The following is a list of conventional lines of

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North–south direction

Beijing-Harbin Corridor

* Jingqin Railway;

Beijing } Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 ...

Qinhuangdao Qinhuangdao (; ) is a port city on the coast of China in northern Hebei. It is administratively a prefecture-level city, about east of Beijing, on the Bohai Sea, the innermost gulf of the Yellow Sea. Its population during the 2020 national ...

京秦线 *

Jingshan Railway Jingshan may refer to the following locations: *The Jing Mountains (), Hubei *Jingshan, Hubei (), county-level city of Jingmen, Hubei *Jingshan Park (), in Beijing *Beijing Jingshan School, in Beijing * Beijing–Shanhaiguan railway, or Jingshan rai ...

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Shanhaiguan Shanhai Pass or Shanhaiguan () is one of the major passes in the Great Wall of China, being the easternmost stronghold along the Ming Great Wall, and commands the narrowest choke point in the Liaoxi Corridor. It is located in Shanhaiguan Di ...

京山线 * Shenshan Railway;

Shenyang Shenyang (, ; ; Mandarin pronunciation: ), formerly known as Fengtian () or by its Manchu language, Manchu name Mukden, is a major China, Chinese sub-provincial city and the List of capitals in China#Province capitals, provincial capital of Lia ...

沈山线 * Qinshen Passenger Railway;

秦沈客运专线 *Changda Railway;

Changchun Changchun (, ; ), also romanized as Ch'angch'un, is the capital and largest city of Jilin Province, People's Republic of China. Lying in the center of the Songliao Plain, Changchun is administered as a , comprising 7 districts, 1 county and 3 c ...

Dalian Dalian () is a major sub-provincial port city in Liaoning province, People's Republic of China, and is Liaoning's second largest city (after the provincial capital Shenyang) and the third-most populous city of Northeast China. Located on the ...

长大线 *Changbin Railway;

Harbin Harbin (; mnc, , v=Halbin; ) is a sub-provincial city and the provincial capital and the largest city of Heilongjiang province, People's Republic of China, as well as the second largest city by urban population after Shenyang and largest ...

长滨线 *

Binzhou Railway Binzhou (, ), formerly Putai, is a prefecture-level city in northern Shandong Province in the People's Republic of China. The city proper sits on the northern bank of the Yellow River, while its administrative area straddles both sides of it ...

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Manzhouli Manzhouli (; mn, Манжуур хот; ) is a sub-prefectural city located in Hulunbuir prefecture-level city, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China. Located on the border with Russia, it is a major land port of entry. It has an area of and ...

滨洲线 In passenger rail service,

, Shenshan Railway, Changda Railway, Changda Railway,

Portion and Changbin Railway are collectively called

Jingha Railway Jingha may refer to: * Jingha Expressway, expressway in China that links Beijing to Harbin * Jingha railway, railway in China that connects Beijing with Harbin {{Disambig ...

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East Coast

*Changda Railway;

长大线, Shenyang-Dalian Portion (沈大段) *Yanda Railway Ferry 烟大铁路轮渡 * Lanyan Railway; Lancun-

Yantai Yantai, Postal Map Romanization, formerly romanization of Chinese, known as Chefoo, is a coastal prefecture-level city on the Shandong Peninsula in northeastern Shandong province of People's Republic of China. Lying on the southern coast of ...

蓝烟线 * Jiaoxin Railway; Jiaozhou- Xinyi 胶新线 *

Xinyi–Changxing railway The Xinyi–Changxing railway or Xinchang railway (), also known as the Xinchang line (), is a single-track railway line in eastern China between the cities of Xinyi in Jiangsu Province and Changxing County in Zhejiang Province. It runs north-sout ...

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Changxing () is a county of the prefecture-level city of Huzhou, in the northwest of Zhejiang province, China. Situated on the southwest shore of Lake Tai, it borders the provinces of Jiangsu to the north and Anhui to the west. It has a total area of an ...

新长线 * Xuancheng–Hangzhou railway

Xuancheng Xuancheng () is a city in the southeast of Anhui province. Archeological digs suggest that the city has been settled for over 4,000 years, and has been under formal administration since the Qin dynasty. Located in the lower Yangtze River drainage ...

Hangzhou Hangzhou ( or , ; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ), also romanized as Hangchow, is the capital and most populous city of Zhejiang, China. It is located in the northwestern part of the province, sitting at the head of Hangzhou Bay, whi ...

宣杭线, Hangzhou-Changxing Portion (杭长段) *

Xiaoshan–Ningbo railway The Xiaoshan–Ningbo railway or Xiaoyong railway (), is a double-track railroad in eastern China between Hangzhou and Ningbo in Zhejiang Province. Its name in Chinese, the Xiaoyong Line, is named after the railway's two terminal stations, Xiaos ...

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Xiaoshan Xiaoshan is one of ten urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang Province, East China. Xiaoshan was formerly a city in its own right, separated by the Qiantang River from Hangzhou proper, but the municipal ...

Ningbo Ningbo (; Ningbonese: ''gnin² poq⁷'' , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ), formerly romanized as Ningpo, is a major sub-provincial city in northeast Zhejiang province, People's Republic of China. It comprises 6 urban districts, 2 sate ...

萧甬线 * Ningbo-Taizhou-Wenzhou Railway

Wenzhou Wenzhou (pronounced ; Wenzhounese: Yuziou �y33–11 tɕiɤu33–32 ), historically known as Wenchow is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Zhejiang province in the People's Republic of China. Wenzhou is located at the extreme south east o ...

甬台温铁路 *

Wenzhou–Fuzhou railway The Wenzhou–Fuzhou railway, also known as the Wenfu railway, () is a dual-track, electrified, high-speed rail line running between Wenzhou in Zhejiang and Fuzhou, the capital of Fujian. The line has a total length of and forms part of th ...

Fuzhou Fuzhou (; , Fuzhounese: Hokchew, ''Hók-ciŭ''), alternately romanized as Foochow, is the capital and one of the largest cities in Fujian province, China. Along with the many counties of Ningde, those of Fuzhou are considered to constitute t ...

