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Rail transport. Rail transport is an important mode of long-distance transportation in China. As of 2024, the country had more than 159,000 km (98,798 mi) [6] [a] [7] of railways, the second longest network in the world. [2] [8] By the end of 2023, China had more than 45,000 kilometres (27,962 miles) of high-speed rail (HSR), the longest HSR ...
The high-speed rail (HSR) network in the People's Republic of China (PRC) is the world's longest and most extensively used – with a total length of 45,000 kilometres (28,000 mi) by the end of 2023. [1] [2] [3] The HSR network encompasses newly built rail lines with a design speed of 200–380 km/h (120–240 mph). [4]
China Railway High-speed ( CRH) is a high-speed rail service operated by China Railway . The introduction of CRH series was a major part of the sixth national railway speedup, implemented on April 18, 2007. [1] By the end of 2020, China Railway High-speed provided service to all provinces in China, and operated just under 38,000 km (24,000 mi ...
Current railway network in China, including HSR lines. Rail is the major mode of transport in China. In 2019, railways in China delivered 3.660 billion passenger trips, generating 1,470.66 billion passenger-kilometres and carried 4.389 billion tonnes of freight, generating 3,018 billion cargo tonne-kilometres; both traffic volumes are among the highest in the world.
The first railways in China were built during the Qing dynasty in the late 19th century, after extensive railway networks were already in place in Europe, North America, India and Japan. [2] The late arrival of railways in China was due both to the lack of industrialization and skeptical attitude of the Qing government. [2]
Projected HSR network in China by 2020 and travel time by rail from Beijing to provincial capitals. China's high-speed railway network is by far the longest in the world.As of December 2022, it extends to 31 of the country's 33 provincial-level administrative divisions and exceeds 40,000 km (25,000 mi) in total length, accounting for about two-thirds of the world's high-speed rail tracks in ...
The Beijing–Shanghai high-speed railway (or Jinghu high-speed railway, from its name in Mandarin) is a high-speed railway that connects two major economic zones in the People's Republic of China: the Bohai Economic Rim and the Yangtze River Delta. [3] Construction began on April 18, 2008, [4] with the line opened to the public for commercial ...
Hanyu Pinyin. Guó Tiě Jítuán. China State Railway Group Co., Ltd., doing business as China Railway ( CR ), is the national passenger and freight railroad corporation of the People's Republic of China. [2] China Railway operates passenger and freight transport throughout China with 18 regional subsidiaries. [3]