High-speed route
Beijing–Zhangjiakou HSR
Beijing → Zhangjiakou · China
The world’s first autonomous 350 km/h railway, built for the 2022 Winter Games above Zhan Tianyou’s 1909 line: one station lies 102 m beneath the Great Wall.
How this line was checked
- The 174 km this route shares with OpenStreetMap relation 11597839 is drawn from that relation's own nodes, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: 97.2% of this line lies within 250 m of real track (median 3 m); the longest stretch away from it is 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–Zhangjiakou HSR?
The Beijing–Zhangjiakou HSR runs 174 km from Beijing to Zhangjiakou.
How long does the Beijing–Zhangjiakou HSR take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 47 min for the 174 km. That is an average of 222 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 350 km/h.
Who runs the Beijing–Zhangjiakou HSR?
China Railway Beijing Group, with CR400BF-C smart Fuxing.
How old is the Beijing–Zhangjiakou HSR?
The line has been in service since 2019. 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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