High-speed route
Yinchuan–Xi’an HSR
Yinchuan → Xi’an · China
The first bullet line to reach Ningxia, climbing the Loess Plateau and Ziwuling forests from Yellow River Yinchuan to Xi’an.
How this line was checked
- The 332 km this route shares with OpenStreetMap relation 16545799 is drawn from that relation's own nodes, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: 98% of this line lies within 250 m of real track (median 9 m); the longest stretch away from it is 7 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
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Yinchuan–Xi’an HSR?
The Yinchuan–Xi’an HSR runs 618 km from Yinchuan to Xi’an.
How long does the Yinchuan–Xi’an HSR take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 3 h for the 618 km. That is an average of 206 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 250 km/h.
Who runs the Yinchuan–Xi’an HSR?
China Railway, with CR300BF Fuxing.
How old is the Yinchuan–Xi’an HSR?
The line has been in service since 2020. 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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