High-speed route

Shitai HSR

Shijiazhuang → Taiyuan · China

Distance

190 km

Fastest time

1 h 10 min

Average speed

163 km/h

Top speed

250 km/h

Operator

China Railway

Train

CRH380A

Countries

China

In service since

2009

Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log

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 6 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

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