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18 published journeys
Read the China by train guide →These journeys, grouped and explained.
Yunnan to the Mekong on a brand-new cross-border railway
9h 34m · China State Railway Group (China Railway)
Photo: Julia Denton-Barker · CC BY-SA 2.0
The longest run in China: 4,372 km and two nights to Tibet
45h 03m · China State Railway Group (China Railway)
AI-generated editorial illustration by Rail Atlas
A suburban train to the Great Wall, through the spring blossom
1h 30m · China State Railway Group (China Railway)
Photo: N509FZ · CC BY-SA 4.0
Into the north-east, on a line built for deep winter
4h 52m · China State Railway Group (China Railway)
AI-generated editorial illustration by Rail Atlas
Two nights from the capital to the Tibetan plateau
39h 58m · China State Railway Group (China Railway)
Photo: xue siyang (df45086) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Two imperial capitals, joined at 300 km/h
4h 19m · China State Railway Group (China Railway)
AI-generated editorial illustration by Rail Atlas
Sichuan to Yunnan across the mountains of the south-west
7h 30m · China State Railway Group (China Railway)
Photo: 来斤小仓鼠吧 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Mainland high-speed rail into central Kowloon
47m · China State Railway Group (China Railway)
Photo: 20001 · CC BY 4.0
Karst country between Guizhou and the delta
4h · China State Railway Group (China Railway)
AI-generated editorial illustration by Rail Atlas
Across the Yunnan plateau to Erhai lake
1h 48m · China State Railway Group (China Railway)
Photo: SS3-8057 · CC BY 4.0
High-speed rail along the Hexi Corridor
11h 30m · China State Railway Group (China Railway)
Photo: Liuxingy · CC BY-SA 4.0
The easiest day trip on the Chinese network
45m · China State Railway Group (China Railway)
AI-generated editorial illustration by Rail Atlas