High-speed route
Zhengzhou–Xi’an HSR
Zhengzhou → Xi’an · China
Zhengzhou–Xi’an HSR in pictures
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- Distance
- 523 km
- Fastest time
- 2 h
- Average speed
- 262 km/h
- Top speed
- 350 km/h
- Operator
- China Railway
- Train
- CR400AF Fuxing
- Countries
- China
- In service since
- 2010
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
One of China’s first mountain bullet lines, boring through the loess hills of the Yellow River valley to link Zhengzhou with the ancient capital Xi’an in about two hours.
How this line was checked
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: 98.4% of this line lies within 250 m of real track (median 5 m); the longest stretch away from it is 8 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
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