High Speed Railway Lines

Chances are, especially in the eastern half of China, your place is easily accessible by high speed rail. China’s high speed railway network is a 10,000+ km meganetwork. Here’s a look at the main lines.
(Note: Termini are indicated in BOLD CAPITALS; regional centres, stations with major connections or provincial capitals are in bold.)

Information about lines opened since summer 2013 will be progressively put online.

BEIJING–TIANJIN INTERCITY RAILWAY (京津城际铁路)

  • Maximum speed: 350 km/h (temporary speed limit: 300 km/h)
  • Shortest full-length travel time: 33 minutes (Beijing South–Tianjin)
  • Termini: Beijing South and Tianjin; some trains will extend services to Tanggu
  • BEIJING SOUTH – Wuqing – TIANJIN* / TIANJIN WEST** (– TANGGU)

Notes:

  • * Tianjin is the terminus for Trains C2001–C2268. Some trains to or from Tanggu will not stop at Tianjin.
  • ** Tianjin West is the terminus for Trains C2601–C2698. There is no service on these trains to the main Tianjin station.

BEIJING–SHANGHAI HIGH SPEED RAILWAY (京沪高速铁路)

  • Maximum speed: 380 km/h (temporary speed limit: 313 km/h)
  • Shortest full-length travel time: 4 hours 48 minutes (Beijing South–Shanghai Hongqiao)
  • Termini: Beijing South, Shanghai Hongqiao; some trains also end in, or start from, Tianjin West, Ji’nan West, Qingdao, Xuzhou East, Hefei, Nanjing South and Hangzhou
  • BEIJING SOUTH – Langfang – Tianjin West* / Tianjin South* – Cangzhou West – Dezhou East – Ji’nan West**/Ji’nan** – Taian – Qufu East – Tengzhou East – Zaozhuang – Xuzhou East – Suzhou East^ – Bengbu South*** – Dingyuan – Chuzhou – Nanjing South – Zhenjiang South – Danyang North – Changzhou North – Wuxi East – Suzhou North^ – Kunshan South – SHANGHAI HONGQIAO

Notes:

  • Some trains will run to or from Hefei; these trains will not stop at Nanjing, Shanghai, or Hangzhou.
  • * Trains from or to Beijing will stop at Tianjin South. Trains starting or ending in Tianjin will stop at Tianjin West.
  • ** Trains to or from Qingdao will stop at Ji’nan; all other trains will stop at Ji’nan West. If you are headed to Ji’nan from Beijing or Tianjin, central Ji’nan is much closer at the main Ji’nan station.
  • *** Trains to Hefei will skip Nanjing and head straight south after Bengbu South.
  • ^ Suzhou East (宿州东) and Suzhou North (苏州北) are two stations in vastly different places. Do not confuse the two!

BEIJING-HONG KONG HIGH SPEED RAILWAY (京港高速铁路)
(Mainland stretch: Beijing West – Shenzhen North)

  • Maximum speed: 350 km/h (temporary speed limit: 300 km/h)
  • Shortest full-length travel time: 7 hours 59 minutes (Beijing West – Guangzhou South)
  • Termini: Beijing West and Shenzhen North (temporary terminus)
  • BEIJING WEST – Zhuozhou East – Gaobeidian East – Baoding East – Dingzhou East – Zhengding Airport – Shijiazhuang – Gaoyi West – Xingtai East – Handan East – Anyang East – Hebi East – Xinxiang East – Zhengzhou East – Xuchang East – Luohe West – Zhumadian West – Minggang East – Xinyang East – Xiaogan North – Wuhan – Xianning North – Chibi North – Yueyang East – Miluo East – Changsha South – Zhuzhou West – Hengshan West – Hengyang East – Leiyang West – Chenzhou West – Shaoguan – Yingde West – Qingyuan – Guangzhou North – Guangzhou South – Qingsheng – Humen – Guangmingcheng – SHENZHEN NORTH – Shenzhen Futian – WEST KOWLOON