温福铁路 *

Fuzhou–Xiamen railway The Fuzhou–Xiamen railway or Fuxia railway (; Foochow Romanized: ''Hók-â Tʰiā-le̤'') is a dual-track, electrified, higher-speed rail line in eastern China. The line is named after its two terminal cities Fuzhou and Xiamen, both coastal ci ...

Xiamen Xiamen ( , ; ), also known as Amoy (, from Hokkien pronunciation ), is a sub-provincial city in southeastern Fujian, People's Republic of China, beside the Taiwan Strait. It is divided into six districts: Huli, Siming, Jimei, Tong'an, ...

福厦铁路 * Yingtan–Xiamen railway;

Yingtan Yingtan () is a prefecture-level city in the east of Jiangxi province, People's Republic of China, bordering Fujian to the southeast. Its location near the trisection of Jiangxi, Fujian, and Zhejiang has made it a strategically important city for ...

-Xiamen 鹰厦线, Zhangping-Xiamen Portion (漳厦段)

Beijing-Shanghai Corridor

; Beijing-

京山线, Beijing-Tianjin Portion (京津段) * Jingpu Railway;

Tianjin Tianjin (; ; Mandarin: ), alternately romanized as Tientsin (), is a municipality and a coastal metropolis in Northern China on the shore of the Bohai Sea. It is one of the nine national central cities in Mainland China, with a total popul ...

Pukou Pukou District (), is one of 11 districts of Nanjing, the capital of Jiangsu province, China, lying northwest across the Yangtze River from downtown Nanjing. The district was formerly the southern terminus of the Tianjin-Pukou Railway; railcars ...

津浦线 * Huning Railway;

Shanghai Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flow ...

Nanjing Nanjing (; , Mandarin pronunciation: ), alternately romanized as Nanking, is the capital of Jiangsu province of the People's Republic of China. It is a sub-provincial city, a megacity, and the second largest city in the East China region. T ...

沪宁线 Jingshan Railway Beijing-tianjin Portion, Jingpu Railway and Huning Railway are collectively called

Jinghu Railway Jinghu may refer to: * Jinghu (instrument) (京胡), Chinese bowed string instrument in the ''huqin'' family Places *Jinghu District (镜湖区), a district in Wuhu, Anhui, China *Jinghu Subdistrict (镜湖街道), a subdistrict in Ningjiang Dist ...

(京沪线) in passenger rail service.

Beijing-Kowloon Corridor

* Jingjiu Railway 京九线 / 京九鐵路; Beijing-

Shenzhen Shenzhen (; ; ; ), also historically known as Sham Chun, is a major sub-provincial city and one of the special economic zones of China. The city is located on the east bank of the Pearl River estuary on the central coast of southern province ...

(and onward into

Kowloon Kowloon () is an urban area in Hong Kong comprising the Kowloon Peninsula and New Kowloon. With a population of 2,019,533 and a population density of in 2006, it is the most populous area in Hong Kong, compared with Hong Kong Island and t ...

, Hong Kong) * Guangshen Railway; Guangzhou-

广深铁路 Jingjiu Railway uses the same line as Guangmeishan Railway between Longchuan and Dongguan. It also uses the same line as Guangshen Railway between

Dongguan Dongguan (; ) is a prefecture-level city in central Guangdong Province, China. An important industrial city in the Pearl River Delta, Dongguan borders the provincial capital of Guangzhou to the north, Huizhou to the northeast, Shenzhen to the s ...

and

. It then crosses the border and follows the

East Rail line The East Rail line () is one of ten lines of the Mass Transit Railway (MTR) system in Hong Kong. It used to be one of the three lines of the Kowloon–Canton Railway (KCR) network. It was known as the KCR British Section () from 1910 to 1996, ...

, Hong Kong.

Beijing-Guangzhou Corridor

* Jingguang Railway; Beijing-Guangzhou 京广线

Datong-Zhanjiang Corridor

* Beitongpu Railway; Datong-

Fenglingdu Fenglingdu () is a town in Ruicheng County, Yuncheng, Shanxi, China. , it administers Fenghuang Residential Community () and the following 34 villages: *Zhao Village () *Xiwang Village () *Puzi Village () *Dongzhang Village () *Tianshang Village ...

北同蒲线 * Taijiao Railway;

Taiyuan Taiyuan (; ; ; Mandarin pronunciation: ; also known as (), ()) is the capital and largest city of Shanxi Province, People's Republic of China. Taiyuan is the political, economic, cultural and international exchange center of Shanxi Province. ...

Jiaozuo Jiaozuo ( ; postal: Tsiaotso) is a prefecture-level city in the northwest of Henan province, China. Sitting on the northern bank of the Yellow River, it borders the provincial capital of Zhengzhou to the south, Xinxiang to the east, Jiyuan to the ...

太焦线 * Jiaoliu Railway; Jiaozuo-

Liuzhou Liuzhou (; , IPA Pronunciation:) is a prefecture-level city in north-central Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China. The prefecture's population was 3,758,700 in 2010, including 1,436,599 in the built-up area made of 4 urban ...

焦柳线 * Shichang Railway; Shimenxian-

Changsha Changsha (; ; ; Changshanese pronunciation: (), Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is the capital and the largest city of Hunan Province of China. Changsha is the 17th most populous city in China with a population of over 10 million, an ...

石长线 * Xianggui Railway;

Hengyang Hengyang (; ) is the second largest city of Hunan Province, China. It straddles the Xiang River about south of the provincial capital of Changsha. As of the 2020 Chinese census, Its total population was 6,645,243 inhabitants, whom 1,290,715 ...

Pingxiang Pingxiang () is a medium-sized prefecture-level city located in western Jiangxi province, People's Republic of China. Geography and climate Pingxiang is a city situated near the border of Jiangxi with Hunan province. Approximately 110 kilometer ...

