High-speed route
Lanxin High-Speed
Lanzhou → Ürümqi · China
The world’s longest desert high-speed line: wind-walled against Gobi gales on the old Silk Road.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 1043244 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 3 m from it
- 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 Lanxin High-Speed?
The Lanxin High-Speed runs 1,776 km from Lanzhou to Ürümqi.
How long does the Lanxin High-Speed take?
The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 11 h for the 1,776 km. That is an average of 161 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 250 km/h.
Who runs the Lanxin High-Speed?
China Railway, with CR200J / CRH5.
How old is the Lanxin High-Speed?
The line has been in service since 2014. 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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