HARBIN-DALIAN HIGH SPEED RAILWAY (哈大高速铁路)
(Part of this line forms part of the Beijing–Harbin High Speed Railway)

  • Maximum speed: 350 km/h (temporary speed limit: 300 km/h, 200 km/h in Dec and Jan-Mar)
  • Shortest full-length travel time: —
  • Termini: Harbin West and Dalian
  • HARBIN WEST – Shuangcheng North – Fuyu North – Dehui West – Changchun* / Changchun West* – Gongzhuling South – Siping East – Changtu West – Kaiyuan West – Tieling North – Shenyang North – Shenyang – Liaoyang – Anshan West – Haicheng West – Yingkou East – Gaizhou West – Bayuquan – Wafangdian West – Puwan – Dalian North – DALIAN

Notes:
* Trains stopping at Changchun will not stop at Changchun West, and vice versa.

HANGZHOU-NINGBO HIGH SPEED RAILWAY (杭甬高速铁路)
(Part of the Shanghai–Shenzhen Coastal High Speed Railway)

  • Maximum speed: 350 km/h (temporary speed limit: 300 km/h)
  • Shortest full-length travel time: —
  • Termini: Hangzhou East and Ningbo East
  • HANGZHOU EAST – Hangzhou South – Shaoxing North – Shangyu North – Yuyao North – Zhuangqiao – NINGBO EAST

HANKOU–YICHANG RAILWAY (汉宜铁路)

  • Maximum speed: 200 km/h
  • Shortest full-length travel time: —
  • Termini: Hankou and Yichang East
  • HANKOU – Hanchuan – Tianmen South – Xiantao West – Qianjiang – Jingzhou – Jijiang North – YICHANG EAST

Note: Travel on this route should be done with caution as there has been faults with the line during its initial test period. Avoid the wet season if possible.

HEFEI-BENGBU HIGH SPEED RAILWAY (合蚌高速铁路)

  • Maximum speed: 350 km/h (temporary speed limit: 300 km/h)
  • Shortest full-length travel time: —
  • Termini: Hefei and Bengbu
  • HEFEI – Hefei Beicheng – Shuijiahu – Huai’nan East — BENGBU SOUTH

HEFEI-NANJING HIGH SPEED RAILWAY (合宁高速铁路)
(Part of the Shanghai–Wuhan–Chengdu High Speed Railway)

  • Maximum speed: 250 km/h (temporary speed limit: 200 km/h)
  • Shortest full-length travel time: < 1 hour
  • Termini: Hefei and Nanjing South
  • HEFEI – Feidong – Chaobei – Huang’an* – Quanjiao – NANJING SOUTH

Notes:

  • * Passengers will not be able to board or exit trains here, as this station is used to give way to faster trains only.

HEFEI-WUHAN HIGH SPEED RAILWAY (合武高速铁路)
(Part of the Shanghai–Wuhan–Chengdu High Speed Railway)

  • Maximum speed: 250 km/h (temporary speed limit: 200 km/h)
  • Shortest full-length travel time: approximately 2 hours (Xi’an North–Zhengzhou East)
  • Termini: Hefei and Hankou
  • HEFEI – Taohuadian – Hefei West – Chang’anji – Nanfenlu – Lu’an – Dushan – Jinzhai – Tiantangzhai – Dunyitang – Sanhe – Macheng North – Hong’an West – Hengdian East – HANKOU

NANJING-HANGZHOU HIGH SPEED RAILWAY (宁杭高速铁路)

  • Maximum speed: 350 km/h (temporary speed limit: 300 km/h)
  • Shortest full-length travel time: —
  • Termini: Nanjing South and Hangzhou East
  • NANJING SOUTH – Jiangning – Jurong West – Lishui – Wawushan – Liyang – Yixing – Changxing – Huzhou – Deqing – HANGZHOU EAST

QINGDAO-JI’NAN HIGH SPEED RAILWAY (胶济高速铁路)
(Part of the Qingdao–Taiyuan High Speed Railway)

