High-speed route
Xi’an–Chengdu HSR
Xi’an → Chengdu · China
The first bullet line across the Qinling: 127 km of tunnels under the range that divides north and south China, Terracotta Army to pandas in three hours.
How this line was checked
- The 656 km this route shares with OpenStreetMap relation 1925853 is drawn from that relation's own nodes, 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 Xi’an–Chengdu HSR?
The Xi’an–Chengdu HSR runs 658 km from Xi’an to Chengdu.
How long does the Xi’an–Chengdu HSR take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 3 h 07 min for the 658 km. That is an average of 211 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 250 km/h.
Who runs the Xi’an–Chengdu HSR?
China Railway, with CRH3A.
How old is the Xi’an–Chengdu HSR?
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.
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