China’s high speed railway network is already the largest worldwide, and it will continue to grow. Presently, the “big three” cities — Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou — all have at least two major high speed railway lines.
▶ See also: National 4×4 Key HSR Routes
The current network consists of the following:
Intraregional Beijing / Tianjin / Hebei
- Beijing-Tianjin Intercity Railway
- Tianjin-Qinhuangdao High Speed Railway
Interregional from Beijing
- Beijing-Shanghai High Speed Railway
- Beijing-Hong Kong High Speed Railway (Mainland stretch, Beijing-Shenzhen)
Intraregional Shanghai / Nanjing / Hangzhou
- Shanghai-Hangzhou High Speed Railway
- Nanjing-Shanghai Intercity High Speed Railway
- Nanjing-Hangzhou High Speed Railway
Interregional from Shanghai
- Shanghai-Wuhan-Chengdu Express Railway
- Shanghai-Kunming High Speed Railway (Shanghai – Huaihua section open)
Intraregional Guangzhou / Shenzhen / Hong Kong / Macao
- Guangzhou-Shenzhen Railway
- Guangzhou-Zhuhai Intercity Railway
Interregional from Guangzhou
- Beijing-Hong Kong High Speed Railway (Mainland stretch, Beijing-Shenzhen)
- Southeastern Coastal High Speed Railway
Intraregional Rest of China
- Harbin-Dalian High Speed Railway
- Hefei-Bengbu High Speed Railway
- Taiyuan-Shijiazhuang and Ji’nan-Qingdao High Speed Railways
- Zhengzhou-Xi’an High Speed Railway
