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The opening of the short-lived Woosung Road, the first railway in China, between Shanghai and Wusong in 1876. The first recorded railway track to be laid in China was a 600-metre (1,969 ft) long miniature gauge demonstration line that a British merchant assembled outside the Xuanwumen city gate at Beijing in 1865 to demonstrate rail technology. [14]
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 ...
Passenger rail transport is one of the principal means of transport in the People's Republic of China, with rail passenger traffic exceeding 1.86 billion railway trips in 2011. [1] It is operated by the China Railway Corporation (CR). The Spring Festival Travel Season is the peak railway travel season of the year.
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 ]
Individual China Rail Passenger routes displayed in Google Maps with timetable (Chinese and English) Railway map of China (1). Showing double track lines, electrified lines and planned lines in detail around year 2001. Railway map of China (2). Showing railway network in 1990s. Railway map of China (3). Showing railway network in 1980s.
Map showing projected high-speed rail network in China by 2020 and the travel time by rail from Beijing to each of the provincial capitals. China's high-speed railway network is by far the longest in the world. The HSR network reached 45,000 km (28,000 mi) in total length by end of 2023 with plans to reach 70,000 km (43,000 mi) in 2035. [184]
The CR450BF Fuxing (Chinese: 复兴号; pinyin: Fùxīng Hào) is a Chinese electric high-speed train manufactured by CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles. As part of the China Standardized EMU, the CR450BF is designed to operate at speed of 400 km/h (250 mph) and a maximum test speed of 450km/h.
Railway equipment manufacturers in China were free to choose foreign partners, but foreign firms must pre-bid and sign the technology transfer agreement with China's domestic manufacturers, so the Chinese rolling stock manufacturers could comprehensively and systematically learn advanced foreign technology. [115]