  • Maximum speed: 250 km/h (temporary speed limit: 200 km/h)
  • Shortest full-length travel time: just under 3 hours (Qingdao – Ji’nan)
  • Termini: Qingdao and Ji’nan
  • QINGDAO / QINGDAO NORTH – Jiaozhou North – Gaomi – Changyi – Weifang – Changle – Qingzhoushi – Linzi – Zibo – Zhouzhuang East – Zhangqiu – Ji’nan East – JI’NAN (– Ji’nan West*)

Notes:

  • * Ji’nan West is not often regarded as a station being on this HSR line, but is frequently served by HSR trains to / from Qingdao.

SHANGHAI-HANGZHOU HIGH SPEED RAILWAY (沪杭高速铁路)
(Part of the Shanghai–Kunming High Speed Railway)

  • Maximum speed: 350 km/h (temporary speed limit: 300 km/h)
  • Shortest full-length travel time: —
  • Termini: Shanghai Hongqiao and Hangzhou / Hangzhou East
  • SHANGHAI HONGQIAO – Songjiang South – Jinshan North – Jiashan South – Jiaxing South – Tongxiang – Haining West – Yuhang – HANGZHOU* / HANGZHOU EAST*

Notes:

  • * Trains stopping at Hangzhou will end at this station. Trains to Hangzhou East will either end here, or continue to / from Ningbo East or points beyond.

SHANGHAI-NANJING INTERCITY HIGH SPEED RAILWAY (沪宁城际高速铁路)
(Part of the Shanghai–Chengdu High Speed Railway)

  • Maximum speed: 300 km/h
  • Shortest full-length travel time: —
  • Termini: Shanghai / Shanghai Hongqiao and Nanjing
  • SHANGHAI* / SHANGHAI HONGQIAO** – Shanghai West* – Nanxiang North* – Anting North – Huaqiao – Kunshan South – Yangchenghu – Weiting West – Suzhou Industrial Park – Suzhou – Suzhou Industrial District – Wangting East – Wuxi New District – Wuxi – Huishan – Henglin – Qishuyan – Changzhou – Xinzha East – Benniu East – Lücheng – Lingkou – Danyang – Dantu – Zhenjiang – Gaozi South – Xiashu – Baohuashan – Qixia – Xianlin – NANJING

Notes:

  • * Trains leaving Shanghai pass through Shanghai West and Nanxiang North.
  • ** Trains leaving Shanghai Hongqiao will not pass through, or stop at, Shanghai, or Shanghai West or Nanxiang South, and vice versa.

SHIJIAZHUANG-TAIYUAN HIGH SPEED RAILWAY (石太高速铁路)
(Part of the Qingdao–Taiyuan High Speed Railway)

  • Maximum speed: 250 km/h (temporary speed limit: 200 km/h)
  • Shortest full-length travel time: —
  • Termini: Taiyuan and Shijiazhuang
  • TAIYUAN – Taiyuan East* – Donglingjing* – Yangquan North – Huailu* – SHIJIAZHUANG

Notes:

  • * Most CRH trains stop only at Taiyuan, Yangquan North, and Shijiazhuang.

ZHENGZHOU–XI’AN HIGH SPEED RAILWAY (郑西高速铁路)
(Part of the Xuzhou–Lanzhou–Ürumqi High Speed Railway)

  • Maximum speed: 350 km/h (temporary speed limit: 300 km/h)
  • Shortest full-length travel time: approximately 2 hours (Xi’an North–Zhengzhou East)
  • Termini: Zhengzhou / Zhengzhou East (temporary terminus) and Xi’an North (temporary terminus)
  • – Gongyi South – Luoyang Longmen – Mianchi South – Sanmenxia South – Lingbao West – Huashan North – Weinan North – XI’AN NORTH

Notes:

  • * Some trains are through services from Xi’an to southern China (Wuhan, Changsha, Guangzhou and Shenzhen) via Zhengzhou or Zhengzhou East.

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