Classic route
Lanzhou–Chongqing Railway
Lanzhou → Chongqing · China
Twenty years in the building through the folded Qinling ranges: hundreds of tunnels that finally gave Gansu a fast way down to the Yangtze.
- Distance
- 886 km
- Fastest time
- 6 h 30 min
- Average speed
- 136 km/h
- Top speed
- 200 km/h

Stations
- 4 kmLanzhou +1
- 10 kmLanzhoudong
- 24 kmLuotuoxiang
- 39 kmXiaguanying
- 53 kmWangjiawan
- 70 km新窑坡
Show 31 more stations
- 112 kmYangjiachuan
- 139 kmWeiyuan
- 182 kmZhangxian
- 221 kmMinxian
- 249 kmHadapu
- 288 km临江铺
- 330 kmYayuan
- 366 kmLongnanxi
- 378 km陇南
- 395 km桔柑
- 436 km枫相院
- 463 kmYaodu
- 498 kmYangmu
- 517 kmGuangyuan +1
- 561 kmTaigong
- 600 kmCangxi
- 624 kmLangzhong
- 646 kmNanbu
- 681 km龙桂
- 713 kmNanchongdong
- 726 km老君
- 738 kmXinglong
- 750 kmBeicheng
- 760 kmYuechi
- 776 km广安南
- 793 kmZhonghe
- 803 kmGaoxing
- 832 kmSanhuiba
- 843 km合川东
- 857 km磨心坡
- 861 kmShizishan
- 876 kmSanxikou
- 892 kmJingkou
- 896 kmGeleshan
- 906 kmShapingba +1
- 915 kmChongqing +1
The stations OpenStreetMap maps along this line, in order along the line as drawn here, with the distance along it. Not every train stops at every station. A +N after a station: N other routes on this map stop or end there, and the map draws it as a station where lines meet.
How this line was checked
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: 98% of this line lies within 250 m of real track (median 4 m); the longest stretch away from it is 4.5 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 Lanzhou–Chongqing Railway?
The Lanzhou–Chongqing Railway runs 886 km from Lanzhou to Chongqing.
How long does the Lanzhou–Chongqing Railway take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 6 h 30 min for the 886 km. That is an average of 136 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 200 km/h.
Who runs the Lanzhou–Chongqing Railway?
China Railway, with CR200J Fuxing & sleeper coaches.
How old is the Lanzhou–Chongqing Railway?
The line has been in service since 2017. 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.
More classic routes
- LNER Azuma
The Flying Scotsman’s route since 1862, and where Mallard set the never-beaten steam record of 203 km/h in 1938.
Wikipedia ↗ - Alfa Pendular
A tilting Pendolino leaning through the curves of the 19th-century Linha do Norte between Portugal’s two great cities.
Wikipedia ↗ - EIP Pendolino
Rides Poland’s 1970s Central Main Line (CMK), engineered decades ahead of its time and now being upgraded to 250 km/h.
Wikipedia ↗ - Railjet
Follows the old Orient Express alignment down the Danube plain: centre to centre faster than any flight.
Wikipedia ↗
More train routes in China.