湘桂线 * Yuehai Railway;

Guangdong Guangdong (, ), alternatively romanized as Canton or Kwangtung, is a coastal province in South China on the north shore of the South China Sea. The capital of the province is Guangzhou. With a population of 126.01 million (as of 2020) ...

Haikou Haikou (; ), also spelled as Hoikow is the capital and most populous city of the Chinese province of Hainan. Haikou city is situated on the northern coast of Hainan, by the mouth of the Nandu River. The northern part of the city is on the Ha ...

粤海铁路

Baotou-Liuzhou Corridor

* Shenmu–Yan'an railway神延铁路 * Xi'an–Yan'an railway 西延铁路 *

Xi'an–Ankang railway The Xi'an–Ankang railway or Xikang railway (), is a single-track, electrified railway line in Shaanxi Province of China between Xi'an, the provincial capital, and Ankang. The line is long and was built from 1995 to 2001. As of June 2009, a se ...

西康铁路

Baoji-Kunming Corridor

Baocheng Railway Baocheng may refer to *Baocheng, Hainan, a town in Hainan, China *Baocheng, Mian, a township in Mian County, Shaanxi, China *Baocheng River, a river of Hainan *Ji Baocheng, a Chinese educator *Yuan Baocheng, a Chinese politician and Mayor of Donggu ...

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Baoji () is a prefecture-level city in western Shaanxi province, People's Republic of China. Since the early 1990s, Baoji has been the second largest city in Shaanxi. Geography The prefecture-level city of Baoji had a population of 3,321,853 accordin ...

Chengdu Chengdu (, ; Simplified Chinese characters, simplified Chinese: 成都; pinyin: ''Chéngdū''; Sichuanese dialects, Sichuanese pronunciation: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: ), Chinese postal romanization, alternatively Romanization of Chi ...

宝成铁路 *

Chengdu–Kunming Railway The Chengdu–Kunming railway or Chengkun railway (), is a major trunkline railroad in southwestern China between Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province and Kunming, the capital of Yunnan Province. The line is long and traverses rugged ...

; Chengdu-

Kunming Kunming (; ), also known as Yunnan-Fu, is the capital and largest city of Yunnan province, China. It is the political, economic, communications and cultural centre of the province as well as the seat of the provincial government. The headquar ...

成昆铁路

East–west direction

Beijing-Lhasa

Fengtai–Shacheng railway The Fengtai–Shacheng railway (), also known as the Fengsha railway, is a dual-track, electrified, railroad in northern China. The Fengtai–Shacheng railway runs from Fengtai District in western Beijing Municipality to the town of Shache ...

; Fengtai- Shacheng 丰沙铁路 * Beijing–Baotou railway;

Baotou Baotou (; mn, Buɣutu qota, Бугат хот) is the largest city by urban population in Inner Mongolia, China. Governed as a prefecture-level city, as of the 2020 census, its built-up (''or metro'') area made up of its 5 urban districts is h ...

京包铁路 * Baotou–Lanzhou railway;

Lanzhou Lanzhou (, ; ) is the capital and largest city of Gansu Province in Northwest China. Located on the banks of the Yellow River, it is a key regional transportation hub, connecting areas further west by rail to the eastern half of the country. H ...

包兰铁路 * Lanzhou–Qinghai railway;

Xining Xining (; ), alternatively known as Sining, is the capital of Qinghai province in western China and the largest city on the Tibetan Plateau. The city was a commercial hub along the Northern Silk Road's Hexi Corridor for over 2000 years, and wa ...

兰青铁路 * Qinghai–Tibet railway;

Lhasa Lhasa (; Lhasa dialect: ; bo, text=ལྷ་ས, translation=Place of Gods) is the urban center of the prefecture-level city, prefecture-level Lhasa (prefecture-level city), Lhasa City and the administrative capital of Tibet Autonomous Regio ...

青藏铁路

Eurasian Land Bridge The Eurasian Land Bridge (), sometimes called the New Silk Road (, ), is the rail transport route for moving freight and passengers overland between Pacific seaports in the Russian Far East and China and seaports in Europe. The route, a transc ...

* Longhai Railway;

Lianyungang Lianyungang () is a prefecture-level city in northeastern Jiangsu province, China. It borders Yancheng to its southeast, Huai'an and Suqian to its south, Xuzhou to its southwest, and the province of Shandong to its north. Its name derives from ...

-Lanzhou 陇海铁路 *

Lanzhou–Xinjiang railway The Lanzhou−Xinjiang railway or Lanxin railway (), is the longest railway in Northwestern China. It runs 1904 kilometres (1,183 miles) from Lanzhou, Gansu, through the Hexi Corridor, to Ürümqi, in Xinjiang. It was Xinjiang's only rail link ...

; Lanzhou-

Xinjiang Xinjiang, SASM/GNC: ''Xinjang''; zh, c=, p=Xīnjiāng; formerly romanized as Sinkiang (, ), officially the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR), is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China (PRC), located in the northwest ...

兰新铁路 * Northern Xinjiang Railway;

Ürümqi Ürümqi ( ; also spelled Ürümchi or without umlauts), formerly known as Dihua (also spelled Tihwa), is the capital of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in the far northwest of the People's Republic of China. Ürümqi developed its ...

- Alashankou (Alataw Pass)北疆铁路 * The Second Ürümqi-Jinghe Railway (乌精二线) * Nanjing–Xi'an railway;

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宁西铁路

Yangtze River Valley

* Nanjing–Qidong railway 宁启铁路 * Nanjing–Tongling railway 宁铜铁路 (including Nanjing-Wuhu Railway 宁芜铁路) * Tongling–Jiujiang railway 铜九铁路 *

Wuhan–Jiujiang railway The Wuhan–Jiujiang railway or Wujiu railway (), is a double-track, electrified railroad in central China between Wuhan in Hubei Province and Jiujiang in Jiangxi Province. The line is long and follows the south bank of the Yangtze River from Wuc ...

