High-speed route
Jingguang High-Speed
Beijing → Guangzhou · China
When it opened in 2012 it was the longest high-speed line in the world: 2,230 km from the Yellow River plain to the Pearl River Delta.
How this line was checked
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: 86.6% of this line lies within 250 m of real track (median 6 m); the longest stretch away from it is 23 km
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: China Railway 12306 — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
Questions and answers
How long is the Jingguang High-Speed?
The Jingguang High-Speed runs 2,230 km from Beijing to Guangzhou.
How long does the Jingguang High-Speed take?
The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 8 h for the 2,230 km. That is an average of 279 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 350 km/h.
Who runs the Jingguang High-Speed?
China Railway, with CR400 Fuxing.
How old is the Jingguang High-Speed?
The line has been in service since 2012. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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