On May 5, an official railway office announced that a new railway would be built from Shanghai to Huzhou via Suzhou, called Shanghai-Suzhou-Huzhou High-speed Railway.

Shanghai-Suzhou-Huzhou High-speed Railway starts from Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station, passes through Suzhou, Jiangsu, and ends in Huzhou, Zhejiang, spanning about 163.8 kilometers with the designed speed of 350 kilometers per hour.

The railway will be connected to Huzhou-Hangzhou High-speed Railway, which means that passengers could take a high-speed train at Hangzhouxi Railway Station to Suzhou and Shanghai.