武九铁路 * Wuhan-Yichang Railway 汉宜铁路 * Yichang–Wanzhou railway 宜万铁路

Shanghai-Kunming Railway (Hukun Line)

* Shanghai–Hangzhou railway; Shanghai-Hangzhou 沪杭铁路 * Zhegan Railway; Hangzhou-

Zhuzhou Zhuzhou (, ), formerly Jianning (建宁), is a prefecture-level city of Hunan Province, China, straddling the Xiang River southeast of the provincial capital, Changsha, and bordering Jiangxi province to the east. It is part of the " Greater Chan ...

浙赣铁路 * Xiangqian Railway; Zhuzhou-Guiyang 湘黔铁路 *

Shanghai–Kunming railway The Shanghai–Kunming Railway or Hukun Railway (), also known as the Hukun Line, is a major arterial railroad across eastern, south central and southwest China. It connects Shanghai, whose shorthand name is ''Hu'', and Kunming. The line has a ...

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Guiyang Guiyang (; ; Mandarin pronunciation: ), historically rendered as Kweiyang, is the capital of Guizhou province of the People's Republic of China. It is located in the center of the province, situated on the east of the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau, ...

贵昆铁路

South Coast

Xiamen–Shenzhen railway The Xiamen–Shenzhen railway, also known as the Xiashen railway, () is a dual-track, electrified, high-speed rail line connecting the major coastal cities of Xiamen in Fujian and Shenzhen in Guangdong. The line has a total length of and form ...

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厦深铁路 *

Guangzhou–Meizhou–Shantou railway The Guangzhou–Meizhou–Shantou railway () is a railway in Guangdong Province, China. The electrified railway, also known as the Guangmeishan railway, is named after the three primary cities along route Guangzhou, Meizhou and Shantou, and has a ...

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Guangzhou Guangzhou (, ; ; or ; ), also known as Canton () and alternatively romanized as Kwongchow or Kwangchow, is the capital and largest city of Guangdong province in southern China. Located on the Pearl River about north-northwest of Hong Kon ...

–Meizhou–

Shantou Shantou, alternately romanized as Swatow and sometimes known as Santow, is a prefecture-level city on the eastern coast of Guangdong, China, with a total population of 5,502,031 as of the 2020 census (5,391,028 in 2010) and an administrative ...

广梅汕线 * Guangzhou–Sanshui railway; Guangzhou–

Sanshui Sanshui District, formerly romanized as Samshui, is an urban district of the prefecture-level city of Foshan in Guangdong province, China. It had a population of 622,645 as of the 2010 census. It is known for the " Samsui women", emigrants who la ...

广三线 *

Guangzhou–Maoming railway The Guangzhou–Maoming railway or Guangmao railway (), is a railroad in Guangdong Province of China between Guangzhou, the provincial capital, and Maoming. The line has a total length of and comprises the Guangzhou–Sanshui railway (Guangsa ...

; Sanshui–Longhua 三茂线 *

Hechun–Maoming railway The Hechun–Maoming railway or Hemao railway (), is a railroad in Guangdong Province, China, between Hechun Station on the Litang–Zhanjiang railway and the city of Maoming. The line has a total length of and was built from 1956 to 1959. Th ...

; Hechun–Maoming 河茂线 * Litang–Zhanjiang railway; Litang–

Zhanjiang Zhanjiang (), historically spelled Tsamkong, is a prefecture-level city at the southwestern end of Guangdong province, People's Republic of China, facing Haikou city to the south. As of the 2020 census, its population was 6,981,236 (6,994,832 ...

黎湛线 * Hainan eastern ring high-speed railway * Yuehai railway;

–Haikou 粤海铁路 *

Guangdong–Hainan railway The Guangdong–Hainan railway or Yuehai railway () is a railway that operates from Haikou railway station in Hainan, via South Port, a few hundred metres north-west on the coast, and the Qiongzhou Strait ferry, to Zhanjiang, at the tip of the L ...

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Other inter-regional railways

* Xinjiang–Tibet railway (proposed) * Huanghua–Dajiawa railway 黄大铁路 (freight only)

Regional railways

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* Beijing–Zhangjiakou railway; Beijing–

Zhangjiakou Zhangjiakou (; ; ) also known as Kalgan and by several other names, is a prefecture-level city in northwestern Hebei province in Northern China, bordering Beijing to the southeast, Inner Mongolia to the north and west, and Shanxi to the south ...

京张线 * Beijing–Chengde railway; Beijing–

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京承线 * Chengde–Longhua railway; Chengde– Longhua 承隆线 * Yeboshou–Chifeng railway; Yeboshou–

Chifeng Chifeng ( zh, s=赤峰市), also known as Ulanhad ( mn, (Улаанхад хот), ''Ulaɣanqada qota'', , "red cliff"), is a prefecture-level city in Southeastern Inner Mongolia, People's Republic of China. It borders Xilin Gol League to the ...

叶赤线 *

Ningwu–Kelan railway Ningwu–Kelan railway or Ningke railway (), is a single track (rail), single-track regional railroad in Shanxi Province of North China, northern China between Ningwu and Kelan County, Kelan Counties. The line is long, and was built between 1967 ...

宁岢铁路 * Handan–Changzhi railway 邯长铁路 *

Handan–Jinan railway The Handan–Jinan railway or Hanji railway () is a railway between Handan in Hebei and Jinan in Shandong Province in northern China. The single railway is in length and was built from 1996 to 1999 to carry coal from Shanxi Province.(Chinese" ...

邯济铁路 * Xinxiang–Yanzhou railway 新兖铁路 *

Yanzhou–Shijiusuo railway The Yanzhou–Shijiusuo railway or Yanshi railway (), is a railroad in northern China between Yanzhou and Rizhao railway station (formerly known as Shijiusuo railway station) in Rizhao. The entire line, in length, is located in Shandong Province a ...

兖石铁路 *

Zibo–Dongying railway The Zibo–Dongying railway or Zidong railway (), also called the Zhangdian–Dongying railway or Zhangdong railway, is a railroad in Shandong Province of northern China, between Zibo and Dongying. The railway has a total length of . and was c ...

