Rail Transport in China - China has 16 MainlinesRail Transport in China - China has 16 MainlinesSixteen major rail corridors consisting of eight running north-south, called verticals, eight running east-west, called horizontals, connect 81 major cities. The 16 mainlines were designated in January 2001, when some 3,980 kilometres (2,470 mi) of the lines were still unbuilt. At that time, the existing mainlines accounted 43% of the railroads in the country but carried 80% of the passengers. The last of the vertical mainlines was completed in 2009 and the last horizontal line opened in 2010. Eight Verticals
Vertical HSR Corridors Beijing&-Harbin High-Speed Railway - 350 km/h - 1,700 kilometres (1,100 mi) Beijing&-Harbin High-Speed Railway - 350 km/h - 1,700 kilometres (1,100 mi)
Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway - 350 km/h - 1,433 kilometres (890 mi) Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway - 350 km/h - 1,433 kilometres (890 mi)
Beijing-Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong High-Speed Railway - 200-350 km/h - 2,229 kilometres (1,385 mi) Beijing-Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong High-Speed Railway - 200-350 km/h - 2,229 kilometres (1,385 mi)
Across the border China-Hong Kong border within Hong Kong, with the tracks and the infrastructure under Hong Kong's jurisdiction, owned by Hong Kong's KCR Corporation and operated by the MTR Corporation Limited:
Hangzhou-Fuzhou-Shenzhen High-Speed Railway - 250-350 km/h - 1,495 kilometres (929 mi) Hangzhou-Fuzhou-Shenzhen High-Speed Railway - 250-350 km/h - 1,495 kilometres (929 mi)
Horizontal HSR Corridors Qingdao-Taiyuan High-Speed Railway - 250 km/h - 873 kilometres (542 mi) Qingdao-Taiyuan High-Speed Railway - 250 km/h - 873 kilometres (542 mi)
Xuzhou-Lanzhou High-Speed Railway - 350 km/h - 1,363 kilometres (847 mi) Xuzhou-Lanzhou High-Speed Railway - 350 km/h - 1,363 kilometres (847 mi)
Shanghai-Wuhan-Chengdu High-Speed Railway - 250-350 km/h - 2,078 kilometres (1,291 mi) Shanghai-Wuhan-Chengdu High-Speed Railway - 250-350 km/h - 2,078 kilometres (1,291 mi)
Shanghai-Kunming High-Speed Railway - 350 km/h - 2,066 kilometres (1,284 mi) Shanghai-Kunming High-Speed Railway - 350 km/h - 2,066 kilometres (1,284 mi)
China's Operational Statistics Detail Major Operators: China State Railway Group Company, Limited Ridership: 3.660 billion passenger trips Passenger km: 1,470.66 billion passenger-kilometres Freight: 4.389 billion tonnes China System Length Total: 146,000 km (91,000 mi)[a] Double Track: 83,000 km (52,000 mi) Electrified: 100,000 km (62,000 mi) High-Speed: 35,000 km (22,000 mi) China Track Gauge China Rail Transport Main Track: 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1/2 in) China Rail Transport High-Speed Track: 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1/2 in) 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1/2 in) standard gauge 79,685 kilometres (49,514 mi) (1998) 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3/8 in) metre gauge 466 kilometres (290 mi) 750 mm (2 ft 5+1/2 in) 3,600 kilometres (2,200 mi) (1998 est.) China's Track Features China Rail Transport Number of Tunnels: 16,084 (2019) China Rail Transport Tunnel Length: 18,041 kilometres (11,210 mi) (2019) China Rail Transport Longest Tunnel: Songshanhu Tunnel 38.813 kilometres (24.117 mi) China Rail Transport Number of Bridges: 47,524 (2008) China Rail Transport Longest Bridge: Danyang-Kunshan Grand Bridge 164.8 kilometres (102.4 mi) China Rail Transport Number of Train Stations: 5,470 (2008) China Rail Transport Highest Elevation: 5,072 metres (16,640 ft) at Tanggula Pass China Railroad Notes: [a] ^ There is a significant discrepancy in the total length of China's railways reported by China Statistical Yearbook (120,970 km (75,170 mi) at year end 2015) and the CIA Factbook (191,270 km (118,850 mi) in 2014). The CIA Factbook figure is based on "the total length of the railway network and of its component parts." The Statistical Yearbook figure includes "the total length of the trunk line for passenger and freight transportation in full operation or temporary operation" and measures the actual route distance between the midpoints of railway stations. Any double-tracked route or route with a return track of shorter distance is counted using the length of the original route. The length of any return tracks, other tracks within stations, maintenance and service tracks (such as those used to turn trains around), tracks of fork lines, special purpose lines and non-revenue connecting lines are excluded. The Statistical Yearbook provides cross-year and cross-regional breakdowns of railway length and its figures are presented in China railway articles. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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