High-speed route
Hainan Ring HSR
Haikou → Sanya · China
Hainan Ring HSR in pictures
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- Distance
- 653 km
- Fastest time
- ≈ 4 h 30 min
- Average speed
- 145 km/h
- Top speed
- 250 km/h
- Operator
- China Railway Guangzhou Group
- Train
- CR300AF Fuxing
- Countries
- China
- In service since
- 2015
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
The world’s only circular high-speed railway: 653 km looping a tropical island past surf beaches, rocket launch pads and coconut groves.
How this line was checked
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: 99.5% of this line lies within 250 m of real track (median 3 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
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