淄东铁路 *

Dongdu–Pingyi railway The Dongdu–Pingyi railway or Dongping railway (), is a railroad in northern China between Dongdu, near Xintai, and Pingyi central Shandong Province. The line, in length was built from 2009 to 2010 at the cost of 1.2558 billion Renminbi. The ...

东平铁路 * Ciyao–Laiwu railway 磁莱铁路 * Xindian–Taian railway 辛泰铁路 *

Yangpingguan–Ankang railway The Yangpingguan–Ankang railway or Yang'an railway (), is a single-track, electrified railroad in China between Yangpingguan and Ankang in southern Shaanxi Province. The line, in length, follows the upper reaches of the Han River and was ...

阳安铁路 *

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阳大铁路 *

Tianjin–Jizhou railway Tianjin–Jizhou railway or Jinji railway () is a 92 km long minor railway line in China connecting urban Tianjin and Jizhou. In 2015, a number of regional rail services referred as Line S9 started operating on the line. Stations for passenge ...

津蓟铁路 *

Tangshan–Caofeidian railway The Tangshan–Caofeidian railway is a railway line in China. The railway connects Tangshan to the ports at Caofeidian. History Construction of the railway began in 2015. It opened on 30 June 2018. A passenger service between Tangshan railway st ...

* Jiexiu–Yangquanqu railway

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* Beijing–Tongliao railway; Beijing–

Tongliao Tongliao (; mn, ''Tüŋliyou qota'', Mongolian Cyrillic: Байшинт хот) is a prefecture-level city in eastern Inner Mongolia, People's Republic of China. The area is and as of the 2020 census, its population was 2,873,168 (3,139,153 i ...

京通铁路 * Jinzhou–Chengde railway;

Jinzhou Jinzhou (, ), formerly Chinchow, is a coastal prefecture-level city in central-west Liaoning province, China. It is a geographically strategic city located in the Liaoxi Corridor, which connects most of the land transports between North Chin ...

–Chengde 锦承线 *

Weizhangzi–Tashan railway The Weizhangzi–Tashan railway is a single-track railway line in China. It is long and was built between 1970 and 1973. The current level of service is one train in each direction per day. Connections *Western terminus: Jinzhou–Chengde railway ...

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Jining–Tongliao railway The Jitong-Tongliao Railway () is a railway in Inner Mongolia, China, that opened in 1995. Its starting point is at Jining and ends at Tongliao. The Jitong Railway is a joint venture between China Railway and the government of Inner Mongolia. S ...

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Jining Jining () is a prefecture-level city in southwestern Shandong province. It borders Heze to the southwest, Zaozhuang to the southeast, Tai'an to the northeast, and the provinces of Henan and Jiangsu to the northwest and south respectively. Jining ...

–Tongliao 集通线 * Jinzhou–Nanpiao railway; Jinzhou–

Nanpiao Nanpiao District () is a district under the administration of the city of Huludao, Liaoning province, People's Republic of China. It is a mostly rural district containing no large urban centres, and comprises an area of , in the northernmost part ...

南票线 * Xinlitun–Yixian railway;

Xinlitun Xinlitun (),or Hsin-li-t’un, is a town within Heishan County in Jinzhou prefecture, Liaoning, China. It's in the north east of the prefecture about 100 km west of Shenyang city. During the Chinese Civil war, Xinlitun and other peripheral ...

– Yixian 新义线 * Gaotaishan–Xinlitun railway; Gaotaishan–Xinlitun 高新线 * Goubangzi–Tangwangshan railway;

Goubangzi Goubangzi Chinese: t , s , p ''Gōubāngzi'', postal Koupangtzu. is a town in Beizhen, Liaoning Province, China. It is located on the modern Beijing–Harbin Railway. It was an important rail junction in the late 19th century, with seve ...

– Tangwangshan 沟海线 * Yingkou–Dashiqiao railway;

Yingkou Yingkou () is a coastal prefecture-level city of central southern Liaoning province, People's Republic of China, on the northeastern shore of Liaodong Bay. It is the third-smallest city in Liaoning with a total area of , and the ninth most populo ...

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Dashiqiao Dashiqiao () is a county-level city in south-central Liaoning province, Northeast China. It is under the administration of the prefectural city of Yingkou, the downtown of which is to the west. Administrative Divisions There are five subdistri ...

营口线 * Zhoushuizi–Lushun railway; Zhoushuizi– Lushun旅顺线 * Jinzhou–Chengzidan railway;

– Chengzidan 金城线 * Chengzidan–Zhuanghe railway; Chengzidan–

Zhuanghe Zhuanghe () is one of the two "northern county-level cities", the other being Wafangdian, under the administration of Dalian, located in the south of Liaoning province, People's Republic of China. Its area is and its permanent population is 8 ...

城庄线 * Qiqihar–Bei'an railway;

Qiqihar Qiqihar () is the second-largest city in the Heilongjiang province of China, in the west central part of the province. The built-up (or metro) area made up of Longsha, Tiefeng and Jianhua districts had 959,787 inhabitants, while the total populat ...

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Bei'an Bei'an () is a county-level city in west-central Heilongjiang province in the People's Republic of China. It is under the jurisdiction of Heihe. Bei'an was the provincial capital of Bei'an province of Manchukuo, a puppet state set up by Japan durin ...

齐北铁路 *

Fuyu–Nenjiang railway Fuyu–Nenjiang railway or Funen railway (), is a single-track railroad in northeastern China between Fuyu and Nenjiang in Heilongjiang Province. The line is long and was built between 1930 and 1937 and rebuilt in 1946. Major towns along rou ...

; Fuyu– Nenjiang 富嫩铁路 * Nenjiang–Greater Khingan Forest railway; Nenjiang– Greater Khingan Forest District 嫩林铁路 *

Tongliao–Ranghulu railway The Tongliao–Ranghulu railway or Tongrang Railway (), is a railroad in northeastern China, between Tongliao station in Inner Mongolia and Daqing west station (formerly Ranghulu station) on the Harbin–Manzhouli railway in Heilongjiang Provin ...

