Beijing to Harbin High-Speed Railway
Into the north-east, on a line built for deep winter
4h 52m
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Train journeys by China Railway
High-speed corridors and long-distance routes across China.
14 published journeys
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China Railway operates the world's largest high-speed network alongside long-distance conventional services that still cross deserts and plateaus over two nights. These are the published China Railway route experiences.
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Beijing to Lhasa by train
Two nights from the capital to the Tibetan plateau
39h 58m
Photo: xue siyang (df45086) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Beijing to Xi'an High-Speed Railway
Two imperial capitals, joined at 300 km/h
4h 19m
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Beijing to Harbin High-Speed Railway
Into the north-east, on a line built for deep winter
4h 52m
AI-generated editorial illustration by Rail Atlas
Beijing to Lhasa by train
Two nights from the capital to the Tibetan plateau
39h 58m
Photo: xue siyang (df45086) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Beijing to Xi'an High-Speed Railway
Two imperial capitals, joined at 300 km/h
4h 19m
AI-generated editorial illustration by Rail Atlas
Beijing–Guangzhou High-Speed Railway
North China to the Pearl River Delta, all of it at 350 km/h
7h 48m
Photo: N509FZ · CC BY-SA 4.0
Beijing–Shanghai High-Speed Railway
1,318 km between China's two great cities at 350 km/h
4h 18m
Photo: MNXANL / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Chengdu to Kunming High-Speed Railway
Sichuan to Yunnan across the mountains of the south-west
7h 30m
Photo: 来斤小仓鼠吧 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Chengdu–Chongqing High-Speed Railway
308 km across the Sichuan basin in about an hour
1h
Photo: Dingli35 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Guangzhou South to Hong Kong West Kowloon
Mainland high-speed rail into central Kowloon
47m
Photo: 20001 · CC BY 4.0
Guiyang to Guangzhou High-Speed Railway
Karst country between Guizhou and the delta
4h
AI-generated editorial illustration by Rail Atlas
Kunming to Dali Railway
Across the Yunnan plateau to Erhai lake
1h 48m
Photo: SS3-8057 · CC BY 4.0
Lanzhou to Urumqi High-Speed Railway
High-speed rail along the Hexi Corridor
11h 30m
Photo: Liuxingy · CC BY-SA 4.0
Shanghai to Hangzhou High-Speed Railway
The easiest day trip on the Chinese network
45m
AI-generated editorial illustration by Rail Atlas
Xi'an to Chengdu High-Speed Railway
Through the Qinling mountains, mostly in tunnel
4h 07m
AI-generated editorial illustration by Rail Atlas
Xining to Lhasa: the Qinghai–Tibet Railway
The highest railway in the world, across the Tibetan plateau
20h 26m
Photo: Windmemories / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0