High-speed route
Shitai HSR
Shijiazhuang → Taiyuan · China
Burrows under the Taihang range through the 27.8 km Taihang Tunnel, once China’s longest railway tunnel, to join Hebei and Shanxi.
How this line was checked
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 5 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
Questions and answers
How long is the Shitai HSR?
The Shitai HSR runs 190 km from Shijiazhuang to Taiyuan.
How long does the Shitai HSR take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 1 h 10 min for the 190 km. That is an average of 163 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 250 km/h.
Who runs the Shitai HSR?
China Railway, with CRH380A.
How old is the Shitai HSR?
The line has been in service since 2009. 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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