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Daqing Daqing (; alternately romanized as Taching) is a prefecture-level city in the west of Heilongjiang province, People's Republic of China. The name literally means "Great Celebration". Daqing is known as the "Oil Capital of China" and has experi ...

通让铁路 *

Baiyinhua–Xinqiu railway The Baiyinhua–Xinqiu railway is a railway line in China. It is long and was built primarily for coal transportation. The north-western terminus of the line is Baiyinhua, where the line splits from the Xilinhot–Ulanhot railway. The south-easte ...

巴新铁路 (freight only) * Xiangyangchuan–Hayudao railway 向阳川－哈鱼岛铁路

Northwest The points of the compass are a set of horizontal, radially arrayed compass directions (or azimuths) used in navigation and cartography. A compass rose is primarily composed of four cardinal directions—north, east, south, and west—each sep ...

* Tianshui–Longnan railway 天陇铁路 (under construction)

East and Southeast

* Anhui–Jiangxi railway Wuhu–Guixi 皖赣铁路 * Hengfeng–Nanping railway Hengfeng–Nanping 横南铁路 *

Nanping–Fuzhou railway Nanping–Fuzhou railway or Nanfu railway (), is a railroad in eastern China between Nanping and Fuzhou in Fujian Province. The line is long and was built between 1956 and 1959. Other Names Since 1956, the Nanping–Fuzhou railway has been refer ...

Nanping (Waiyang Station)–Fuzhou 外福铁路 *

Zhangping–Quanzhou–Xiaocuo railway The Zhangping–Quanzhou–Xiaocuo railway (), also known as the Zhangquanxiao railway, is a regional railway in Fujian Province, China. The line runs eastward from Zhangping, in the interior, to Quanzhou, on the coast, and terminates at the X ...

Zhangping–

Quanzhou Quanzhou, postal map romanization, alternatively known as Chinchew, is a prefecture-level city, prefecture-level port city on the north bank of the Jin River, beside the Taiwan Strait in southern Fujian, China. It is Fujian's largest metrop ...

漳泉肖铁路 * Xiangtang–Putian railway

Nanchang Nanchang (, ; ) is the capital of Jiangxi Province, People's Republic of China. Located in the north-central part of the province and in the hinterland of Poyang Lake Plain, it is bounded on the west by the Jiuling Mountains, and on the east ...

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Putian Putian or Putien (, Putian dialect: ''Pó-chéng''), also known as Puyang (莆阳) and Puxian (莆仙), historically known as Xinghua or Hing Hwa (), is a prefecture-level city in eastern Fujian province, China. It borders Fuzhou City to the nor ...

向莆铁路 * Zhangping–Longyan railway; Zhangping–

Longyan Longyan (; Hakka: ''Liùng-ngàm''; Longyan dialect: ''Lengngia'') is a prefecture-level city in south-western Fujian Province, China, bordering Guangdong to the south and Jiangxi to the west. History In 736 AD, (the Tang dynasty), the prefect ...

漳龙铁路 * Meikan railway;

Meizhou Meizhou (, Hakka Chinese: Mòichû) is a prefecture-level city in eastern Guangdong province, China. It has an area of , and a population of 3,873,239 million as of the 2020 census. It comprises Meijiang District, Meixian District, Xingning City ...

– Kanshi 梅坎铁路 *

Longyan–Xiamen railway The Longyan–Xiamen railway () is a dual-track, electrified, high-speed rail line in Fujian Province, China. The line, also known as the Longxia railway, is named after its two terminal cities Longyan and Xiamen, and has a total length of .

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Ganzhou–Longyan railway The Ganzhou–Longyan railway or Ganlong railway () is a railway connecting Jiangxi and Fujian Provinces, in southeastern China. The line is named after its two terminal cities Ganzhou and Longyan, and has a total length of . Construction bega ...

Ganzhou Ganzhou (), alternately romanized as Kanchow, is a prefecture-level city in the south of Jiangxi province, China, bordering Fujian to the east, Guangdong to the south, and Hunan to the west. Its administrative seat is at Zhanggong District. Hist ...

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赣厦铁路 * Jinhua–Wenzhou railway

Jinhua , alternately romanized as Kinhwa, is a prefecture-level city in central Zhejiang province in eastern China. It borders the provincial capital of Hangzhou to the northwest, Quzhou to the southwest, Lishui to the south, Taizhou to the east, ...

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金温铁路 * Ganzhou–Shaoguan railway

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Shaoguan Shaoguan (; Hakka: Seukoan) is a prefecture-level city in northern Guangdong Province (Yuebei), South China, bordering Hunan to the northwest and Jiangxi to the northeast. It is home to the mummified remains of the sixth Zen Buddhist patriarch H ...

赣韶铁路 * Quzhou–Ningde railway * Dezhou–Dajiawa railway

Dezhou Dezhou () is a prefecture-level city in northwestern Shandong province, People's Republic of China. It borders the provincial capital of Jinan to the southeast, Liaocheng to the southwest, Binzhou to the northeast, and the province of Hebei t ...

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Weifang Weifang () is a prefecture-level city in central Shandong province, People's Republic of China. The city borders Dongying to the northwest, Zibo to the west, Linyi to the southwest, Rizhao to the south, Qingdao to the east, and looks out to the L ...

德大铁路 (freight only east of

Dongying Dongying (), a prefecture-level city, lies on the northern (Bohai Sea) coast of Shandong province, People's Republic of China. As of the 2020 census, 2,193,518 people resided within its administrative area of and 1,188,656 in the built-up area ...

) * Dongying Port railway 东营港疏港铁路 (freight only) * Longkou–Yantai railway * Xiangtangxi–Le'an railway (freight only, partially abandoned) *

Xingguo–Quanzhou railway The Xingguo–Quanzhou railway or Xingquan railway () is a single-track railway line in China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by popul ...

