed of 350 km/h. The entire line features eight stations, with two existing stations and six new ones.