I wrote about high speed rail network in Europe and North America late last year. And before that I wrote another article on high speed rail network in 2013.
In this post, let us take a look at the high speed rail and conventional network map in China:
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Source: China’s Army Hauls Ass on High-Speed Rail, Medium
A few interesting facts about high speed rail in China:
- China has the world’s largest high speed train network.
- In December, 2014 China opened 32 high speed train routes.
- The 1106-mile line between Shanghai and Guangzhou, near Hong Kong cut the travel time from 16 hours to just 6 hours and 51 minutes.
Source: China opens 32 high-speed rail routes in grand expansion, RT
- High-Speed Railway Map of China
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Source: China Railway Map, Travel China Guide
Updates:
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Source: Building for the Future: Infrastructure in Emerging Markets, Franklin Templeton Investments
China Hi-speed Railway Map 2016:
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Source: China Discovery
China Hi-speed Railway Map 2017:
Source: The Economist
Emerging High Speed Rail Hub Cities in China:
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Source: US Funds
Related Links:
- China Railway Map, Travel China Guide
- High-speed railways – Faster than a speeding bullet, The Economist
- HIGH SPEED RAIL AROUND THE WORLD, USHSR
- China to spend $438b on new rails over the next five years, Nov 27, 2015, The Guardian
- Cruising 200km/h on Xinjiang’s New High-Speed Train, Far West China
- China opens world’s longest high-speed railway line, Dec 26, 2012, The Guardian
- China’s ‘train hunter’ on a quest to chronicle its fast-expanding railway, Dec 25, 2015, The Guardian
- UPDATE: China Wants to Conduct the World’s High-Speed Rail Market, December 15, 2014. U.S. Funds