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Binhai Port railway Binhai Port railway () is a single-track branch line in Yancheng, Jiangsu, China. It is currently under construction. Route The line starts at Binhaigang railway station on the Qingdao–Yancheng railway The Qingdao–Yancheng railway is a h ...

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Jinhua–Taizhou railway The Jinhua–Taizhou railway is a single-track electrified passenger and freight railway in China. History Construction on the railway began in 2016. It had been expected to be finished by the end of 2020, but opening was delayed. It opened on 25 ...

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Jingmen–Shashi railway Jingmen–Shashi railway or Jingsha railway (), is a single-track regional railroad in Hubei Province of central China between Jingmen and Shashi District of Jingzhou. The line is long, and was built between 1986 and 1989. It opened in May 19 ...

荆沙铁路 * Hankou–Danjiangkou railway 汉丹铁路 *

Huaihua–Shaoyang–Hengyang railway The Huaihua–Shaoyang–Hengyang railway is a railway line Rail terminology is a form of technical terminology. The difference between the American term ''railroad'' and the international term ''railway'' (used by the International Union of ...

怀邵衡铁路 * Huizhou Port railway 惠州港铁路 (freight only) * Nansha Port railway 南沙港铁路

Southwest The points of the compass are a set of horizontal, radially arrayed compass directions (or azimuths) used in navigation and cartography. A compass rose is primarily composed of four cardinal directions—north, east, south, and west—each sepa ...

Xiangyang–Chongqing railway The Xiangyang–Chongqing railway or Xiangyu railway (襄渝铁路), also known as the Xiangfan-Chongqing railway and Xiangyu line (襄渝线), is a single-track electrified railroad in central China between the cities of Xiangyang, formerly known ...

; Xiangyang–Chongqing 襄渝铁路 *

Dazhou–Chengdu railway Dazhou–Chengdu Railway or Dacheng Railway (), is a double-track, electrified railroad in Sichuan Province of southwest China. The railway is named after its two terminal cities Chengdu and Dazhou. The line has a total length of and opened in ...

达成铁路; Chengdu–

Dazhou Dazhou () is a prefecture-level city in the northeast corner of Sichuan province, China, bordering Shaanxi to the north and Chongqing to the east and south. As of 2020 census, Dazhou was home to 5,385,422 inhabitants whom 1,850,869 lived in the ...

* Chengdu–Chongqing (Chengyu) railway; Chengdu–Chongqing 成渝铁路 * Suining–Chongqing railway; 遂渝铁路 * Yuli railway; Chongqing–Lichuan 渝利铁路 *

Chongqing–Huaihua railway Chongqing–Huaihua railway or Yuhuai railway (), is a single-track, electrified railroad in southwest China between Chongqing Municipality and Huaihua in Hunan Province. The line is long and was built between 2000 and 2005. Cities and towns al ...

; Chongqing–Huaihua 渝怀铁路 * Sichuan–Guizhou railway;

Chongqing Chongqing ( or ; ; Sichuanese dialects, Sichuanese pronunciation: , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ), Postal Romanization, alternately romanized as Chungking (), is a Direct-administered municipalities of China, municipality in Southwes ...

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川黔铁路 * Guizhou–Guangxi railway

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黔桂铁路 * Hunan–Guangxi railway

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湘桂铁路 *

Nanning–Kunming railway The Nanning–Kunming railway, or Nankun railway (), is a single-track electrified railway in Southwest China between Nanning and Kunming, provincial capitals, respectively, of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and Yunnan Province. The railway was b ...

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Nanning Nanning (; ; za, Namzningz) is the capital and largest city by population of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in Southern China. It is known as the "Green City" because of its abundance of lush subtropical foliage. Located in the South of ...

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南昆铁路 *

Neijiang–Kunming railway The Neijiang–Kunming railway or Neikun railway (), is a single-track railroad between Neijiang and Kunming in Southwest China. The line runs from Neijiang in Sichuan province to Kunming in Yunnan province through western Guizhou province ...

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Neijiang Neijiang (; Sichuanese Pinyin: Nui4jiang1; Sichuanese pronunciation: ; ) is a prefecture-level city in the southeast of Sichuan province, People's Republic of China. It is located on the Tuo River, midway between the two major cities of Chengdu ...

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内昆铁路 * Yunnan–Vietnam railway; Kunming–Hanoi 昆河铁路 * Guangtong–Dali railway; Guangtong Station– Dali 广大铁路 * Dali–Lijiang railway; Dali–

Lijiang Lijiang (), also known as Likiang, is a prefecture-level city in the northwest of Yunnan Province, China. It has an area of and had a population of 1,253,878 at the 2020 census whom 288,787 lived in the built-up area (metro) made of Gucheng ...

大丽铁路 * Kunming–Yuxi railway;

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Yuxi Yuxi () is a prefecture-level city in the central part of Yunnan province of the People's Republic of China. The administrative center of Yuxi is Hongta District. Yuxi is approximately south of Kunming. Geography Yuxi is located in the center ...

昆玉铁路 *

Weishe–Hongguo railway The Weishe–Hongguo railway or Weihong railway (), is a branch railroad of the Nanning–Kunming railway in Guizhou province of Southwest China. The Weihong Line branches off of the main Nankun Line at Weishe Township in Xingyi municipality and ...

; Weishe–Hongguo 威红铁路 *

Pan County West railway The Pan County west railway or Panxi railway (), is a single-track electrified railroad in Southwest China between Zhanyi County in eastern Yunnan province and Baiguo Township in Pan County in western Guizhou province. The line is in length an ...

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Zhanyi Zhanyi District () is a district of the city of Qujing, Yunnan Yunnan , () is a landlocked province in the southwest of the People's Republic of China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 48.3 million (as of 2018). T ...

盘西铁路 *

Liupanshui–Baiguo railway The Liupanshui–Baiguo railway or Shuibai railway (), is a single-track electrified railroad in western Guizhou province in Southwest China. The line runs from Baiguo in Pan County to Liupanshui municipality, and was built from 1998 to June 20 ...

