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Moganshan news: transport

Trains to Deqing, the transfer centres, the private car rule and the last bus down. The changes that decide how a day on the mountain is shaped.

  1. Deqing line trains join Hangzhou Metro Line 10 in tests, but Deqing's stations stay shut

    From Saturday 7 November, the four car trains built for the Hangzhou to Deqing line carry passengers on Hangzhou Metro Line 10. Only the stretch already open is in service. No station in Deqing takes passengers yet, and there is still no opening date.

    For a visitor: Until an opening is announced, a visitor coming from Hangzhou still takes the high speed train from Hangzhou East to Deqing station; going out to the new stations on the metro gets you nowhere.

    • Weekly dispatch

      Moganshan dispatch, week 42

      Week 42, 2026

      The scenic area now has an approved plan with a legal ceiling on visits, but no quota or booking system yet. From 23 to 25 October the Skyrace fills Yucun, and the railway still has no opening date.

      For a visitor: Nothing changes when you reach the scenic area gate: the new ceiling of 24,000 visits a day has no quota or booking system behind it yet.

    • Weekly dispatch

      Moganshan dispatch, week 41

      Week 41, 2026

      The National Day holiday is over, and Saturday 10 October is a working day across China, so the first weekend after the holiday is a single Sunday. The next busy dates on the mountain are two race weekends, in late October and early November.

      For a visitor: Treat Saturday 10 October as a weekday and Sunday 11 October as the weekend, and if you want a quiet visit before winter, avoid 23 to 25 October and 7 to 8 November, the two race weekends.

    • Weekly dispatch

      Moganshan dispatch, week 40

      Week 40, 2026

      More than 12,000 guests stayed on Moganshan over Mid Autumn, and at least one hotel is booked out for the whole of National Day. Persimmon picking opens in a Moganshan village on 1 October.

      For a visitor: If you have no room booked for 1 to 7 October, look at the days after the holiday rather than hunting through it. The Hangzhou to Deqing railway still has no opening date, so nothing changes about how you get here this month.

    • Weekly dispatch

      Moganshan dispatch, week 39

      Week 39, 2026

      The Hangzhou to Deqing railway has its wayfinding signs up and its station shopping centre opening this week, but no published opening date. Two new places to stop have opened in a Moganshan village.

      For a visitor: Nothing this week changes a trip you have already booked. If you are planning National Day, no Golden Week programme for Moganshan has been published with a week to go, and the Hangzhou to Deqing railway still has no opening date, so plan on arriving at Deqing station exactly as you would have done in the spring.

    • The Hangzhou to Deqing rail line begins trial running, opening due by the end of 2026

      Trains started running without passengers on the Hangzhou to Deqing line on 2 September 2026. When it opens, due by the end of the year, it will run through onto Hangzhou Metro Line 10, and Deqing high speed rail station will be about 40 minutes from central Hangzhou with no change of train.

      For a visitor: Nothing changes for a trip this autumn. From the opening, a visitor in Hangzhou will reach Deqing station by metro, tap in and out, no ticket to book, and the last leg from the station to the mountain stays as it is.

      • A new high speed line opens, though not to your station

        The Shanghai to Suzhou to Huzhou high speed line opened on 26 December 2024 and puts Huzhou 55 minutes from Shanghai Hongqiao. It did not change the trip most Moganshan visitors take, which still runs to Deqing.

        For a visitor: Probably not your train. Book Deqing on the Nanjing to Hangzhou line, 63 to 80 minutes from Hongqiao; Huzhou station is farther from the mountain than Deqing is.