High-speed route
Zhengzhou–Xi’an HSR
Zhengzhou → Xi’an · China
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.
- Distance
- 474 km
- Fastest time
- 2 h
- Average speed
- 237 km/h
- Top speed
- 350 km/h
Stations
- 0 kmZhengzhou East
- 42 kmZhengzhou West
- 92 kmGongyi South
- 136 kmLuoyang Longmen
- 201 kmMianchi South
- 259 kmSanmenxia South
- 307 kmLingbao West
- 362 kmHuashan North
- 420 kmWeinan North
- 444 kmLintong East
- 474 kmXi'an North +3
The stations on this line, as the Wikipedia article lists them, in order along the line as drawn here, with the distance along it. Not every train stops at every station. A +N after a station: N other routes on this map stop or end there, and the map draws it as a station where lines meet.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 6651966: the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 2 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 Zhengzhou–Xi’an HSR?
The Zhengzhou–Xi’an HSR runs 474 km from Zhengzhou to Xi’an.
How long does the Zhengzhou–Xi’an HSR take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 2 h for the 474 km. That is an average of 237 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 350 km/h.
Who runs the Zhengzhou–Xi’an HSR?
China Railway, with CR400AF Fuxing.
How old is the Zhengzhou–Xi’an HSR?
The line has been in service since 2010. 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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