; Liupanshui–Baiguo 水柏铁路 *

Yulin–Tieshangang railway The Yulin–Tieshangang railway (Simplified Chinese: 玉铁铁路) is a single-track electrified railway in China. The combined passenger and freight line is long and has a design speed of . History Construction began in September 2010. Tracklay ...

; Yulin– Tieshangang 玉铁铁路 * Wen'an–Machangping railway 瓮马铁路 (under construction) * Dali–Ruili railway 大瑞铁路 (under construction)

Northwest The points of the compass are a set of horizontal, radially arrayed compass directions (or azimuths) used in navigation and cartography. A compass rose is primarily composed of four cardinal directions—north, east, south, and west—each sep ...

* Linhe–Ceke railway; Linhe–

Ejin Banner Ejin or Ejina ( Mongolian: Эжэн-э қосиу ''Ejen-e qosiɣu''; ) is a banner in the far west of Inner Mongolia, China. It is under the administration of Alxa League and is the westernmost county-level division of Inner Mongolia, borderin ...

临策铁路 * Jiayuguan–Ceke railway; Jiayuguan–

嘉策铁路 * Southern Xinjiang railway;

Turpan Turpan (also known as Turfan or Tulufan, , ug, تۇرپان) is a prefecture-level city located in the east of the autonomous region of Xinjiang, China. It has an area of and a population of 632,000 (2015). Geonyms The original name of the cit ...

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Kashgar Kashgar ( ug, قەشقەر, Qeshqer) or Kashi ( zh, c=喀什) is an oasis city in the Tarim Basin region of Southern Xinjiang. It is one of the westernmost cities of China, near the border with Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Pakistan ...

南疆铁路 *

Kashgar–Hotan railway The Kashgar–Hotan railway or Kahe railway (, abbreviated ), is a single-track, non-electrified, railway in Xinjiang, China between Kashgar and Hotan. The railway is in length and runs along the southern edge of the Taklamakan Desert, connecting ...

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Hotan Hotan (also known as Gosthana, Gaustana, Godana, Godaniya, Khotan, Hetian, Hotien) is a major oasis town in southwestern Xinjiang, an autonomous region in Western China. The city proper of Hotan broke off from the larger Hotan County to become ...

喀和铁路 *

Jinghe–Yining–Khorgos railway The Jingyihuo railway (), short for Jinghe–Yining–Khorgas railway, is the first electrified railway in operation in Xinjiang, China. The line is 286 km in length and connects Jinghe, Yining and Khorgos.(Chinese"新疆首条电气化铁� ...

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Yining YiningThe official spelling according to (), also known as Ghulja ( ug, غۇلجا) or Qulja ( kk, قۇلجا) and formerly Ningyuan (), is a county-level city in Northwestern Xinjiang, People's Republic of China and the seat of the Ili Kazakh ...

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Khorgos Khorgas, officially known as KorgasThe official spelling according to , (Beijing, '' SinoMaps Press'' 1997); ( zh, s=霍尔果斯, t=霍爾果斯, p=Huò'ěrguǒsī; kk, قورعاس, Qorǵas), also known as ''Chorgos'', ''Gorgos'', ''Horgos ...

精伊霍铁路 * Kuytun–Beitun railway;

Kuytun Kuytun or Kuitun (), is a county-level city with about 285,000 residents (2000 census) in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China. Kuitun is located between Wusu and Shihezi on the Lanxin railway, railway from Ürümqi to Kazakhstan, cl ...

–Beitun 奎北铁路 * Ürümqi–Dzungaria railway;

–Jiangjunmiao 乌准铁路 * Hami–Lop Nur railway;

Hami Hami (Kumul) is a prefecture-level city in Eastern Xinjiang, China. It is well known as the home of sweet Hami melons. In early 2016, the former Hami county-level city was merged with Hami Prefecture to form the Hami prefecture-level city with t ...

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Lop Nur Lop Nur or Lop Nor (from a Mongolian name meaning "Lop Lake", where "Lop" is a toponym of unknown origin) is a former salt lake, now largely dried up, located in the eastern fringe of the Tarim Basin, between the Taklamakan and Kumtag deserts ...

哈罗铁路 * Hotan–Ruoqiang railway (under construction)

Coal transport railways

* Datong–Qinhuangdao railway 大秦铁路 * Ningwu–Jingle railway 宁静铁路 * Shenhuang railway * Houma–Yueshan railway 侯月铁路 * Xinxiang–Yueshan railway 新月铁路

Intra-city Metros

* Urban rail transit in China *

Rail transport in Hong Kong Hong Kong's rail network mainly comprises public transport trains operated by the MTR Corporation Limited (MTRC). The MTRC operates the metro network of the territory and the commuter rail network connecting the northeastern and northwestern ...

Former railways

Woosung Road The Woosung railway (Chinese: s , t , p ''Wúsōng Tiělù'')Also Wusong Road or Woo Sung RailwayIt is sometimes also called the Songhu railway, although that name more properly refers to the 1890s railway which ran principally along the same r ...

International railways

China–Nepal railway The China–Nepal Railway ( zh, 中尼铁路; ne, चीन-नेपाल रेलवे) is a planned railway between China and Nepal. The railway will link Kathmandu with Shigatse, Tibet, crossing the China–Nepal border at Gyirong–Rasu ...

* China–Pakistan railway * China–Laos railway * China–North Korea railway * Yiwu–London railway line * Chongqing–Xinjiang–Europe Railway * Yiwu–Madrid railway line * Trans–Mongolian Railway

External links

Individual China Rail Passenger routes
displayed in Google Maps with timetable (Chinese and English)
Railway map of China (1)
Showing double track lines, eletrified lines and planned lines in detail around year 2001.
Railway map of China (2)
Showing railway network in 1990s.
Railway map of China (3)
Showing railway network in 1980s.

Showing railway network by 2006.

Very Large railway map of China in Both English and Chinese by 2006. {{Transport in China

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