High-speed route
Beijing–Tianjin Intercity
Beijing → Tianjin · China
China’s first high-speed line, opened for the 2008 Olympics: 350 km/h across the North China Plain, capital to port city in half an hour.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 6148942 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: 97.9% of this line lies within 250 m of real track (median 5 m); the longest stretch away from it is 2.5 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
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Beijing–Tianjin Intercity?
The Beijing–Tianjin Intercity runs 120 km from Beijing to Tianjin.
How long does the Beijing–Tianjin Intercity take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 30 min for the 120 km. That is an average of 240 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 350 km/h.
Who runs the Beijing–Tianjin Intercity?
China Railway, with CR400AF Fuxing.
How old is the Beijing–Tianjin Intercity?
The line has been in service since 2008. 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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