High-speed route
Fuzhou–Xiamen HSR
Fuzhou → Xiamen · China
China’s first 350 km/h cross-sea railway, vaulting three bays on the Taiwan Strait coast to link Fuzhou and Xiamen in 55 minutes.
How this line was checked
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: 91.5% of this line lies within 250 m of real track (median 7 m); the longest stretch away from it is 6.5 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
Questions and answers
How long is the Fuzhou–Xiamen HSR?
The Fuzhou–Xiamen HSR runs 277 km from Fuzhou to Xiamen.
How long does the Fuzhou–Xiamen HSR take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 55 min for the 277 km. That is an average of 302 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 350 km/h.
Who runs the Fuzhou–Xiamen HSR?
China Railway, with CR400AF Fuxing.
How old is the Fuzhou–Xiamen HSR?
The line has been in service since 2023. 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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